In an official statement issued on Wednesday, State Excise Commissioner Senthil Pandian C, while clarifying the new policy, said that various categories of country-made liquor in the state have been done away with and now only four categories remain.
The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh cabinet has approved the new excise policy, in which the license fee of liquor and beer shops has been increased by 10 per cent.