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The Haryana Cabinet Monday approved approved the Excise Policy for 2025-27, introducing several reforms including not permitting any liquor sub-vend in villages with a population of 500 or less, stricter restrictions on ads, and ensuring that no vend or theka is directly visible from state and national highways.
The Cabinet meeting, chaired by CM Nayab Singh Saini, also approved the realignment of the excise policy year with the financial year. The current policy will come into effect on June 12, 2025 and will remain operations till March 31, 2027.
The new policy mandates that no liquor vend will be visible from state as well as NHs. “There will be no direct way from these highways to the liquor vends. The vends near state or NHs will also not be permitted to display any signboards,” as per the policy.
In case of violations, a penalty of `1 lakh for the first offence, `2 lakh for the second offence, and `3 lakh for the third will be imposed, as per an official statement. No sub-vend shall be permitted in villages with a population of 500 or less. This is “aimed at promoting responsible retailing of liquor and addressing public sensitivities in small habitations. As a result, 152 existing sub-vends will not operate across the state with effect from the commencement of the new excise policy year”, it said. Vends in urban areas cannot remain open after 4 am, as against 8 am now, it said.
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