In Punjab, you can now check genuineness of liquor bottle by scanning QR Code
Chandigarh, December 23: Tightening noose around liquor mafia, Punjab Finance, Planning, Excise and Taxation Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Friday launched a mobile-based ‘Excise QR Code Label Verification Citizen App’ as a part of 'track and trace project' being implemented by the Department of Excise.
Launching this citizen-centric app at the Excise and Taxation Bhawan, Harpal Singh Cheema said this QR code-base mobile app was a step further in the direction of ensuring that no in-genuine, counterfeit or no duty-paid liquor could be sold in the state of Punjab.
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He said this initiative would help save consumers' health, besides creating another check on the evasion of excise duty. The minister also launched a 24X7 helpline number 9875961126 and appealed to the general public to support the initiatives of the state government against illicit liquor trade by reporting any of such activities on this helpline.
Highlighting the features available on this app, Harpal Cheema said consumers could now check the genuineness of the liquor bottled purchased by them by scanning QR Code affixed on liquor bottle using this mobile app.
He said the consumer would be able to know the bottle label code, distiller/ bottlers' name, name of the brand, quantity of the pack, strength of the alcohol and date of the manufacturing just by scanning the QR code pasted on every bottle of liquor being sold across the state.
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“This mobile app can be downloaded and installed on Android as well as iOS-operated mobile phones. The mobile app is available for download free of cost from the Google play store and Apple store,” said Cheema.
Cheema said this application had been integrated with the 'track and trace project', thus the consumers could an report any irregularity directly to the Excise Department using this facility.
Excise Commissioner Varun Roojam told the minister that under the track and trace project of the Excise Department, it had been ensured that every bottle sold in the state had a QR code sticker so that any customer could get immediate information about the bottle of liquor purchased.
- PTC NEWS
