AIZAWL, July 20 - Mizoram Government has collected Rs 723.43 lakh excise duty on liquor since March 16 last when the wine shops were opened in the State, till June 25, Excise and Narcotics Minister R Lalzirliana said in the State Assembly.
Replying to a question from Dr K Beichhua of the Mizo National Front in the House recently, Lalzirliana said that wine shops were opened as per provisions of the Mizoram Liquor Prohibition and Control Act, 2014.
The fund-strapped State Government legislated the MLPC Act in 2014 replacing the stringent Mizoram Total Liquor Prohibition Act, 1995 in force in the State since February 20, 1997. � PTI
AIZAWL, July 20 - Mizoram Government has collected Rs 723.43 lakh excise duty on liquor since March 16 last when the wine shops were opened in the State, till June 25, Excise and Narcotics Minister R Lalzirliana said in the State Assembly.
Replying to a question from Dr K Beichhua of the Mizo National Front in the House recently, Lalzirliana said that wine shops were opened as per provisions of the Mizoram Liquor Prohibition and Control Act, 2014.
The fund-strapped State Government legislated the MLPC Act in 2014 replacing the stringent Mizoram Total Liquor Prohibition Act, 1995 in force in the State since February 20, 1997. � PTI
