NUAPADA: A review meeting to assess the performance and revenue collection of Excise department in Nuapada was held under the chairmanship of district collector Madhusudan Das on Friday.
According to official data presented in the meeting, the district had set an annual revenue target of Rs 30.11 crore for the financial year 2025-26. By March 2026, a total of Rs 26.30 crore had been collected, achieving 87.37 per cent of the target.
In the meeting, the enforcement activities carried out by the excise department were also reviewed. By March 2026, 1,942 cases had been detected, leading to the arrest of 1,203 individuals, of whom 1,090 were taken to court. A total of 1,156 charge sheets were filed.
Officials informed that substantial quantities of illegal substances including country liquor, IMFL, beer, mahua flowers, ganja, cough syrup and other illegal items were seized during the enforcement actions.
The collector ordered the excise officials to intensify action against illegal liquor trade and smuggling activities.
