Punjab earned 1170 crores from excise policy: Minister Harpal Cheema claims – 37% record profit in the first quarter; Raised a total of Rs 4280 crore

Cabinet and Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema giving information about additional revenue of Rs 1170 crore from excise policy.

Punjab Cabinet and Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said that the government has got an additional revenue of Rs 1170 crore in the first quarter due to the new excise policy of Punjab. From 1 April to 12 October 2021, the Punjab government had earned a total of Rs 3110 crore. At the same time, the Mann government of AAP, which came to power, has earned Rs 4280 crore for the first time from the excise policy.

Minister Harpal Cheema told a press conference that the government had a record profit of more than 37 percent from the additional revenue in the first quarter. Cheema said that the government has fixed a target of Rs 9,000 crore to raise additional revenue. The Punjab government also talked about achieving record profit in GST in 6 months.

Mafia Raj was run at the behest of earlier governments
Harpal Cheema said that there was mafia rule in Punjab at the behest of the governments till 25 years ago, which was broken by the AAP government. He said that the excise policy has been announced after about 25-30 years as Punjab was ruled by Congress and Akali-BJP coalition government since 1992 till now. For this reason only one type of policy was brought. During the tenure of former CM Captain Amarinder Singh, 128 people died due to spurious liquor. Punjab suffered a lot due to illegal liquor mafia.

Rs 22.526 crore looted from Punjab
Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said that during the previous government, Rs 6200 crore was received from the excise policy. If the increase of 7 percent every year is taken into account, then only liquor mafia has looted 22 thousand 526 crore rupees from Punjab in 15 years. From 2007 to 2012, Punjab suffered a loss of Rs 6700 crore. 5700 crores is made from 2012 to 2017. He said that the previous governments have defrauded the treasury of Punjab to the tune of more than 22 thousand crores. Most illegal business has been caught from Punjab.

Central government is trying to break the excise policy
Harpal Singh Cheema alleged that the central government is constantly trying to threaten the officials of Punjab to break the excise policy of Punjab. He said the reason for doing this was the nexus of the liquor mafia lobby at the center and the central government. Cheema said that the Mann government is standing firmly with the officials and will also respond firmly to the action of CBI and ED.