Overview
- Delhi’s government, which announced the move Sunday, ordered a five-year reconciliation of sales, stock and cash records at state-run liquor shops.
- The Excise Commissioner will independently cross-verify figures, and all four agencies must file a consolidated report to the Finance Department within two months.
- The outlets are operated by DCCWS, DTTDC, DSCSC and DSIIDC, which together run more than 700 liquor stores across the city.
- Officials reported unreconciled books and cited revenue gaps of about Rs 8 crore in checks at a few shops, raising concerns about tax leakage and losses to the exchequer.
- Chief Minister Rekha Gupta warned of zero tolerance and possible action against those responsible, a stance shaped by scrutiny of the scrapped 2021 excise policy and the return to state-run retail in 2022.