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Asked Date
2021-03-25
Asked by
Hon. Buddhika Pathirana, M.P.
Ministry
Finance
Legislature
Ninth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
First Session
(a) (i) Issuance of toddy licences is carried out by the Excise Superintendents in charge of the respective areas under the direction of the Commissioner General of Excise. Therefore, the Commissioner General of Excise informed that two months are required to obtain information and reply to it.
(ii) Answer given in (a) (i) above is relevant for this.
(iii) Answer given in (a) (i) above is relevant for this.
(iv) Answer given in (a) (i) above is relevant for this.
(b) Those toddy collected can be possessed by the toddy collectors at toddy collecting stations till 6.00 p.m.
(c) (i) Yes.
(ii) Possibility does not exist for precisely regulating the places and processes of producing toddy including toddy topes without a licensing system for tree tapping is in place.
(iii) Excise Department of Sri Lanka is taking action to conduct inspections and raids on continuous basis to prevent toddy being mixed with alien substances; to call for reports of analysis on the samples drawn from the consignment of toddy; to prosecute against those who are involved in such acts and to take legal action by submitting technical crime reports against the licensees.
(iv) Formulating local standards for different types of toddy is in progress, and till they are published samples drawn from toddy consignments are sent to Government Analyst to obtain reports of analysis including their percentage of acidity, content, and the alcohol percentage etc.
(d) Does not arise.
Answered Date
2021-05-20
Answered by
Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa, M.P.
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