<p>New Delhi: The Delhi government has intensified action against hotels, clubs and restaurants serving liquor without necessary excise licenses, officials said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Raids were conducted at 40 premises and over two dozen FIRs have been registered in the last few months, they said.</p>.<p>An Excise department officer said that between January-April this year, the enforcement teams raided 40 eateries in various parts of the city that were selling liquor without excise license.</p>.<p>The department also registered 24 FIRs in this regard. The city has around 1,000 hotels, clubs and restaurants that serve liquor without proper licenses, he said.</p>.Robotic surgery conducted on breast-cancer patient; Delhi hospital says 'first in north India'.<p>A significant number of unlicensed premises are operating across the city without obtaining proper licenses.</p>.<p>The raids were conducted across Delhi, including in West Delhi and North West areas, and 24 restaurants were found serving liquor without liquor license, officials said.</p>.<p>These unauthorized operations are causing the government revenue losses as they don't pay any license fees and also sell liquor on which no excise duty is paid, they said.</p>.<p>The officials said that these establishments out of excise management net also escape effective monitoring by the department posing threat of spurious liquor, loss of revenue and other illegal activities.</p>.<p>The Excise department has initiated a special enforcement drive from January 2025, aimed at identifying such unlicensed premises and bringing them under the legal excise licensing framework, they said. </p>
<p>New Delhi: The Delhi government has intensified action against hotels, clubs and restaurants serving liquor without necessary excise licenses, officials said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Raids were conducted at 40 premises and over two dozen FIRs have been registered in the last few months, they said.</p>.<p>An Excise department officer said that between January-April this year, the enforcement teams raided 40 eateries in various parts of the city that were selling liquor without excise license.</p>.<p>The department also registered 24 FIRs in this regard. The city has around 1,000 hotels, clubs and restaurants that serve liquor without proper licenses, he said.</p>.Robotic surgery conducted on breast-cancer patient; Delhi hospital says 'first in north India'.<p>A significant number of unlicensed premises are operating across the city without obtaining proper licenses.</p>.<p>The raids were conducted across Delhi, including in West Delhi and North West areas, and 24 restaurants were found serving liquor without liquor license, officials said.</p>.<p>These unauthorized operations are causing the government revenue losses as they don't pay any license fees and also sell liquor on which no excise duty is paid, they said.</p>.<p>The officials said that these establishments out of excise management net also escape effective monitoring by the department posing threat of spurious liquor, loss of revenue and other illegal activities.</p>.<p>The Excise department has initiated a special enforcement drive from January 2025, aimed at identifying such unlicensed premises and bringing them under the legal excise licensing framework, they said. </p>