NEW DELHI, 01 June 2021, (TON): The Delhi government has allowed home delivery of liquor under the amended excise rules.

The Delhi Excise (Amendment) Rules, 2021, notified on Monday, allow licence holders to deliver liquor booked through an app or a website at the doorstep of the buyers.

The rules also permit the holders of the necessary licences to serve liquor in open spaces such as terraces, the courtyards of clubs, bars and restaurants.

According to the notification, the licensee will deliver liquor at the buyers’ residences only if the orders are received through an app or a web portal.

The Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage Companies (CIABC) has welcomed the government’s move to allow home delivery of liquor in the national capital.

“This has been our consistent demand for long. Last month also, we had requested the government to allow home-delivery of liquor in Delhi. There are many states that have implemented this and there has been no adverse effect coming out of it,” CIABC director general Vinod Giri said.

There are many States in India which prohibited the sale of Alcohol state-wide including Mizoram, Gujarat, Bihar, Nagaland, Lakshadweep. There are lot of street protests over the latest move allowing home delivery of liquor under the amended excise rules.