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Fueling Demand: Inside India’s ethanol mobility revolution in reverseIndia is launching an ambitious green mobility initiative. The country is establishing E100 fuel stations nationwide before flex-fuel vehic...
India has a story to tell in single malts that is not borrowed from Scotland or Japan: Alcobrew’s Romesh PanditaIn a freewheeling chat, Romesh Pandita, Chairman and Managing Director, Alcobrew Distilleries India, highlights how Indian single malts are...
Ladakh rings in new excise policy- wider choice in low alcohol content; hard liquor also at retail vendsThe administration’s decision comes in the wake of growing concerns raised by civil society, religious organizations, and medical experts r...
Ladakh's new excise policy eases restrictions on liquor saleLadakh's new Excise Policy permits hard liquor sales, reduces license documents from 16 to six, and expands availability to four more distr...
SC issues notice to Centre on plea seeking ban on alcohol sales in tetra packs, sachetsThe Supreme Court of India on Wednesday sought responses from the Centre and other authorities on a plea seeking an immediate ban on the sa...
Karnataka revises liquor prices. Check latest new rates in Bengaluru and other areasKarnataka has implemented a new Alcohol-in-Beverage (AIB)-based excise duty system, resulting in updated liquor prices statewide. The excis...
Karnataka rolls out new alcobev policy, distillers unhappyBengaluru has a new excise duty on alcohol-in-beverage. Prices are now set by producers. The government cut liquor price slabs to make drin...
Alcohol-in-beverage: Karnataka leads India’s next liquor tax experimentKarnataka becomes India's first state to adopt an Alcohol-in-Beverage excise duty structure. This new policy, effective May 11, deregulates...
New policy will benefit premium brands, hurt local ones, distillers tell Karnataka CM SiddaramaiahLocal alcohol manufacturers in Karnataka have urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to review the proposed liquor tax system, saying it favours...
India-New Zealand FTA duty concessions under to help boost exports of single malt whisky: CIABCIndia's free trade agreement with New Zealand is set to boost Indian liquor exports. Duty concessions will make Indian single malt whisky a...
Liquor stocks have macro tailwinds, but will FTAs become a problem? 6 liquor stocks with an upside potential of up to 26%Supply chain disruptions caused by the US-Israel-Iran conflict have a second-order impact on several industries. The liquor sector is no ex...
Karnataka liquor taxation: Distillers to meet CM, seek review of new alcobev tax structureAlcoholic beverage manufacturers in Bengaluru are seeking a review of proposed excise duty rules, fearing a European model's negative impac...
Bacardi, United Spirits move HC against Maharashtra liquor policyMajor liquor companies are challenging a new Maharashtra government policy in the Bombay High Court. They claim the policy unfairly benefit...
Cheers! Elara Capital sees 17% upside potential in United Breweries after Karnataka’s new excise policy, here’s whyKarnataka's new excise policy is set to benefit United Breweries significantly. The state is shifting to a global taxation standard, deregu...
Karnataka to end alcohol price controls from April 2026Karnataka is set to overhaul its liquor tax system. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced reforms including an alcohol-content-based duty s...
Share of alcohol on rise in states' tax revenue kittyAlcohol accounts for an increasing share of revenue in states' taxes with one in every seven rupees earned by the states in 2022-23 is expe...
Delhi hits the bottle, goes back in timeThe excise duty on alcohol accounts for around 10-15% of own tax revenue in most states. Bootleggers grease the palms of law enforcers, exc...
Why government imposes tax on liquor despite being big businessLiquor is big business for governments. So naturally the tax rules are perverse. But there is method in this madness.
50% hike in prices of hard drinks like whisky, gin, rum in DelhiHard drinks such as whisky, gin, brandy, rum and vodka will cost more as excise duty on alcohol has been increased by 50%.
Excise duty on alcohol a recipe for hooch deathsThe higher the level of excise duty, the higher the gain from evasion, the greater the incentive to evade, the greater the bribes to be pai...