Durga Puja Pandals in Durgapur 2015

To
Our Honourable Chief Minister,
West Bengal

Subject: Impact of Alcohol Corporation in West Bengal

Respected Mamata Di,

We are saddened that inspite of many attempts to meet our representatives who we have voted to power, we the people of West Bengal are just ignored whenever we have tried to contact your government.

West Bengal Government has decided to sell Foreign Liquor through a Corporation which is going to make so many people like us lose our livelihood and create a socio – economic hara-kiri in West Bengal.

If demonetization has not affected the Liquor Industry and inturn has helped the West Bengal Government with better revenues, the credit goes to the Private Wholesalers who have created such an ecosystem for last 30 – 40 years through door to door deliveries, giving credit to the cash strapped retailers across West Bengal and with the support of your Transparent and Corruption Free Excise Department, we have played a big role in making Bengal one of the safest markets insulated from spurious and fake liquor.

Mamata di, we are pleading with folded hands to give us a chance to explain our perspective and some of the things we would like to bring to your kind notice is below:

> THE BENGAL EXCISE IS ZERO CORRUPTION, THIS MAKES US SURVIVE IN 2% MARGIN INSPITE OF GIVING DOOR TO DOOR DELIVERIES AND CREDIT TO RETAILERS. WHY DOES THE GOVERNMENT WANT TO START CORRUPT PRACTICES IN BENGAL LIKE TAMIL NADU, JHARKHAND OR ORISSA?

>BENGAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE ON EXCISE AND SALES TAX GROWING @18% SINCE THE LAST 4 YEARS, WHY DOES THE GOVERNMENT WANT TO START SPENDING MONEY TO CREATE A CORPORATION WHEN THERE IS ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY EXISTING IN BENGAL? KARNATAKA CORPORATION ( KNOWN TO BE THE BEST MODEL ) IS GROWING AT 10% PER ANNUM.

> W.E.F 1.01.2017 GOVT HAS TAKEN 27% SALES TAX ( NOW CALLED ADDITIONAL EXCISE DUTY ) UPFRONT FROM THE WHOLESALERS. WHERE IS THE QUESTION OF ANY LEAKAGE OF REVENUE WHEN THE GOVT HAS SECURED 78% TO 82% OF ALL GOVT DUTIES at the FIRST POINT ITSELF.

> THE GOVT CAN INDUCE MORE DUTIES TO BOOST UP THE REVENUE THROUGH THE EXISTING WHOLESALERS, WHY SPEND ALMOST INR 275.00 – INR 325 CRORES IN CREATING A NEW INFRASTRUCTURE?

> 18% GROWTH WILL COME DOWN TO 10% GROWTH IF THE GOVT GOES AHEAD WITH CORPORATION. BECAUSE BENGAL IS A CLEAN SYSTEM WHERE THERE IS NO INHERENT REVENUE LEAKAGE.

> 75% OF THE RETAILER WHO DEPENDS ON OUR CREDIT, THE GOVERNMENT EXPECTS THEM TO LINE UP AT THE GOVT DEPOTS AND TAKE DELIVERIES THEMSELVES? THIS WILL LEAD TO A NEXUS BETWEEN BOOTLEGGERS AND THE RETAILERS. BENGAL HAD ZERO PENENTRATION OF DUPLICATE AND FAKE BRANDS, WHO IS TO BENEFIT FROM THIS NEXUS?

> SMALLER COURRUPT COMPANIES WITH INFERIOR BRANDS FROM OTHER STATES WILL START HAVING A NEXUS WITH DEPOT MANAGERS LIKE OTHER CORPORATION MARKETS, WHO INTURN WILL SELL ONLY THOSE BRANDS TO RETAILERS WHICH ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE DEPOT MANAGERS AND NOT TO THE CONSUMER.

> INVESTORS LIKE US WHOSE MARKET OUTSTANDINGS TO THE TUNE OF INR 650 – 700 CRORES IN THE SHAPE OF CREDIT IS FLOATING IN THE MARKET. MOST OF THE RETAILERS WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE AND BLOCK OUR MONEY.

> DISTIBUTORS ARE DEPENDENT ON THE BANKS BY 85%, THE BANKING SYSTEM WILL BE AFFECTED BY SUCH A MOVE?

