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Liquor outlets plan e-billing from January 2013
Posted on: 15/Oct/2012 2:55:49 PM
Tipplers needn`t fear overcharging at the outlets of the Tasmac.TN government-run liquor distributor will introduce electronic billing system for the first time in all its retail shops across the state in January 2013.
This follows frequent complaints of charging over and above the maximum retail price (MRP).
This move will curb the practice of Tasmac staff charging extra even after the government recently hiked liquor prices by rounding them off to the nearest ten.
The entry in the billing device will be stored in the main server. Daily, weekly and monthly reports will be generated whenever required .
In addition, each customer will get a bill for liquor purchase, There are 6,280 liquor outlets in the state.
Recently, Tasmac also installed refrigeration in most of its outlets.This was done because the outlet staff were overcharging for beer and explaining this by saying it is for refrigeration.
Liquor sales in the state are acknowledged to be the major revenue booster for the exchequer . In 2011-12 , the revenue generated through liquor sales was about 15,000 crore. Tasmac sells about 40 lakh cases of hard liquor and about 20 lakh cases of beer every month.
