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Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Friday recommended a CBI probe into the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 over alleged violations of rules and procedural lapses. The LG has found "substantive indications" of "financial quid pro quo" at the "top political level" wherein the excise minister "took and got executed major decisions in violation of the statutory provisions" and notified the Excise Policy that had "huge financial implications". The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led the Delhi's new 1. All liquor vends will be private. The city government will not run any vends. 2. Retail licences issued to private bidders for 849 vends. 3. The 849 vends were divided into 32 zones. 4. The policy allowed stores to be opened in markets, malls, commercial roads/areas, local shopping complexes, and other such places as long as the standard rules and regulations of opening a new shop are followed, particularly Rule 51 of the Delhi Excise Rules. However, yesterday the strained ties between Delhi LG and the AAP government plummeted after the former recommended a CBI probe into the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22. Lt Governor Saxena's move follows a report submitted by Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar on the matter. The report accuses Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia of providing undue benefits to liquor vend licensees instead of "commission" and the money being used in the recently held Punjab election. Officials from the Lt Governor’s office said the "Excise department, under direct ...

All 11 officers are part of the Delhi excise department. Three of them Arva Gopi Krishna, the then Commissioner (Excise), Anand Tiwari, the then Deputy Commissioner (Excise), and Pankaj Bhatnagar, Assistant Commissioner (Excise) figure in the CBI’s first information report as accused in the scam. Krishna and Tiwari were suspended by the Union home ministry on Monday. The FIR alleged that the liquor barons were in close contact with accused public servants and were regularly lining their pockets. The eight others suspended are assistant commissioners Narinder Singh and Neeraj Gupta, section officers Kuljeet Singh, Subhash Ranjan and Suman and dealing hands Satya Brat Bhargav, Sachin Solanki and Gaurav Mann. They have not been named in the case yet. The L-G had found serious lapses on the part of the officers in the implementation of the excise policy, including finalising the tender and extending benefits to select vendors. The initial probe found blatant violation of procedures, deliberate misinterpretation and subversion of basic government financial rules to provide benefit to licencees for alleged quid pro quo. Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar had submitted a report to the L-G alleging corruption and violation of business rules by the bureaucrats in the rollout of the new excise policy. The report alleged that undue benefits were provided to liquor vend licencees in lieu of kickbacks and commissions. ALSO READ | These officers did not inform the authority concerned de...

In a fresh trouble for the Arvind Kejriwal government, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has recommended a CBI probe into its Excise Policy, 2021-22, over alleged violations of rules and procedural lapses, officials said on Friday. The CBI inquiry was recommended on Delhi Chief Secretary's report filed earlier this month, showing prima facie violations of GNCTD Act 1991, Transaction of Business Rules (ToBR)-1993, Delhi Excise Act-2009 and Delhi Excise Rules-2010, they said. Apart from this there were also "deliberate and gross procedural lapses" to provide post tender "undue benefits to liquor licensees", said the officials. AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj said that central agencies like the CBI and ED will investigate against every minister of Delhi government to keep it at bay as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "scared" of party convener and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal since Aam Aadmi Party's stupendous victory in Punjab. The LG has found "substantive indications" of “financial quid pro quo” at the "top political level" wherein the excise minister “took and got executed major decisions in violation of the statutory provisions” and notified the Excise Policy that had “huge financial implications”, sources said. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia heads the Excise department of Delhi government. What Is Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22? In order to improve the experience of individuals while buying liquor in the city, the Delhi government proposed a new Excise Pol...

The CBI probe was recommended by Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena last month based on the Delhi chief secretary's report that had listed various instances of "violations of rules and procedural lapses" and "undue favour" to licensees in the implementation of the policy from November 2021. The CBI has filed an FIR against 13 persons and two companies, including Deputy Chief Minister and Excise Minister Manish Sisodia, in the matter. The policy was withdrawn by the government after Saxena recommended a CBI probe into it. The report had raised seven specific violations and lapses, including waiver of license fee worth Rs 144.36 crore of licensees due to the Covid pandemic, refund of Rs 30 crore earnest money deposit of a bidder for airport zone, reducing the number of dry days, and lack of coercive action on payment default. The Delhi government waived the licence fee as the licensees had approached court although there was no such specific provision for compensation in the tendered document, government sources said. The licensees had approached the government requesting waiver in the licence fee for the days of the lockdown that came soon after liquor shops opened from November 17. The government "initially ignored their requests", sources claimed. The licensees then approached the high court, which in its order on January 6, 2022 directed the government to dispose of the matter within a week. ALSO READ | The Excise department had submitted to the Excise minister not to consid...

