Chandigarh, July 5 -- The Haryana Excise and Taxation Department has collected a revenue of Rs 12,615 crore during the ongoing excise auctions. So far, the department has successfully auctioned 1,081 out of a total of 1,194 excise zones across the state. In a statement, Excise and Taxation Commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh on Friday said the retail liquor vends licensees can operate two vends in each zone, thus more than 2,150 retail liquor vends have been opened within the first three weeks under the new excise policy. He said that in the ongoing auctions now only 113 zones are left for auctions, which are likely to be auctioned within a few days. He emphasized that the excise auctions for retail liquor vends in Haryana is a completely trans...