Delhi liquor barcode project: CAG report flags Rs 24 crore undue benefit to implementing agency

A CAG report has found significant financial irregularities in the Excise Supply Chain Information Management System (ESCIMS) in Delhi, revealing undue benefits of Rs 24.23 crore to the implementing agency. Payments were made for unauthenticated liquor bottles not scanned through barcode at Point of Sale between December 2013 and November 2022.