Liquor sales surged in October fueled by festive occasions and gifting trends, with states like West Bengal, Delhi, and Telangana reporting...

The sector is a critical economic driver, with an estimated domestic volume of 390 million cases of branded spirits and an excise revenue c...

The sector also offers direct and indirect employment to a staggering 79 lakh individuals in India, according to a report, ''Economic Value...

The International Spirits & Wines Association of India (ISWAI) is advocating for an inflation-based pricing model for alcoholic beverages, ...

According to International Spirits and Wines Association of India (ISWAI), the alcobev sector accounts for 2% of India’s nominal GDP and ge...

Liquor companies are hoping that people in Delhi will have drinks at home when the city shuts down for G20 summit. While bars and restauran...

"Transformation in the alcobev retail environment, with larger browsable retail formats with a range of imported and domestic brands and ca...

"The Indian alcobev industry is in deep crisis due to inflation on one hand and high taxation rates. In this context, it is needed to decre...

Advertising for liquor has been banned in the country since 1995 but companies often use brand names on unrelated products to help with rec...

Karnataka is one of the largest AlcoBev-consuming states in India, however, the overall excise revenue generation is not in line with the c...

Nita Kapoor, Chief Executive Officer, ISWAI, said, “We welcome and thank the Assam government for their progressive and positive steps that...

Citing “extra ordinary inflationary pressures,” ISWAI has flagged that record increase in costs of input materials including extra neutral ...

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has penalised the Uttarakhand Agricultural Produce Marketing Board (UAPMB) for anti-competitive w...

In a letter, the body has also sought an appointment with Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to put their case concerning the new policy.

Zomato wants to cash in on the high demand for booze during the country's Covid-19 lockdown.

ISWAI member companies sell 80% of all the spirits and wine in India. They include companies such as Diageo, Bacardi, Pernod Ricard and LVM...

Industry body tells government suspension of sales only helping illegal trade, hurting revenue of states. Food is an essential commodity an...