Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has unveiled an online portal to ease the process for the home delivery of liquor in the State.
The Odisha State beverage Corporation (OSBC), in association with NIC, Odisha launched the website to streamline the process of home delivery of liquor.
The portal contains list of all the retailers within the district at one location.
The digital platform also provides the list of all the brands with MRPs available with the retailers.
The website enables the customers to place order by selecting the retailers and brands of their choice.
The portal will generate a challan containing the above details with MRP and delivery charges.
With this portal, the retailers can aggregate all the orders at one place which makes it convenient to them for handle.
Since all the orders gets registered in the portal, it automatically generates the record of each transaction and frees him from the hassle of maintaining another register.
The system also generates e-Invoice which can act as an e-pass to facilitate movement. SMS alerts are also received by retailers and consumers at various stages.
The portal is available at www.osbc.co.in. The first time visitors are required to register at the log in page.
The portal is also mobile compatible.
Notably, the government has allowed home delivery of liquor to the existing “ON” & “OFF” Excise licensees in the state.
As per the government decision, home delivery can be taken up by retailers directly and also through agencies like food aggregators, standard technology platforms etc.
As on 31st may, 1351 retailers are participating in home delivery of liquor throughout the state. Also, 4 aggregators namely Zomato, Swiggy, Hip Bar & Dunia online Pvt. Ltd. have been granted NOC to operate in the state.
Out of 2,46,852 home delivery orders received, 2,42,038 orders have been executed by these retailers as well as aggregators till May 31.