Uttarakhand imposes healthcare tax on liquor

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Uttarakhand imposes healthcare tax  on liquor
A man walks away after buying liquor bottles from a wine shop, which was opened amid COVID-19 lockdown after the authorities permitted sale of liquor with certain restriction, at Kalyanpuri in New Delhi. Long queues were witnessed outside liquor shops in Delhi despite imposition of 70 per cent as 'coronavirus fee' on the sale of liquor.Photo/Atul Yadav) (
By imposing a healthcare tax on liquor and fuel, the Uttarakhand cabinet on Thursday increased the price of liquor by amounts between Rs 20 and Rs 200 per bottle and that of petrol and diesel per litre by Rs one and Rs two respectively.
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The healthcare tax imposed on liquor and petrol-diesel will be utilised for the development of the state, cabinet minister and State government spokesperson Madan Kaushik said.

Both the decisions will come into immediate effect as soon as the government orders in this regard come into force, Kaushik said. Foreign-made liquor and liquor made in India will now be available for an additional cost of Rs 20 to 200 per litre, he said.