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Noida: Liquor sales go modular as prefab shops roll out under new UP excise policyNoida now has liquor stores in containers. Uttar Pradesh changed its excise policy. This allows shops in prefabricated containers. The goal...
Uttarakhand Cabinet approves new Excise Policy 2025The Uttarakhand cabinet approved a new Excise Policy 2025, emphasizing tighter control over liquor sales and closing licenses near religiou...
Goa allows 24-hour opening of liquor shops at airportsThe Goa government has amended the Goa Excise Duty Rules, announcing that licensed retail liquor outlets can now operate 24/7. The provisio...
Delhi: Government run liquor shops open but with empty shelves as old excise policy returnsThe shop owners reported to duty on time, but the government hasn't delivered booze supply. An employee of a liquor vending machine said th...
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...
Delhi govt’s move to lower drinking age to propel Delhi in big league alcobev market: Industry executives“Lowering the age to 21 is progressive and pragmatic. In any case, underage consumers were breaking the law in unsupervised spaces like hou...
Liquor outlets in Kerala to open on May 28; new app to regulate customersA new system, using a mobile application, will be used to book the time slot to purchase the liquor. This is a virtual queue system. The ne...
Alcohol policy needed for lockdowns: No need to detest booze, say mental health expertsExperts says India needs to avoid ‘vice versus virtue’ dichotomy with regard to alcohol.
Retailers selling cigarettes and liquor in black hike pricesWhile grocery shops are the only ones selling cigarettes since pan-and-cigarette shops remaining closed for the 21 days lockdown, these ret...
Trade deficit checks: Curbs on duty-free cigarettes, liquor proposedWhile the government doesn’t maintain data on imports coming through the duty-free channel, liquor, cigarettes, chocolates and perfumes are...
Destroy alcohol lying in bar for longer than eight days: Delhi excise dept to restaurantsRestaurateurs said this move will result in at least Rs 20 lakh worth of spirits going down the drain every month.
Long way to go before noose on booze delivery loosensAccording to the ToI report, some months earlier the excise department had busted a larger network for alcohol deliveries across the city, ...
Highway liquor ban: Half the outlets remain shut, industry feels the pinchSpirits cos, which expected most liquor shops and bars to relocate or reopen in a few months, now say the situation may normalise only by n...
SC judgment talks about liquor shops, not hotels & restaurants: Kapil Chopra, Oberoi GroupMost of the hotels are built around highways because in India highways are not outside the city but within the cities, points out Chopra.
Hyderabad liquor vendors create paper money to beat coin shortageThe owner of a liquor retail chain said each of his shops is saving at least Rs 1,000 a day now, money which used to be spent earlier to pr...
- SEC slaps Diageo $16 mn fine for bribery in India, Thailand
US market regulator SEC has slapped penalties of over USD 16 million on Diageo for corrupt practices in India, Thailand and S Korea to push...
- Departmental stores may be allowed to sell wine
The government may allow departmental stores to sell wines after they acquire licences from respective state governments. “We are working t...