New Delhi, March 30 -- Delhi collected over Rs.5,000 crore taxes from liquor sales during the ongoing financial year, the newly-elected BJP government told the Assembly. The national capital also sold nearly 6 lakh litres of alcohol per day during 2023-24, the government informed.

The government was responding to a question asked by BJP MLA Abhay Verma, according to a report by NDTV. Here is what it said.

In its reply to Verma, the Delhi government said that it had earned a revenue of Rs.5,068.92 crore from excise duty and VAT (value added tax) from liquor sales in Delhi during the financial year 2024-25. This revenue was generated till February 2025.

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