The cabinet has also extended the liquor sale timings by an hour, till 11 p.m. on Christmas eve (December 24) as well as New Year s Eve (December 31) to allow guzzlers to have their fill on these festive occasions when sales peak.
Express News Service
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh has made it mandatory to obtain licence to keep liquor more than the prescribed limit at home.
This has been one of the highlights of the new liquor policy approved by Yogi Adtiyanath cabinet through circulation here on late Friday night.
In UP, one is permitted to store 1.5 litres of each country-made and Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) liquor and four bottles of beer. Now, if anyone wants to store liquor more than the prescribed limit, a licence would have to be secured from the state excise department.
According to excise officials, a licence shall be issued for purchase, transport, and possess stocks in excess of the prescribed retail sale limit to individuals, on payment of Rs 12,000 as licence fee and a security amount of Rs 51,000 per year subject to the conditions prescribed.