Chandigarh, Aug. 24 -- In a determined bid to strengthen fiscal discipline and boost state revenue, the Punjab Government has launched an aggressive drive to recover long-pending excise arrears inherited from previous SAD-BJP and Congress regimes. Punjab Finance, Planning, Excise and Taxation Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema announced that the Excise Commissionerate has already recovered Rs 1.85 crore in the current financial year 2025-26.

To accelerate the process, permission has been granted to auction 27 properties with a combined base value of Rs. 20.31 crore. The first phase of auctions will see 14 properties in Sri Muktsar Sahib, Fazilka, and Mansa districts go under the hammer in the first two weeks of September.

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