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Delhi Liquor Booking App Boosts Transactions to 10,730

By Drooid · Oct 28, 2026 · How we work

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DSIIDC launched the Delhi Liquor Booking app for online purchases, released in October 2026.
The app operates at 208 DSIIDC outlets, a subset of Delhi’s 700+ government stores.
Buyers must be 25 years or older, collect within 48 hours, and cannot receive home delivery.
Sales rose from 3,629 transactions worth INR13 lakh in 2025-26 to 10,730 worth INR30 lakh in 2026-27.

Summary

AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj demanded the Delhi Liquor Booking app be rolled back within 24 hours and warned of mass protests.
He challenged Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on X, calling the scheme anti-people.
The BJP and Delhi government have not issued an official response to the opposition’s demands.
The app, approved by the previous Delhi administration in 2024, launched in November 2025 for advance reservations at DSIIDC vends.

History

India’s National e-Governance Plan, approved on 18 May 2006 by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, allocated INR2,500 crore and rolled out 1,200 online services to 12 million users in its first year. The 2015 Digital India launch expanded rural access, creating a precedent that now underpins Delhi’s liquor-booking app, contested by AAP’s Saurabh Bharadwaj and the BJP.

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India’s National e-Governance Plan, approved on 18 May 2006 by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, allocated INR2,500 crore and rolled out 1,200 online services to 12 million users in its first year. The 2015 Digital India launch expanded rural access, creating a precedent that now underpins Delhi’s liquor-booking app, contested by AAP’s Saurabh Bharadwaj and the BJP.

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