Excise Department Puts Liquor Trade Under Revenue Pressure, Rolls Out Mandatory Collection Targets Across Assam

  GUWAHATI: The Assam Excise Department has issued a sweeping directive that effectively transforms liquor licence holders into revenue-bound entities, introducing a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) that fixes Minimum Guaranteed Revenue (MGR) targets for wholesale warehouses, IMFL and country spirit retailers, and company-operated wholesale units across the state. ALSO READ: Sixteen Assam Athletes Selected to Represent…

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FSSAI Bans Sale of Select Liquor Brands Over Artificial Flavouring

  GUWAHATI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has barred the sale of select variants of popular liquor brands, including Old Monk, Royal Challenge, Bagpiper and Antiquity Blue, after laboratory tests found artificial or nature-identical flavouring substances in the products. ALSO READ: Overnight Rain Triggers Fresh Flood Threat in Assam, Death Toll Rises…

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