Meeting regarding issues related Inter- State Smuggling of liquor held under Adviser to the Administrator
Chandigarh, 22nd August 2019: The
Administrator, Union Territory Chandigarh has constitute a committee to look
into the menace of inter-state smuggling of liquor. A meeting of the Committee
was held today with the Advisor to the Administrator, U.T., Chandigarh to
discuss and deliberate on the issues relating to Inter- State Smuggling of
liquor.Sh. M.P.Singh, IAS,Additional Chief Secretary , Punjab and Sh. Sanjeev
Kaushal, IAS,Additional Chief Secretary, Haryana attended the meeting as
special invitees.
All the members of the Committee deliberated in
detail on the issues and finalized:
1. That there is a need to
harmonize the excise duty structure and rationalize the price difference among
all the member states/UT and all the relevantissues will be taken care of at
the time of framing the Excise Policy for the coming year.
2. The enforcement agencies
of the States and UT will be strengthened to plug the smuggling of liquor and
strict action will be taken against the person involved in the smuggling.
3. The Committee has
finalized that there will be two Joint Action Committees, one at the level of
AETCs and second at the level of Senior Officers of the States/UT. The AETCs of
all the three States/UT district in-charges of Excise (Chandigarh, Panchkula
& Mohali)will meet once in every month together to stop smuggling of liquor
by sharing of information. The Joint Action Committee at Senior Officers level
will meet on quarterly basis.
The meeting was attended by Secretary
(E&T),U.T., Chandigarh, The Addl.DGP(L&O) of Punjab, Excise &
Taxation Commissioner, Punjab, Excise & Taxation Commissioner, Haryana,
Excise & Taxation Commissioner,
U.T.,Chandigarh,DIG,U.T.,Chandigarh,SP(L&O),Haryana and other officers of
Haryana , Punjab and U.T.,Chandigarh .
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