With Diwali around the corner, the government of Gujarat has slapped a 150% increase in liquor permit fees. 

Permit fess

New Permit: Increased from ₹10,000 to ₹25,000

Renewal: Increased from ₹5,000 to ₹20,000

The additional revenue generated from these increased fees will be deposited into the Rogi Kalyan Samiti (RKS) of Civil Hospital in Surat. New liquor permits will be valid for one year, while renewals will be valid for two years.

A total of 45,000 people have liquor permits in Gujarat. 

However, the number has increased from 39,888 people holding liquor permits as of 2023.

On top of that, 14,696 new applications were received in the last three years. Meanwhile, 30,112 permits were renewed during this tenure.

Ahmedabad houses the most permit holders at 13,456. Followed by Surat at 9,238, Rajkot at 4,502, Vadodara at 2,743, Jamnagar at 2,039, Gandhinagar at 1,851, and Porbandar at 1,700.

As per the government’s notification in the state assembly in February 2024, it has made a significant sum through permit fees and permit renewal fees.

During this tenure, the state made ₹8.75 cr by granting new liquor permits and ₹29.80 cr through permit renewal fees, totalling up to a hefty sum of ₹38.56 cr.

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