Soon, all 6,327 liquor vends in Punjab may have level of sale (PoS) machines. The state excise division has mooted the proposal and mentioned that set up of those machines would assist it report sale patterns, market developments and management the potential of manipulation of promoting value by the vends homeowners.

The division mentioned the machines will play a key function in additional rising the excise income. The excise revenues witnessed a leap of 41% within the 2022-23 monetary in opposition to the earnings of 6,254.74 crore in 2021-22. The state pocketed 8,841.4 crore, a leap of 2,587 crore.

“In the present fiscal, the division has set a goal of 9,700 crore of income from the sale of liquor (excise). Next yr, we’re predicting that the income progress will plateau. So, to additional enhance the income, the division is seeking to monitor the sale of each bottle,” mentioned an official within the state division on the situation of anonymity.

“It is a mandate of the government to shift to digital transaction mode, so why not in the liquor trade,” mentioned a senior official of the division. The machine will price the vend homeowners 2,500, and the division is seeking to begin the pilot undertaking with vends within the districts of Patiala, Mohali and Fatehgarh Sahib from the second quarter of the monetary yr.

Currently, the meals and civil provides division is utilizing PoS machines for the distribution of wheat underneath the schemes of the National Food Security Act, which covers 1.41 crore beneficiaries within the state. The machine, based on the meals division officers, ensures that the advantages attain real individuals.

The division claims that alcohol shoppers are shifting from Punjab-made liquor (PML), termed as desi, to Indian-made international liquor (IMFL) and the set up of PoS machines will assist it give credence to the developments mirrored within the liquor commerce.