Gazette Reference: No. BPA 11/2023/2023-2024/01/VII, dated 28th March, 2023 Type: Fee Revision — Financial Year 2023-2024 Authority: Rule 4(a) of the Maharashtra Potable Liquor (Periodicity and Fees for Grant, Renewal or Continuance of Licence) Rules, 1996; Maharashtra Prohibition Act, 1949 Summary: The Commissioner of State Excise, Maharashtra, has re-notified revised licence fee rates for FY 2023-2024 across all major licence categories under the Bombay Prohibition Act. Fees are structured by production capacity (in BL/cases) for manufacturing licences and by population bracket for retail/wholesale licences. Five-year renewals made prior to FY 2023-2024 are exempt; those renewing for five years from 2023-2024 onward are subject to excess production fee provisions at base-year rates.
COMPLETE FEE SCHEDULE:
| Sr | License Form | Description | Fee (₹) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-1A | Form I | Distillery — Primary Distillation (a) Up to 45,00,000 BL | 6,10,500 |
| A-1A | Form I | Distillery — Primary Distillation (b) 45,00,001–90,00,000 BL | 7,62,300 |
| A-1A | Form I | Distillery — Primary Distillation (c) 90,00,001–1,35,00,000 BL | 9,15,200 |
| A-1A | Form I | Distillery — Primary Distillation (d) 1,35,00,001–1,80,00,000 BL | 10,68,100 |
| A-1A | Form I | Distillery — Primary Distillation (e) 1,80,00,001–2,25,00,000 BL | 12,38,200 |
| A-1A | Form I | Distillery — Primary Distillation (f) 2,25,00,001–2,70,00,000 BL | 14,36,200 |
| A-1A | Form I | Distillery — Primary Distillation (g) 2,70,00,001–3,15,00,000 BL | 16,67,200 |
| A-1A | Form I | Distillery — Primary Distillation (h) 3,15,00,001–3,60,00,000 BL | 19,35,200 |
| A-1A | Form I | Distillery — Primary Distillation (i) 3,60,00,001–4,05,00,000 BL | 22,52,000 |
| A-1A | Form I | Distillery — Primary Distillation (j) 4,05,00,001 BL and above | 26,12,300 |
| A-1B | Form I | Distillery — Re-distillation only (a) Up to 90,00,000 BL | 3,05,800 |
| A-1B | Form I | Distillery — Re-distillation only (b) 90,00,001 BL and above | 6,10,500 |
| A-1C | Form I | Distillery — Grape Spirit only by Pot Distillation Method | 55,000 |
| A-1D | Form I | Distillery — Spirit other than from molasses/grain/malt/grape (for Local Liquor manufacture) | 55,000 |
| Sr | License Form | Description | Fee (₹) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-2A | Form PLL | Potable Liquor Manufacture (a) Min. fee / avg. production up to 1,00,000 cases of 9 BL or nil production | 23,10,000 |
| A-2A | Form PLL | Potable Liquor Manufacture (b) Above 1,00,000 cases of 9 BL | ₹23.10 per case |
| A-2B | Form PLL | Potable Liquor — Grape Brandy (from Grape Spirit) & Local Liquor; held with BRL (wine) and Form I (grape spirit) licences | 1,16,900 |