UP Excise Lottery Policy: The e-lottery process of allocation of retail shops by the Excise Department for the year 2025-26 was successfully completed in Indira Gandhi Foundation, Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow. This process was completed before the District Level Committee under the chairmanship of District Magistrate Lucknow. Administrative officials as well as other members of the committee were present during the e-lottery process.
Officer involved in e-lottery process
Members and administrative officers of the committee were present in the e-lottery process. Prominent Deputy Commissioner of Police Crime, Lucknow Commissionerate Kamlesh Kumar Dixit, Deputy Excise Commissioner, Lucknow Charge Neeraj Verma, District Excise Officer Karunndra Singh were present. Apart from this, Additional District Officer Rakesh Singh (TG), Additional District Magistrate Finance/Revenue Rakesh Kumar Singh, Municipal Magistrate Gyan Chandra Gupta, Additional Municipal Magistrate Falguni Singh (AM-4), Ankit Shukla (AM-7), Mohit Yadav (AM-2), Mohit Yadav (AM-2), Manoj Kumar Singh (AM-5), Ankit Kumar (AM-3), Ankit Kumar (AM-3), Ankit Kumar (AM-3), Ankit Kumar (AM-3), to maintain administrative system. Singh, Additional Municipal Magistrate Shipra Pal (AM-6), Deputy District Magistrate BKT Satish Chandra Tripathi and Deputy District Magistrate Mohanlalganj Brijesh Kumar Verma were present. Supervision of the entire process, Principal Secretary, I.T. And was done by the Department of Electronics Anurag Yadav (IAS).
There was a huge crowd of applicants
A large number of applicants were present in the Jupiter Hall during the e-lottery process. The applicants saw enthusiasm and curiosity, as the entire process was performed online, fair and transparent.
Transparent and fair process
The excise department’s e-lottery system is designed to ensure fairness and transparency. The lottery process for applicants under this digital system was automated, thereby there was no possibility of any type of rigging. Officials appreciated the process and said that this system will make the functioning of the Excise Department more effective.
How the e-lottery system works
In the e-lottery process, applicants have to submit the online application, after which a lottery draw is drawn through an automated digital process. The main objective of this system:
Complete transparency: Due to the entire process digital medium, no person can manipulate it.
Saving time: The e-lottery process is faster than the traditional process.
Fairness: All applicants get equal opportunity.
Main points associated with e-lottery process:
The application process was completely online.
The guidelines issued by the Excise Department were strictly followed.
The entire process was concluded under the supervision of high level administrative officials to maintain fairness.
The final lottery draw took place under complete transparency and technical supervision.
Reaction of industry and trade world
Traders and applicants expressed satisfaction over the successful execution of the lottery process. The President of Lucknow Bullion Merchants Association said that this system is definitely an important step towards e-governance. Traders say that the transparent process by the Excise Department has increased confidence in liquor traders.
Future plans and reforms
The Excise Department said that this system will continue in the coming years and further improvements will be made in it. The government is working towards making all the processes of Excise Department online and technical under Digital India Mission. This will bring more transparency in the operation of alcohol and cannabis retail shops.
The e-lottery process of the Excise Department is emerging as a successful and transparent system. Under this process, shops were allotted in a fair manner, which gave satisfaction among the applicants. This lottery process, executed under the supervision of administrative officials, will become an example to maintain similar fairness in the future.
