Spiritz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The Meghalaya government has approved the introduction of a QR code enabled tracking system for liquor products by the excise department in the state. Additionally, the state government mandated a composite license for hotels to streamline the system of licenses.

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2024

Liquor Lab , a renowned event space offering interactive cocktail-making classes with locations in Nashville and Louisville, offers a selection of sophisticated and refreshing non-alcoholic recipes crafted by founder, Freddie Sarkis, himself. The post 3 Must Mix Cocktails for Dry January from Liquor Lab appeared first on Chilled Magazine.

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Spiritz

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The Madhya Pradesh government is set to advance its initiative to promote heritage liquor through amendments to its Heritage Liquor Policy. The amendments mandates specific bars, particularly those in hotels, to stock a minimum of two cases of heritage liquor and list it on their menus.

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Spiritz

AUGUST 20, 2024

The Delhi government has issued a warning to hotels, clubs, and restaurants in Delhi regarding the violation of liquor serving hours. The directive specifically refers to Rule 551 of the Delhi Excise Rules, 2010, which sets the operating hours for liquor service in Delhi.

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Spiritz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The Andhra Pradesh cabinet has approved the adoption of a private retail model for liquor sales across the state in a bid to improve the efficiency of managing liquor business operations, as outlined in the new excise policy of the state. The cabinet, led by Chief Minister N.

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Spiritz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

The Odisha government has decided not to sanction any new liquor off-shop during 2024-25, under its new excise policy. In a bid to boost tourism, the policy mandates that the Tourism Department of Odisha must grant approval for liquor sales at beaches and other tourism hotspots like eco-retreat, based on necessity and demand.

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Spiritz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The central government is preparing to enforce new guidelines on surrogate advertising by liquor and tobacco companies. India bans direct liquor advertisements, which induces liquor companies to resort to indirect campaigns, often through event sponsorships and products such as music CDs or soda.

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Spiritz

AUGUST 22, 2024

In a significant development, the Nagaland government has decided to reassess the Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition (NLTP) Act of 1989, which has been in effect for over 30 years. The spokesperson stressed the importance of tackling the unregulated flow of illicit liquor, whichposes significant health hazards, especially to the youth.

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Spiritz

OCTOBER 2, 2024

As part of this policy, retail liquor shops will be privatised through a lottery system, with the auction process already in motion and the draw scheduled for 11th October. The new policy will also see the opening of 12 premium liquor stores in Andhra Pradesh, with a ban on licenses in Tirupati, a prominent temple city.

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Spiritz

AUGUST 5, 2024

The Madhya Pradesh government is revitalising its heritage liquor initiative by enlisting private firms to promote the state’s unique alcoholic beverages. This initiative follows previous attempts to market the liquor, which fell short of generating significant consumer interest. Non-compliance could result in penalties.

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Spiritz

JUNE 12, 2024

Use of new-age technologies to tackle the ancient crime of illicit liquor manufacturing has recently yielded rich dividends for Haryana. Recently, the Gurugram Police has busted an illicit country liquor-manufacturing unit, which was operating at Rithoj village in the Aravali range.

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Spiritz

MARCH 28, 2024

In a bid to strengthen liquor pricing framework and manage the alcohol consumption in the state, Assam’s excise department announced a hike in alcohol prices in all categories with effect from 1st April 2024. Additionally, prices for India-made liquor will be hiked depending on brand category, with minimum prices set to reach Rs.

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Spiritz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Tripura’s Chief Minister, Manik Saha has directed law enforcement agencies to prepare a comprehensive report on those liquor shops in Tripura which are operating within 100 meters of national highways in the state.

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Spiritz

JULY 2, 2024

Rajasthan’s state excise department has been struggling to attract buyers for 2,829 liquor shops across the state. Under the applicable year’s excise policy, the state has set 7,662 liquor vends up for the auction.

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Spiritz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Chandigarh Administration is set to implement an exclusive ‘track and trace’ system for all liquor bottles in the UT to curb liquor smuggling in its jurisdiction. The system aims to track the bottles of liquor in real time. The post Chandigarh to address liquor smuggling appeared first on Spiritz Magazine.

