Hiking license fee: Bangalore wine merchants won’t mention two days from Tuesday

The draft proposal has increased the consumption licensing fee from the Karnataka government, angering wine merchants in Bangalore. While Bengaluru’s liquor retailers will not raise protests two days from Tuesday, state-level retailers can also decide to join them to protest a huge hike before the weekend.

The draft notice will be issued on May 15 and will take effect on July 1, when the license will begin renewal. The licensing renewal fee increased nine years later, which is part of a larger delay in GST revenue.

According to KT Lokesh of the Association of Bangalore Wine Chambers of Association of Bangalore, the licensing fees are very high, which could lead to losses as the business has also declined. “Although the government has requested since the budget phase, the government has decided to raise the price of alcohol and licensing fees.”

The wine rate is also

Hiking follows the new upward reasonable interest rate high heels for making beer and beer in India, which have become expensive since May 15. However, new stocks with revision rates have not yet taken effect. The alcohol rate was revised three times in two years.

In Bangalore, the annual CL2 licensing fee has increased from Rs 6.9 lakh, including CESS, to Rs 1.3.8 lakh, while the fees, including CESS, have increased from Rs 7.47 lakh to Rs 1.495 lakh. Similarly, the CL6A fee has increased from Rs 11.5 lakh to Rs 2.3 lakh, and the CL fee has increased from Rs 9.77 lakh to Rs 19.5 lakh. For CL9, the fee increased from Rs 8.62 lakh to Rs 1.72 lakh. Similarly, licensing fees in other areas have been revised. The government has also doubled the licensing fees for breweries and warehouses from Rs 4.5 lakh to Rs 9 lakh and breweries from Rs 2.7 lakh to Rs 5.4 lakh.

“The government earns an average of Rs 12 billion per day from the indented salary of alcohol. We hope to protest the rate hike by not buying alcohol,” a source said in a two-day protest.

Not decided yet

Meanwhile, the wine merchants association of Karnataka Secretary General B. Govindaraj Hegde said a meeting is being held to decide on future action plans. “Decisions can be made on future action plans by May 22.”