This year, on the occasion of Holi, there was a record sale of liquor in Jharkhand. Between March 23 and 26, a total of liquor worth Rs 92.62 crore was sold in the state. Meanwhile, the shops were closed one day on March 25. According to the data released by the Excise Department, liquor worth Rs 21.25 crore was sold on March 23, Rs 47.50 crore on March 24 and Rs 23.87 crore on March 26.
More liquor was sold this year compared to last year. Last year, liquor worth Rs 70 crore was sold during Holi. In this, maximum sale of liquor took place in Ranchi. Liquor worth Rs 8,30,61,690 was sold in Ranchi on March 24, while liquor worth Rs 4,01,76716 crore was sold on March 26. After this, maximum sales have taken place in Dhanbad and Hazaribagh. The Excise and Prohibition Department has set a target of selling liquor worth Rs 428 crore in March. Till March 26, sales of approximately Rs 351 crore have been made. The March target will be achieved if sales of Rs 77 crore are made in five days. If the target of liquor sales is achieved this month, there could be record liquor sales in March.
Sale of liquor above print rate
Ignoring the instructions of the department, liquor is still being sold in retail shops in the state at a higher rate than the prescribed rate. Even on the occasion of Holi, liquor was sold openly in shops at higher rates. An extra Rs 10 was charged on a small bottle, Rs 20 on a half bottle and up to Rs 30 on a big bottle. The responsibility of retail liquor sale in the state has been given to the placement agency. JSBCL provides liquor in bulk to the placement agency.
This year the target is Rs 2360 crore
A target of Rs 2360 crore revenue from liquor has been set in the state in the financial year 2023-24. By the end of February, approximately Rs 2100 crore revenue was received. The department claims that by the end of this month the revenue will be achieved as per the set target.
District wise liquor sales
district@rashi
Chatra@1,95,60,280
Hazaribagh@4,02,06,745
Latehar@60,21,535
Godda@1,03,08,520
West Singhbhum@1,29,76,700
Dumka@88,26,620
Pakur@30,98,190
peg@50,13,900
Koderma@2,04,68,740
Sahebganj@85,18,865
Jamtara@34,76,145
Lohardaga@28,35,910
Gumla@49,21,875
Ranchi@8,30,61,690
Ramgarh@2,13,36,070
Seraikela@1,73,48,020
East Singhbhum@5,03,44,840
Simdega@ 37,61,120
Dhanbad@5,82,76,255
Giridih@2,16,76,895
Bokaro@3,40,20,261
Deoghar@1,68,85,605
Palamu@1,72,59,649
(Note. Liquor sale took place on March 24)