Excise dept starts application process for allocation of retail liquor shops
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Following the completion of the application submission procedure, a computer-based lottery will take place, and the successful ones will get permission to operate retail country and composite liquor shops in the state.
The application process that started on Friday will end on Aug 20, during the time frame applicants have to take part in the process through an online portal, https://exciselottery.jharkhand.gov.in.
The applicants have to deposit an application fee and earnest money deposit (EMD), fixed by the department, while submitting their applications.
A total of 1,343 retail liquor shops are up for grabs, of which 159 are country liquor shops and 1,184 are composite liquor shops, which are allowed to sell both country liquor and IMFL. The highest number of shops, 150, has been allocated in Ranchi district. While Lohardaga has got the lowest - 11.
"The portal will remain open till 7 pm on Aug 20. The applicants have to pay the application fee and the EMD, which amounts to two per cent of the minimum guarantee revenue (MGR). MGR varies for each shop according to factors like the location of the shop, its business potential and the owners have to pay it to the govt. yearly. Those who will fail to clear will get a refund of the EMD after completion of the lottery process," Ranchi assistant excise commissioner Arun Kumar Mishra told TOI.
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He added that an applicant can opt for a maximum of 12 shops in a district and 36 in the state.
After the submission process ends, an e-lottery will be held on Aug 22, which will be fully computer-based. A senior official at the dept., on condition of anonymity, said that the provision to pay EMD in the application procedure is included to ensure that no frivolous application comes. "The lottery process will be telecast live on the websites of the excise dept. and the district. Lottery results will also be published on the websites," the source added.
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