NIC Punjab has won the coveted Technology Sabha Award 2023 in the Enterprise Applications category at the Technology Sabha Conference 2023, which was held in Kochi (Kerala) from 23rd to 25th February 2023. This award was given for their successful implementation of the eAbkari project, an end-to-end Supply Chain Management System for Beverage Alcohol, Industrial Alcohol, and Medicinal Alcohol. The award was jointly shared with the Excise Department Punjab. The eAbkari project offers over 50 workflow-based e-services for Grant & Renewal of Licences, Packaged Liquor Brand Registration, Issuance of NOC / Permit / Passes for Import / Export / Transport of Bulk Spirit & Packaged Liquor, Real-time management of Spirit / Packaged Liquor Inventory and Excise Revenue, and Management of Excise Offender Cases and Enforcement Activity. The project has been seamlessly integrated with modern ICT technologies such as the web, QR codes, PUSH / PULL SMS, eMail, eReceipt, Geo-Tagging, Sandes Messaging Service, and Mobile Apps. Since 2019, this project has resulted in betterment of EoDB services, plugged revenue leakage points, achieved 100% compliance of BRAP and EoDB regulations. The project has been replicated in 9 other states, and due to the similarity of the functioning of Haryana State Excise Department, the Excise Department of Haryana has also shown interest in implementing eAbkari-Punjab.