29 SepProhibition & Excise
Higher maintenance allowance for shops
Monthly shop maintenance raised to ₹5,000 (corporations), ₹4,000 (municipalities/town panchayats) and ₹3,000 (rural).
Source: News Today
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கே. விக்னேஷ் · அமைச்சர் பணிகள்
K. Vignesh runs prohibition and excise — closing TASMAC outlets near schools and temples, better pay and strict MRP rules for staff, and de-addiction centres in every constituency.
The big numbers
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Monthly shop maintenance raised to ₹5,000 (corporations), ₹4,000 (municipalities/town panchayats) and ₹3,000 (rural).
Source: News Today
Said the new environmental and social welfare cess would not raise retail prices, as it is adjusted against the existing ₹10 bottle deposit.
Source: DT Next
Announced de-addiction centres in every constituency and ₹10 crore to support families affected by alcoholism; online payments at TASMAC bars were gaining ground.
Source: The New Indian Express
Chaired a review of development works in his constituency at Madukkarai.
Source: Coimbatore district
Economic rehabilitation aid for reformed offenders doubled from ₹50,000 to ₹1 lakh, with stepped-up action on illicit liquor.
Source: Deccan Chronicle
From 1 September: ₹33,023 for supervisors, ₹30,284 for salesmen and ₹28,680 for assistant salesmen (about ₹486.90 crore a year).
Source: The Times of India
₹20,000 festival advance, ₹6,000 uniform aid, eight-hour duty, rotating weekly holidays and two casual leaves a month.
Source: DT Next
250 qualified TASMAC employees to be appointed junior assistants in government departments.
Source: News Today
Suspension for a first overcharging offence and dismissal for a second.
Source: DT Next
Outlets breaching the 500-metre rule near schools, temples, hospitals and bus stops will be moved; shops to display warnings on the harm of alcohol.
Source: DT Next · The New Indian Express
Announced a 25% salary rise for TASMAC staff and warned that charging above MRP could mean dismissal.
Source: DT Next
Said there is no plan to privatise TASMAC.
Source: The Times of India
Met TASMAC unions in Coimbatore; announced that the ₹10 bottle deposit would be applied at manufacture so staff need not collect bottles.
Source: The New Indian Express
Reviewed closure of the 717 TASMAC outlets near schools, places of worship and transport hubs (436 closed by then) and ordered the rest closed, with tighter action on illicit liquor.
Source: DT Next · The Times of India
Our report ›Sworn in during the second phase of the Cabinet and allocated Prohibition and Excise.
Source: Govt press release No. 40
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