Telangana Excise

Telangana Excise
Agency overview
Formed 06.05.2015
Employees Bank
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* State of Telangana, IND
Size 114,840 km2 (44,340 sq mi)
Population 35,193,978
Legal jurisdiction State of Telangana
General nature
Operational structure
Elected officer responsible T. Padma Rao Goud (Excise Minister)[1]
Agency executive Ahmad Nadeem, Commissioner of Excise
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Telangana State Excise is the law enforcement agency for excise in the Indian state of Telangana.The Department enforces laws related to liquor, narcotics, psychotropics and edicines that contain alcohol and narcotics. The department was created by the new state of Telangana was formed in 2014. The first minister to take charge of this department was T Padma Rao from the Telangana Rashtra Samithi party.

Duties

The agency's duties are to:

Revenue

The Excise Department is one of the major sources of revenue in the state, producing Rs 10,500 crore.[3]

References

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