Thiruvananthapuram: Indian-made foreign liquor distributed in the state is getting a security label with 30 safety features. Print a tag-based holographic tax label imprinted with a QR code. Its feature is that the track and trace system is implemented in the liquor supply chain.
Ensure product safety and efficient inventory management. This technology will also enable the authorities to monitor the liquor distribution system completely in real time. By scanning the QR code, any customer can know the details of the liquor, which warehouse it is stored in, and when the sale came into stock.
The system also aims to end tax evasion completely. The hologram is designed by C-Dit. Currently, the trial run of the system is going on. The brand new hologram will start appearing on liquor bottles very soon. Beverages Corporation CMD Yogesh Gupta, Excise Commissioner Mahipal Yadav and CDIT Registrar Jayadev Anand AK signed the MoU regarding the hologram in the presence of Excise Minister MB Rajesh.