>MAMATA DI BEING A BUSINESSMAN IS A CRIME IN BENGAL EVEN AFTER THE LEFT FRONT HAS BEEN OUSTED FROM BENGAL?

> WE HAVE ALMOST 14000 – 17000 INDIVDIUALS WORKING IN THIS INDUSTRY WHO ARE SEMI OR LESS EDUCATED, WHAT FUTURE DO THEY HAVE WHEN THE CORPORATION COMES IN?

> TAMILNADU WAS FAMOUS FOR THE ”AMMA TAX” ON LIQUOR WHICH FUNDED VARIOUS WELFARE SCHEMES, IS THIS WHAT SOME OF THE BUREAUCRATS WANT TO CREATE? THEY WANT TO TARNISH THE IMAGE OF OUR CM MAMATA DI WHO IS KNOWN FOR HER HONESTY.

WE HAVE BEGGED THE GOVERNMENT TO LISTEN TO OUR INDUSTRY BUT WE DONT EVEN GET AN EAR FROM ANY MINISTER WHO WE HAVE VOTED TO POWER.

DISTRIBUTORS HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN WHICH CAN INCREASE THE REVENUE BUT THE GOVERNTMENT DOES NOT WANT TO LISTEN.

> INCREASE THE LICENSE FEE ON 102 PRIVATE WHOLESALERS: GOVT CAN GET ADDITIONAL RS. 15 CRORES PER ANNUM.

> INCREASE THE LICENSE FEE ON 5562 RETAIL LICENSES: GOVT CAN GET ADDITIONAL RS. 72 CRORES PER ANNUM.

> INCREASE THE LABEL REGISTRATION FEE ON MORE THAN 5000 BRANDS: GOVT CAN GET ADDITIONAL RS.12 CRORES

> INCREASE THE EXCISE DUTIES ON COUNTRY LIQUOR AND MAKE IT EQUAL TO IMFL.

> ALLOW PRIVATE INVESTORS TO OPEN UP NEW WAREHOUSES IN FAR FLUNG DISTRICTS AND FURTHER REDUCE CHANCES OF SPURIOUS LIQUOR.

THE PRIVATE WHOLESALERS HAVE NEVER FELT THE NEED TO HAVE A LOBBY LIKE OTHER STATES OF INDIA BECAUSE THEY DON’T NEED TO UNDER THIS TRANSPARENT AND CORRUPTION FREE WORKING OF THE EXCISE AND THE GOVERNMENT. REASON IS OUR CHIEF MINISTER – MAMATA DI.

MANY OF US HAVE COME FROM OUTSIDE BENGAL JUST BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE LEAST CORRUPTED STATE IN INDIA WITH A VERY STABLE GOVERNMENT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR CHIEF MINISTER – MAMATA DI.

IN OUR SMALL WAY WE ALL HAVE CONTRIBUTED IN THE CONCEPT OF ‘JOY BANGLA’ AND DON’T DENY US THE JOY OF LIVING IN WEST BENGAL.

CORPORATIONS IN ALCOBEV HAVE ALWAYS RESULTED INTO CORRUPTION AND A BAD IMAGE FOR A GOVERNMENT AND SINCE THE TIME OUR CHIEF MINISTER – MAMATA DI HAS COME TO POWER, WEST BENGAL IS ONE OF THE MOST CORRUPTION FREE STATE OF INDIA. WITH FULL HUMILITY WE PRAY BEFORE YOU TO KEEP THIS IMAGE INTACT.

Respected Mamata Di, please understand our plight and GIVE OUR ALTERNATIVE PLANS A CHANCD FOR A YEAR BEFORE YOU THROW US OUT OF THE SYSTEM.

ATLEAST GIVE US A YEARS TIME TO EXIT GRACEFULLY IF THE GOVT HAS MADE UP ITS MIND.

Mamata di you are the only Chief Minister in India who cares about its subjects and this time a lot of your People are in trouble and you are our only saviour.

Thanking you

Yours truly

On behalf of thousands of Sons of the Soil of West Bengal

its good to see all the durgapujas in a one screen, we r those cant able to see our home place pujas for them its a grate experience..!!
Subha Bijoya… to All.

Thank you,
Arindam

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