Alcohol-Home Delivery in Maharashtra: How to apply for online alcohol permit

How to apply online for alcohol permit to avail home delivery of liquor in Maharashtra? This question must be in the mind of every Maharashtra resident who craves for alcohol. Actually, the Maharashtra government has allowed home delivery of liquor in the state, although this permission has been given for only a few places. Restrictions are still in place in red zone areas. According to the government guidelines, shopkeepers can do home delivery of liquor in the state only for those customers who have an alcohol permit. Along with this, the government has also allowed online platforms like Swiggy and Zomato for home delivery of liquor, currently this facility is not available in Mumbai.

If you also want to get liquor delivered to your doorstep, then you should immediately apply for an alcohol permit. How to apply for a permit? Today we are going to tell you this method.

How to apply for alcohol permit in Maharashtra-

1. First of all Your government Go to the website and create a user ID.

2. To create a user ID, click on “New User? Register Here” and then go to “Option 1”. Fill in the required information here, like mobile number, district etc.

3. During this, you will also have to provide your username and password, date of birth and age. This process will end with an OTP, which will be sent to your registered number.

4. After registering on Aaple Sarkaar website Maharashtra State Excise Go to the website.

5. Enter the recently created User ID details here and go to option 11 “Permit for the purchase, possession, transport, use and consumption of Foreign Liquor and Country Liquor in the State of Maharashtra(FL XC)” located on the left side of the screen.

6. Now the user has to fill a new form. Now click on “Permanent Permit” at the bottom and submit.

7. Now you have to upload documents like photograph (160×200 pixels), whose size should be between 5kb to 20kb. Apart from this, the user will also have to upload his scanned signature (256×64 pixels), whose signature should be of the same size as the previous one. To resize the photo and scanned documents, users can go to online photo editing website Pixlr You can also use the .

Note: Keep in mind that the scanned documents should be saved with the name ‘photo’, ‘signature’, in which there should not be any spaces or special characters.

8. Similarly, following the instructions, upload the PDF format of address proof like PAN Card, Driving License, Passport, Aadhar Card etc.

9. The process will be completed only when you pay the mandatory permit payment of Rs 1,020.60 (with GST). Users can make the payment through credit/debit cards, internet banking, mobile wallets, etc.

10. This process may take up to 5 days. Users are advised to keep checking the submitted form on the Maharashtra State Excise website regularly. Once the application is processed, you can download its e-print. You will find the download option in the ‘receipt’ column.

It is worth noting that the decision of home delivery of liquor has been taken to promote social distancing during the corona virus lockdown. Maharashtra is the state most affected by this epidemic.