The Uttarakhand State Tax Department has collected a tax of Rs 2648.1 crore from the year 2001-02 to 2022-23 on the sale of liquor. Which is 22 times more than Rs 15.90 crore recovered in the year 2001-02. This disclosure has come from the information provided by the State Tax Headquarters under Right to Information.
Kashipur resident information rights activist Nadeemuddin Advocate had sought information from the tax commissioner’s office about the amount of tax collected on liquor in the state. According to the information provided by the Public Information Officer/Deputy Commissioner Deepak Brijwal of State Tax Headquarters, Dehradun, after the formation of Uttarakhand, the department has collected 2648.1 crore tax on liquor from the year 2001-02 till January 2023.
It is surprising that in the year 2020-21 Corona period, Rs 39 crore more tax was collected as compared to 2019-20. It is clear from the available data that there is a continuous increase in the tax collected on liquor in the state. Where only 15.9 crore tax was collected in 2001-02, which increased to Rs 361.05 crore in the year 2022-23 till January 2023.
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