Ranchi: India Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) brands are likely to become marginally cheaper in Jharkhand later this month as the state’s excise and prohibitions department has decided to rollback a the special cess it had imposed to shore up revenues during the peak of Covid-19 pandemic. The Covid-19 cess, which was fixed at 10% of the maximum retail price, will be rolled back and the move is likely to increase the profit margin of the state’s licensed retail liquor sellers. “The proposal to withdraw the cess has already been approved by chief minister Hemant Soren. The notification will be out by this week, after a new price list of IMFL brands are drafted based on the calculations which is to be necessitated due to the withdrawal of the special cess,” a senior officer of the state excise and prohibitions department said, requesting anonymity.