Cut licence fee, we're suffering: Bar owners

Months before licence renewal, permit rooms in city appeal to excise ministry to reduce licence fee by 20% as soaring liquor prices are endangering hospitality sector While the coffers of the state excise department are abounding owing to the steep rise in liquor prices, permit room owners are drained to the last drop trying to make liquor as cheap as they can. Since liquor prices in Maharashtra have risen by almost 50% over the last year, patronage to bars is slowly eroding, proprietors complain. Just a few months before bar licences

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