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Liquor permits surged in Gujarat

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Gujarat has experienced a substantial 58 percent surge in the number of health-based liquor permit holders over the past three years, reaching a total of 43,470 as of November 2023, up from 27,452 in November 2020, according to the data compiled by the State Prohibition Department.

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Telangana government mulls liquor price hike

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The Telangana government is considering raising liquor prices for the third time in five years, and the first time since the Congress party took power in December. Earlier, in 2022, the then BRS government had last hiked the prices for all types of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and beer in Telangana.

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Gujarat issues more liquor permits in FY 2023

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percent liquor licences in the fiscal year 2022-23 from its previous fiscal. The state government data revealed that 39,888 people in the state hold liquor consumption permits as of 31st December 2023. As per the report, in the 2020-21 financial year, Gujarat received Rs 11.92 Gujarat issued and renewed more than 24.8

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Haryana prohibits sale of country liquor in plastic bottles

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From 1st March of this year, country made liquor in Haryana will no longer be sold in plastic bottles. Dushyant Chautala also holds the portfolio of Excise and Taxation department in the state He added that in the excise year 2019-2020, the state government of Haryana collected Rs. 6,361 crore as excise duty.

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Like Making Music: The Secrets of Canadian Whisky with Found North Blender Nick Taylor

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We started in 2020, right as Covid hit. We sent samples to Mission Liquor in California. Rye whisky from 2000 to 2020 was one of the fastest growing categories from a percentage standpoint, because in 2000 there were about a hundred thousand cases sold in the U.S. By 2020 when there were about 1.7

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Telangana seeks pending excise duty from liquor suppliers

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The Telangana State Beverages Corporation Limited (TSBCL) has issued notices to IMFL and beer suppliers, seeking the remaining 70 percent Excise Duty (ED) or Countervailing Duty (CVD) on drain out stock from depots for the period 2020-21 to 2022-23. The supplier had paid only 30 percent of Excise Duty instead of 100 percent.”

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Uber to close its alcohol delivery app

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Drizly provided technology to liquor stores for their deliveries and was the leading on-demand alcohol delivery service in the US, available in 1,400 cities. In 2020, Drizly suffered a data breach that exposed the information of 2.5 Uber acquired the app to strengthen its position in the alcohol delivery market. million customers.

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