United Breweries Limited (UBL) has resumed supplies to Telangana Beverages Corporation Ltd. after halting operations due to losses and over...

The CBI has filed a new corruption case against Karti Chidambaram for allegedly helping Diageo Scotland lift a ban on duty-free whisky sale...

Irregularities in award of liquor licences in India crop up with depressing regularity. An inordinate share of state governments' revenues ...

Delhi government had on November 17, 2021 brought Excise Policy 2021-22, which ended the near absolute monopoly of the government in sale o...

The excise duty on alcohol accounts for around 10-15% of own tax revenue in most states. Bootleggers grease the palms of law enforcers, exc...

It's Karuna who is committed to prohibition, his fans say. Jaya, they say, merely followed Karuna in talking prohibition, and she's yet to ...

Elections are contested mainly on the personal popularity of Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi, and on competition in freebies.

Wine-drinking has caught up in Kerala over the past two years, especially after the state government imposed partial prohibiton.

Karunanidhi said, “We are not saying will bring in prohibition step by step because there are no steps in this. We are saying that we will ...

J Jayalalithaa broke her silence on the party’s stand on prohibition in the state and said she will impose it in a phased manner if voted t...

The World Health Organisation finds that the average Indian drinks 4.3 litres of alcohol a year.

By hiking the prices, the government seems to have achieved the twin objective of bringing down alcohol consumption and increasing the reve...

The decision, taken by a high-level meeting convened by Excise Minister K Babu, would mean that 312 functioning bars would be closed only a...

Prohibition as a policy is high-minded idiocy. It promotes organised crime, illicit, unsafe hooch and corruption of the police.

The ministry of tourism has proposed that 4 and 5-star hotels in the state need not necessarily have a bar that serves alcohol on the premi...

Leaders of the ruling party are caught in a tangle over whether or not to renew the permits of 400-odd bars closed before the elections.

Liquor is big business for governments. So naturally the tax rules are perverse. But there is method in this madness.