AP: Reduction in bar license fee comes as a boon to bidders

Vijayawada, Aug. 19 -- The new bar policy announced by the Andhra Pradesh government has come as a boon to bidders as the reforms introduced in the new policy are aimed at making bar operations financially sustainable with drastic reduction in license fee and with a facility to pay the license fee in six installments.

Earlier, the bar license bidders were forced to pay the total bid amount at a time.

The new move of the AP State government on reduction in bar license fee has reduced the financial burden on bidders.

In the new bar policy licenses will be given to 840 bars. In addition, ten percent of additional bar licenses were reserved for Geetha Karmikulu to promote social equity and empowerment. Besides fifty per cent concession in l...