New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) The Delhi government has declared five dry days in the first quarter of the 2025-26 fiscal for closure of liquor shops on important religious festivals, including Ram Navami and Good Friday.

Liquor shops in the national capital will be shut on Ram Navami (April 6), Mahavir Jayanti (April 10), Good Friday (April 18), Buddha Purnima (May 12) and Eid-ul-Zuha (June 6), according to a recent order issued by the city government's excise department.

The dry days for liquor licensees have been declared in accordance with provisions of Rule 52 of the Delhi Excise Rules, 2010, Excise Commissioner Sunny Singh said the order issued.

The licensees have also been directed to exhibit the order at a conspicuous place on their licensed premises, it added. PTI VIT VIT SZM SZM

Dry days for liquor sale ordered requiring licensed shops to close on specified religious festivals and display the notice. Closure of licensed liquor outlets is mandated on five specified religious festivals in the April-June quarter of 2025-26 as a dry days measure under the Delhi excise regulatory framework; licensees must exhibit the order conspicuously at their premises, creating an express compliance obligation directed by the excise department.