Bengaluru has a new excise duty on alcohol-in-beverage. Prices are now set by producers. The government cut liquor price slabs to make drin...

Local alcohol manufacturers in Karnataka have urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to review the proposed liquor tax system, saying it favours...

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 is on track to meet its ₹40,000 crore excise revenue target for 2025–26 despite a fall in liquor consumption after repeated tax h...

The decision could lead to a significant disruption in brewing products in India's second largest beer consuming state. However, the notice...

The Karnataka state government has dismissed the recent fall in liquor sales as a normal occurrence and not indicative of a decrease in dem...

United Spirits, the country's biggest liquor firm, said price tags for its brands will go up by 14-17% in Karnataka after the state announc...

As for consumption, people in fact drank less of both liquor and beer compared to the previous year, probably because the beverages became ...

The rate cut, which the government called rationalisation, was aimed at curbing inter-border smuggling of liquor from neighbouring states t...

While Tamil Nadu and Kerala top the list in revenue percentage terms at 15 per cent each, for Kerala the tax on liquor is its single larges...

Chief minister BS Yediyurappa has been exploring revenue opportunities, and plans to also auction off plots of land in and around Bengaluru...

"We have increased the excise duty by 11 per cent. Other than this during the budget also the excise duty was increased,"Chief Minister B S...

Excise department officials too admitted that the retailers and bar owners are being made to buy more hard liquor than beer.

Govt has called tenders for 350 outlets in first phase, on the condition that the shops should have detachable furniture so that outlets co...

The note from the CMO followed appeals from distillers and brewers in Karnataka, according to which, the ban would disrupt their supply com...

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, who is also in charge of planning the State’s finances, on Wednesday proposed in his Budget for 2017-18 abolishi...

Duty on liquor is one of the biggest revenue-earners for the state government. IML sales registered a 15.89% increase in 2013-14 but droppe...