The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Bihar government to file response within three weeks on the pleas challenging the Constitutional validity of its stringent liquor law and also ordered......
State after state has imposed an alcohol ban, and has had to retreat, unable to address the financial and administrative fallout.Are we set for more of this cycle, asks Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: In......
Almost 70 per cent of alcohol distribution in India happens through liquor vends or shops, while 30 per cent happens on-premise, that is, in bars, pubs, and hotels. The Indian-made foreign liquor......
Shutting of stores had not stopped alcohol sales. On the contrary, it had increased black market operations and peddling of illicit hooch, which could cause death/serious injury. The ban on liquor......
Samridhi Bhardwaj analyses the dynamics of duty-free liquor allowance in India.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com On January 19, 2020, Press Trust of India reported a recommendation......
It's been 16 years since Rajeev Samant launched the first Sula wine by selling 50,000 cases.Today, Avantika Bhuyan reports, Sula is on track to sell a million cases this year. Rajeev Samant of......
India may be new to whisky, but it did not take long for the world’s second largest population to become the world’s largest market by volume for the drink. And, Indians now prefer......