Chandigarh, Aug 30 (TIWN) Haryana government's Excise and Taxation Department saw 65 per cent increase in revenue with the new excise policy, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said.

Chautala, who holds the Excise and Taxation Portfolio, said on Sunday that in this fiscal till August 26 a revenue of Rs 20,558 crore has been collected in comparison to Rs 12,831 crore collected in this period last year.  An official statement quoting him said Rs 37,350 crore was collected in 2018-19, Rs 39,837 crore in 2019-20 and Rs 45,119 crore in 2020-21.  He said in 2020-21 the liquor contracts were auctioned for Rs 3,559 crore with the reserve price of Rs 3,128 crore.