Use tech to curb liquor smuggling: Adviser

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 15

To curb interstate smuggling of liquor, UT Adviser Dharam Pal has suggested the use of technology such as bar coding to strengthen enforcement measures.

A meeting, chaired by Dharam Pal, was held today regarding the issue.

Issues related to interstate smuggling of liquor in Haryana, Punjab and the UT and the excise duty structure of the two states and the UT were discussed at the meeting.

It was decided that close coordination and sharing of information among the two states and the UT would help curb interstate smuggling.

The meeting was attended by Anurag Rastogi, ACS (Excise and Taxation), Haryana, A Venu Prasad, ACS (Excise and Taxation), Punjab, and Vijay Namdeorao Zade, Finance Secretary-cum-Secretary (Excise and Taxation), Chandigarh.

Mandip Singh Brar, Excise and Taxation Commissioner, UT, Rajat Agarwal, Excise and Taxation Commissioner, Punjab, Shekhar Vidyarthi, Excise and Taxation Commissioner, Haryana, Kuldip Singh Chahal, SSP, Chandigarh, Smiti Chaudhary, SP, (L and O), Punjab, Manish Chawla, Punjab, Rakesh Kumar Popli, Collector (Excise), UT, and Sorabh Kumar Arora, Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner, UT, were also present at the meeting.