UP's excise revenue up 14pc, sets record with over ₹52K cr earnings: Minister

AROUND 24,049 INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL LIQUOR TRADE WERE ARRESTED AND 5,557 OF THEM WERE SENT TO JAIL.

- HT Correspondent

LUCKNOW: Setting a record, the Uttar Pradesh excise department earned over ₹52,000 crore revenue in the 2024-25 fiscal, said state excise minister Nitin Agarwal here on Thursday.

He also said the state government was upgrading itself in terms of use of technology to bring in more transparency and to curb tax evasion and inter-state liquor smuggling.

"The excise department has generated the highest ever revenue of ₹52,297.08 crore in 2024-25 financial year (these are provisional figures). This is ₹6,726.61 crore (14.76 percent) more than the revenue of ₹45,570.47 crore generated in 2023-24. In 2022-23, the revenue earned by the excise department was ₹41,252.24 crore," Agarwal said at a press conference at his official residence here.

The minister also said the concept of composite shops has been introduced in the state for the first time. Elaborating further, he said, "In the year 2024-25, there were 6,563 shops of foreign liquor, while there were 5,970 beer shops in the state. In this way, a total of 12,553 shops were operational.