Meeting regarding issues
related Inter- State Smuggling of liquor held under Adviser to the
Administrator
Vinay Kumar
Chandigarh
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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