The Gujarat government has asked the Center to compensate the loss of about 15000 crore annually, which occurs due to the prohibition of liquor sales in the state. According to the report of Dainik Bhaskar, Gujarat’s Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel has demanded from center to compensate the losses of about 15 thousand crore, due to non-receipt of revenue including excise and VAT, on liquor.
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Deputy Chief Minister Patel raised this issue, in a meeting convened by the Finance Ministry before the budget. This meeting was called by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman and Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur. Nitin Patel said that the states which are equivalent to Gujarat, they get revenues of 12 to 15 thousand crore rupees in taxes, including excise-VAT from liquor sale, but Gujarat is deprived of it because of liquor ban.The Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat said that in order to make the purpose of article 47 of the Constitution meaningful, Gujarat accepted and implemented the system of prohibition, but the damage to the state due to this should be compensated by the Central Government.
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Significantly, in the state of Gujarat a ban was imposed from May 1, 1960. No person can buy or sell liquor in Gujarat. Selling is also restricted. Every now and then voices are raised about Gujarat’s prohibition, several writ petitions have also been filed in the Gujarat High Court, which says that the law of liquor ban requires a little relaxation. Gujarat is the birthplace of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, the Sabarmati Ashram of Bapu is also in Gujarat’s capital, Ahmedabad. Bapu was very supportive of the prohibition, that is why liquor prohibition has been introduced in Gujarat.
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According to media sources Patel said in this meeting that Gujarat is a progressive and economically disciplined state. In the last 20 years, the state did not have to take overdraft, nor did it have to take short-term loans. He said that to give more encouragement to Gujarat, the central government should give more grants.
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According to the report of News 18 in this regard, the Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister also urged the central government to increase the grants under the National Secondary Education Mission and the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna. Patel said, “To ensure the availability of adequate supply of potable water, the State Government has prepared a suitable network for drinking water in addition to the major pumping stations.” The Deputy Chief Minister, in addition to pension for the elderly, widows and divinities Emphasis on the need to increase honorarium for employees of Anganwadi workers and Mid Day Meal schemes. The meeting was attended by the Governor of the Reserve Bank, Shaktikant Das, and Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg.