Good news for liquor lovers, Yogi government gave special gift on New Year and Christmas

UP Liquor Shop Time on New Year: People across the country including Uttar Pradesh are eagerly waiting for ‘Christmas’ and ‘New Year’. People have already started planning for the celebration of these two special festivals. The reason for this is that while there are only 10 days left for the festival of ‘Christmas’, on the other hand there is only about two weeks left for the year 2025 to start.

The Uttar Pradesh government has made a big announcement to make the festivals of ‘Christmas’ and ‘New Year’ more memorable. The UP Excise Department has decided to extend the closing time of liquor shops on both these festivals. In this regard, State Excise Department Secretary Dr. Adarsh ​​Singh has also issued a notification.

Liquor shops will open one hour more
In the order issued, instructions have been given to increase the time for purchase of liquor at all excise retail shops on special festivals. The Excise Department has given this order in the interest of revenue. Under this, liquor shops will remain open till 11 pm on 24th December and 25th December, a day before the Christmas celebration.

Liquor shops will remain open till 11 pm on 31st December also

Similarly, on the special occasion of New Year, liquor shops will remain open till 11 pm on 31st December. As of now the closing time of liquor shops is 10 pm. It has been said in the order that on the occasion of Christmas and New Year, liquor shops will remain open from 10 am to 11 pm, that is, liquor shops will remain open one hour more than before.

The intention is to earn big revenue
According to the news published in The Hindu, in the year 2023, a 20 percent jump was seen in the sale of liquor across the country on Christmas and New Year. In Ghaziabad alone, there was 14 percent more liquor trade in 2023 compared to 2022. Liquor worth Rs 12.5 crore was sold in Ghaziabad on New Year between 31 December 2024 and 1 January 2024. Similarly, a revenue of Rs 14.8 crore was received from liquor in Noida on this occasion.

In recent years, Uttar Pradesh has emerged as a center for liquor lovers. Yogi government has increased the closing time of liquor shops by one hour to capitalize on the Christmas festival and New Year celebrations. The reason for this is that in the financial year 2023, the Uttar Pradesh government had earned a revenue of Rs 42 thousand 250 crore only from the sale of liquor, which was only Rs 14 thousand crore in 2017-18, at the time of the formation of Yogi government in UP.

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