LUCKNOW, April 3 -- Setting a record, the Uttar Pradesh excise department earned over Rs.52,000 crore revenue in the 2024-25 fiscal, said state excise minister Nitin Agarwal here on Thursday. He also said the state government was upgrading itself in terms of use of technology to bring in more transparency and to curb tax evasion and inter-state liquor smuggling.

"The excise department has generated the highest ever revenue of Rs.52,297.08 crore in 2024-25 financial year (these are provisional figures). This is Rs. 6,726.61 crore (14.76 percent) more than the revenue of Rs. 45,570.47 crore generated in 2023-24. In 2022-23, the revenue earned by the excise department was Rs.41,252.24 crore," Agarwal said at a press conference at his offici...