TASMAC plans to regularise 23,000-plus contract workers

The state-owned Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC), which has a monopoly on liquor sales in Tamil Nadu, has proposed the regularisation of the services of more than 23,000 contract workers employed at TASMAC liquor shops.

The proposal also includes a salary hike for the workers.

According to the 2025-2026 policy note of the Home Prohibition and Excise Department, TASMAC operates 38 district offices, 43 Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) depots, 4,787 retail vending shops and 2,362 bars attached to the retail vending shops across Tamil Nadu.

TASMAC sources told PTI that a comprehensive proposal for a structural revamp of the organisation is being placed before the TASMAC board of directors.

The proposed reforms include the regularisation of more than 23,000 contract workers, a substantial salary hike and an extension of the retirement age to 60.