Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 12: Excise Commissioner Tsering Angchuk today convened a meeting to review the over-all growth scenario of the revenue receipts of the Department for the month of February and total revenue realized till the month of February for the financial year 2015-16 .
The chair was informed that the total revenue realized by the department during the month of February 2015-16 has been Rs. 93.98 crore in comparison to the Rs 75.74 crore realized during January, 2014-15. Upto the month of February, 2015-16, the department has realized an amount of Rs. 1056.15 crore as against Rs. 906.83 crore upto the month of January 2014-15.
The Commissioner was also apprised that at Toll Post Lakhanpur there has been an increase of 30.37 percent in revenue realization during the month of February 2016 and 17.30 percent upto 29th February. The Distillery Wing has achieved 91.65 percent of the target fixed and the Excise Wing has achieved 94.84 percent of the target fixed for the current financial year.
On the front of Eradication and Enforcement activity, the Excise Commissioner appreciated the comprehensive drive launched by the Department to arrest the menace of illegal smuggling of liquor, illicit distillation and other violations of the J&K Excise Act, 1958.
It was informed that during the month of February, approximately sixteen tons of Lahan was destroyed by the various Excise Teams in Jammu division.
All the Deputy Excise Commissioners and Excise and Taxation Officers were present in the meeting.
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