GCCI demands restructuring of beer licence fee

PTI, PANAJI | 23 January 2011 19:01 IST

Goa government should modify its licence fee on the manufacturing of beer, which is currently charged uniformly, the state''s apex commerce body has said.

Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industries (GCCI) in its pre-budget memorandum has said the licence fees should be charged on the production capacity of the beer manufacturing units.

"The licence fee of Rs five lakhs for manufacture of Beer is uniformly charged across the board to all the Breweries irrespective of their size and sales volumes. It is requested that the licence fee may be charged depending upon sale volumeper annum," the memorandum reads.

The memorandum was submitted to Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, who also handles finance portfolio in the state.

GCCI has suggested that for the minimum capacity of sixlakh cases per annum, licence fee of Rs 50,000 should be charged for those with high capacity of 24 lakh cases and above, Rs five lakh should be charged.

"This will encourage setting up of small breweries inGoa," the memorandum reads.

The body has also recommended that bottling fee of Re0.30 per bottle of beer charged should be scrapped.

"There is no bottling fee on beer imported into the state of Goa," GCCI has pointed out adding that there is an urgent need to provide level playing field to all the parties by removing the bottling fee.

"Any loss of revenue on account of removal of Bottling Fees could be offset by increasing the excise duty by Re.0.50 per bulk litre," the memorandum says.

GCCI has said the levy of bottling fee also becomesa burden to local units particularly when the products are exported to other states.


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The beer is not an essential food item for survival. It should be further tapped to raise resources for the development of infrastructure like roads and electricity and water supply!

In Goa, almost every other house serving as a source of liquor- needs to be changed. The liquor consumption needs to be discouraged by taxing it substantially and awareness brought in the society about the adverse effects of liquor consumption. Already more than 200 people are dying every year due to liquor in the GMC alone besides thousands of others needing hospitalisation! Even in a village like Loliem-it is painful to see the disgrace of many youngsters below age of 40-ending their life due to liquor adiction !

The coming budget should be used as an opportunity by the CM to raise substantial resources by taxing the liquor to discourage its consumption! The bars and taverns remaining open till late night also serves as a rallying point for the criminal elements to gather and resort to thefts and other detrimental activities including temple/church thefts in villages..............

- vishwas prabhudesai, loliem | 25 th January 2011 10:01

 

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