The second-largest earning source of revenue for the Rajasthan Government is the Excise Department of the state government. The Excise Department handles and regulates the rules and laws that relate to the possession, manufacture, import, sale, export and transport of intoxicating drugs and liquor, it also collects revenue in the form of taxes from all of these sources. The department’s only motive is not to collect revenue from the taxes but also to stop the illegal activities such as trafficking, trade and production of Liquor.

Excise Department

The Excise Commissioner is the head of the Excise Department and the headquarters is situated in Udaipur the jurisdiction of the Excise department is all over the state. The Excise Department of Rajasthan is the second largest tax revenue source. The Excise Commissioner is helped by the Additional Excise Commissioner (Adm), Additional Excise Commissioner (Excise Preventive Force), Additional Excise Commissioner (Policy), Financial Advisor, Joint Excise Commissioner (EPF), Chemical Examiner, Additional Excise Commissioner (Legal) and many more officers. The state of Rajasthan has been divided into 7 zones in order to improve the functionaries on the field level. The seven zones are:

  • Udaipur Zone, Additional Excise Commissioner
  • Jaipur Zone, Additional Excise Commissioner
  • Jodhpur Zone, Additional Excise Commissioner
  • Ajmer Zoner, Additional Excise Commissioner
  • Bikaner Zone, Additional Excise Commissioner
  • Kota Zone, Additional Excise Commissioner
  • Bharatpur Zone, Additional Excise Commissioner

These are all the zones in which the Excise Department of Rajasthan is divided and they are all administered by smaller bodies.

Rajasthan State Beverages Corporation Limited (RSBCL)

RSBCL was formed by the Excise department of Rajasthan under the policy of Excise in the financial year 2005-06. According to the Excise policy, Rajasthan State Beverages Corporation Limited has the exclusive right to price and source beer and Indian Made Foreign Liquor in Rajasthan. The main motive behind the formation of Rajasthan State Beverages Corporation Limited was to provide the best possible quality and quantity of all types of liquor at a uniform rate all over the state to the customers. One more target was also to remove the middlemen which will improve the issue of revenue leakage problem in the system.

Aim and Objective

The aim and objective of the Excise Department are as follows:

  • One of the most important aims of the excise department is to easily systemize the accessibility of documents.
  • To check the how accurate the data is
  • The customers can communicate daily via email
  • They can continuously post the information about the personal scheme
  • The outcomes can be enhanced according to efficiency, and revenue gathering.

The Excise Department received the permit for the automation scheme from the Department of Finance of the Rajasthan Government in May 2002, the automation process started in October.

Conclusion

The excise department of Rajasthan is the second-largest source of revenue for the government of Rajasthan. It not just basically collects revenue from the taxes but also regulates the laws and rules of the possession, manufacture, import, sale, export and transport of intoxicating drugs and liquor. Its main motive is not only to collect revenue but also to stop all the illegal activities which revolve around intoxicating drugs and liquor.