Punjab govt to allow home delivery of liquor, impose Covid cess on sale

CM Amarinder Singh sets up three-member panel of senior officers to assess losses from closure of liquor vends because of lockdown

The Punjab government is all set to allow home delivery of liquor, and also likely to impose a ‘Covid-19 cess’ on sale.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has constituted a three-member committee of senior officers to assess the losses resulting from the closure of liquor vends because of the lockdown.

The Punjab council of ministers on Monday had authorized the CM to take a call on amending the state’s excise policy in view of the pandemic and subsequent lockdown.

The CM has asked a group of ministers (GoM),