The national capital is witnessing a massive political showdown between the Aam Aadmi Party government and the Centre over the “We welcome the CBI and will cooperate in the investigation till the truth is out. It is unfortunate that those who do good work are harassed like this. That is why our country has not yet become No. 1," Sisodia tweeted. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal with Deputy CM Manish Sisodia.(ANI) The Delhi excise policy has been a bone of contention between the AAP and the BJP. The excise department is currently headed by Manish Sisodia. He is under the scanner for alleged deliberate and gross procedural lapses which provided undue benefits to the tender process for liquor licensees for the year 2021-22. But what is the Delhi excise policy and why has it turned controversial? 1. The excise policy meant the exit of Delhi government from retail liquor business in the national capital. Under the new policy, 849 liquor stores were to open in Delhi across 32 zones. 2. Each zone was divided into 8-10 wards which would have 27 liquor outlets. The Delhi excise policy allowed liquor stores to be opened in malls, commercial areas, local shopping complexes etc subject to rules and regulations. 3. The excise policy was implemented on November 17 last year when Anil Baijal was the Delhi Lieutenant Governor. 4. Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia alleged that Baijal changed his stance over opening of liquor vends in unauthorised areas on November 15, two days...

The formulation and implementation of Delhi's new excise policy has revealed irregularities that go beyond mere corruption and money laundering. It appears that it involved an elaborate inter-state collaboration between politicians, liquor manufacturers, and middlemen, all seemingly aimed at reaping unregulated profits at the expense of the people of Delhi. Now that Manish Sisodia, a member of the Aam Aadmi Party and former Deputy Chief Minister of New Delhi, is in jail — attention has turned to K Kavitha, the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC, who has been summoned by the CBI for questioning on 11 March 2023. In order to get a sense of the intricacies of the scam and the ongoing investigation, we have prepared a timeline of events as they unfolded. Making of the Scam 5 February 2021: Delhi cabinet appoints a group of ministers (GoM) under Manish Sisodia to finalise a new excise policy for Delhi. The GoM includes Health Minister Satyendar Jain and Revenue Minister Kailash Gahlot. 1 October 2021: The new excise policy, which completely hands over the liquor business in Delhi to private players, is implemented. 28 January 2022: 552 of the permitted 849 liquor vends open in Delhi. The liquor shops offer big discounts on sale of liquor. By June 2022:90 per cent of the liquor in the market is reportedly selling at nearly 50 per cent discount, forcing smaller retailers to shut shop and allowing cartelisation. 2 July 2022: The Delhi Liquor ...

• • • • Excise Policy 2022-23 Still Under Work, Delhi Govt to Go Back to Old Policy of Retail Liquor Sale Excise Policy 2022-23 Still Under Work, Delhi Govt to Go Back to Old Policy of Retail Liquor Sale The finance department asked the excise department to provide details of old vends including their location, number of staff deployed, rented or government premises, as 'topmost priority' by Friday. The excise department is still working on the Excise Policy 2022-23 that recommends, among other things, home delivery of liquor in Delhi. New Delhi: With the lieutenant governor recommending a CBI probe into the implementation of the new excise policy, the Delhi government has decided to go back to the old regime of retail liquor sale in the city, officials said on Friday. The Excise Policy 2021-22, which was extended twice after March 31 for a period of two months each, will come to an end on July 31. Also Read: • • • The excise department is still working on the Excise Policy 2022-23 that recommends, among other things, home delivery of liquor in Delhi. The draft policy is yet to be sent to Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena for his approval, officials said. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who also holds the excise portfolio, directed the department on Thursday to “revert” to old regime of the excise policy for a period of six months till a fresh policy is in place, they said. The four corporations — Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC...

The Delhi excise department in a circular issued on Wednesday specified conditions for opening of liquor shops in 'non-conforming' areas that are largely unauthorised colonies. It stated that the Delhi Cabinet in its meeting on November 5 decided opening of liquor stores in these areas. The circular issued by the department said that applications for the grant of L-7V licence(authorising retail sale of Indian and foreign liquor) may be considered provided the 'non-conforming' area exists in that particular ward in which the licensee plans to open the store. The circular added that two vends may be permitted to be opened in wards which have 'non-conforming' areas. "The opening of two mandatory vends may be permitted based on an affidavit to be furnished by the L-7Z (meant for retail sale of Indian liquor) licensee that there is a 'non-conforming' area in the ward." "In case any municipal ward is found to be having a 'conforming' area, the L-7Z licensee shall be bound to shift his vend to a conforming area within 30 days of the issue of notice by the department," read the circular. The minimum carpet area of stores in these 'non-conforming' areas should be 500 square feet, it said. The opening of retail vends in non-conforming area is subject to obtaining of requisite approval from the DDA and the concerned civic body by the licensee as applicable according to rules. The department has already communicated the process that needs to be followed by the licensee for grant of L-...