Overview
- During Question Hour, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar said shops selling IMFL or country liquor must obtain consent from registered housing societies before operating on society premises.
- Pawar directed uniform enforcement across the state and told the House that action has been taken in two cases where complaints were filed.
- BJP MLA Shankar Jagtap alleged the Vikrant Wine outlet in Sahyadri Society, Chinchwad, began operating on incomplete permissions and documents, and sought cancellations.
- The move builds on Pawar’s March indication that housing-society NOCs would be required for vends shifting into society complexes, clarifying licensing compliance for commercial spaces in such buildings.
- Separately, Deputy CM Eknath Shinde reported more than 30 lakh dog-bite cases over six years and said local bodies are intensifying animal birth control and anti-rabies vaccination under existing rules and court directions.