NEW DELHI: Delhi government has registered 505 liquor brands in the capital to ensure that there is no shortage of liquor brands.
The government has implemented a new excise policy under which fresh registration of brands is being made. The policy was implemented from November 17 and initially, people faced a shortage of different brands due to not many brands being registered.
“Under the new excise policy 2021-22, the excise department has registered 505 brands so far, which includes 332 Indian liquor brands and 173 foreign liquor brands. Of these, 166 brands of whisky, 55 brands of vodka, 65 brands of beer and 154 brands of wine and 65 brands of other categories of liquor i.e Rum, Gin, Brandy, liqueur, mixed alcoholic beverages, etc, have been registered so far for the year 2021-22. We have processed all applications and there is no brand registration pending,” Delhi government said in a statement.
The government said that the new excise policy aims to promote liberalisation of brand registration process so that customer has a wide choice of liquor brands available in the capital. In majority of the categories of the liquor brands, registration fee has been reduced, it added.
