AP CM Jagan asks officials to help country-liquor makers find new jobs
While 384.36 lakh cases of liquor were sold in 2018-19, the sales came down to 335.98 lakh cases in 2022-23 in AP
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Vijayawada AP Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday directed the officials to focus on providing alternative livelihood opportunities to people involved in country-liquor manufacturing.
At a review meeting held at the Camp Office at Tadepalli on revenue generating departments, he said awareness should be created among the country liquor makers and officials should ensure that the alternative livelihood programmes are effectively implemented.
Officials said that the liquor sales have abnormally come down in volume since 2018-19. While 384.36 lakh cases of liquor were sold in 2018-19, the sales came down to 335.98 lakh cases in 2022-23, they said, adding that beer sales also came down to 116.76 lakh cases from 277.16 lakh cases in the same period.
Percentage-wise, the sales of beer and liquor in the first three months of the present fiscal came down by 56.51 per cent and 5.28 per cent respectively when compared to the corresponding period of the fiscal 2018-19.
While the income from the registrations department till July 15 in the last financial year was Rs.2291.97crore, it went up to Rs.2793.70 crore in the corresponding period in the present fiscal, they said.
They further said that registration services have begun in villages where resurvey of lands has been completed and 5,000 registrations took place so far in village secretariats fetching revenue of Rs.8.03 crore.
The Chief Minister was informed that Rs.7,653.15 crore of GST revenue (apart from compensation) has been generated in the first three months of the present fiscal posting an increase of 23.74 per cent over the corresponding period in the last fiscal.
“In the first three months, we have achieved the target up to 91 per cent,” they said.
Officials told him that APMDC has been getting more revenue from Mangampeta barytes reserves and Suliyari coal block which is expected to produce five million tonne of coal this year.
APMDC’s revenue has gone up to Rs1806 crore in 2022-23 from Rs.502 crore in 2020-21, they said, adding it will go up to Rs.4,000 crore in 2023-24.
The Chief Minister pointed out that the revenue in these departments has gone up in the last four years due to the implementation of policies in full transparency, introduction of reforms and plugging of loopholes.
