India, March 27 -- The Delhi excise department has ordered a complete reset of Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) - codes used to track inventory - with all existing SKUs expiring on March 31 to ensure better traceability and regulatory control.

According to a circular issued on March 24, no licensee will be able to conduct trade using these SKUs unless the validity is extended through the prescribed mechanism.

The department ordered that L1 licensees - wholesalers permitted to store and sell Indian and foreign liquor - must re-register their brands on the eAbkari portal.

The portal is a digital solution developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) to automate and regulate the liquor supply chain.

"The registration and approval of brand...