Amaravathi sources stated that andhra pradesh chief minister YS jagan mohan reddy has kept his promise on prohibition of liquor as promised by him during his padayatra before assembly elections. Meanwhile the congress PARTY' target='_blank' title='ysr congress party-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>ysr congress party started implementing liquor ban in the state at different phases. As part of that the ap Prohibition and Excise Department released notification on friday, november 29, over setting up of new bars under the new excise policy, which will be effective from january 1, 2020 for two years.
Furthermore as per the notification, the state government has reduced the number of bars by 40 per cent, as a first step towards banning the liquor. Perhaps Excise Commissioner vivek Yadav releasing the notification said that highest number bars which will come up under vijayawada Municipal Corporation limits are 71 and under the Greater visakha Municipal Corporation limits has 66 bars and the guntur Municipal Corporation limits can have 49 bars.
Moreover the last date for the applications through online will be 3 pm on december 6,2019. Hence after the deadline, the district collector will allot the bars after taking a draw at 2 pm on december 7 and the complete allotment process will be completed by 7 pm. Presently the ap government has fixed non-refundable registration charge as RS 20 lakh and Rs 5 lakh annual licence fee for areas which has population up to 50,000. Apparently if the population is above 5,00,000 the applicant has to pay Rs 70,00,000 non-refundable registration charge and Rs 5 lakh licence fee.
