Chhattisgarh Excise Policy 2025-26: Additional excise duty on foreign liquor abolished, retail rates to fall

Chhattisgarh: In the Excise Policy for the upcoming financial year 2025-26, it has been decided that the “Additional Excise Duty” levied on foreign liquor in the past, which is equal to 9.5% of the liquor purchase rate of Chhattisgarh State Marketing Corporation, has been abolished. This will reduce the retail selling rates of foreign liquor, especially medium range and high range liquor, which will stop the smuggling of the said liquor from other states. Due to the reduction in this additional duty, the retail selling rates of foreign liquor of different ranges are likely to come down by about Rs 40/- to Rs 3000/- per bottle.