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Spiritz

AUGUST 6, 2024

In a welcome move, the Karnataka government has extended the liquor-serving hours in clubs, star hotels, and bars & restaurants in Bengaluru. Previously, such establishments could serve liquor till 11 pm only. These establishments can serve alcoholic beverages till 1 am.

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Spiritz

AUGUST 27, 2024

The prices of premium liquor in Karnataka were expected to drop by around 20 percent, following a significant policy change. The revised rates are the result of amendments to the Karnataka Excise (Excise Duties and Fees) Rules, and are applicable to brandy, whisky, gin, rum, and similar liquors, but not to beer, wine, toddy, and fenny.

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Spiritz

JULY 29, 2024

In response to complaints against overcharging by liquor vendors in the state, the Himachal Pradesh government has introduced strict measures to address complaints of liquor vendors overcharging customers. Should a fifth complaint be lodged, the liquor vend operator’s license will be revoked.

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Spiritz

JUNE 19, 2024

About 29 people died, and more than 60 were hospitalised after allegedly drinking illicit liquor in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district, on 19 th June. In a post on X, MK Stalin said, “I was shocked and saddened to hear the news of the deaths of people who had consumed adulterated liquor in Kallakurichi.

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Spiritz

OCTOBER 9, 2024

UP’s Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has declared that the sale of meat and liquor would be prohibited within the traditional boundaries of Prayagraj, during the Mahakumbh-2025.

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Spiritz

JULY 30, 2024

The Rajasthan government is thinking of an increase in the cow protection cess imposed on liquor in the state from 20 percent to 25 percent. Following the actualisation of the under consideration cess, liquor prices in Rajasthan are expected to increase.

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Spiritz

APRIL 19, 2024

For the first time since Telangana came into being in 2014, there has been a reduction in monthly excise income growth in the state, which can be attributed to the southern state’s ongoing liquor industry crisis. The post Liquor industry crisis in Telangana affects excise revenues appeared first on Spiritz Magazine.

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Spiritz

JULY 17, 2024

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has advised commuters to comply with state excise regulations while transporting liquor bottles on Metro trains. This follows the 2023 relaxation allowing passengers to carry two sealed liquor bottles each in metros.

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Spiritz

APRIL 30, 2024

Rajasthan has been facing a shortage of supply of premium foreign liquor brands across the state due to the lack of liquor prices revision of the bottled-in-India (BII) liquor category. The post Rajasthan faces shortage of premium liquor brands appeared first on Spiritz Magazine.

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Spiritz

JULY 9, 2024

The liquor companies operating in Telangana have been suffering from outstanding overdue payments from the Telangana government, which is now amounting to Rs. Out of this close to one-third is advance excise duty that liquor companies had paid to the state government while supplying liquor stocks. 4,800 crore.

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Spiritz

MAY 5, 2024

Chandigarh’s excise department has started the eighth round of auction of 11 liquor vends in its jurisdiction, for the financial year 2024-25. Recently, the excise department of Chandigarh successfully auctioned three liquor vends during the seventh round of auction, which was held in the new financial year.

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Spiritz

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The Chandigarh’s excise and taxation department started the e-auction process for liquor vends’ allotment for the financial year 2024-25. The excise and taxation department fixed 6th March as the last date for the submission of bids to allot liquor shops.

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Spiritz

MARCH 26, 2024

At least 21 people have died in Punjab’s Sangrur district after consuming suspected spurious liquor, according to the reports. According to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Sangrur, at least 40 people were admitted to the hospital after consuming spurious liquor that contained ethanol.

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Spiritz

DECEMBER 27, 2023

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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Spiritz

MARCH 12, 2024

In Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 370 out of 1,046 liquor shops have been allocated to women entrepreneurs for the fiscal 2024-25. Women entrepreneurs, who have been allotted liquor vends, will assume control over more than one-third of the liquor business in the city from 1st April, 2024.

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Spiritz

JUNE 10, 2024

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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Spiritz

APRIL 12, 2024

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha inside Tihar Jail over an alleged money-laundering case linked to the Delhi liquor policy. The post CBI arrests K Kavitha on liquor gate appeared first on Spiritz Magazine.

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Spiritz

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The newly appointed Madhya Pradesh’s Chief Minister Mohan Yadav’s led cabinet has announced a 15 percent surge in the annual price for liquor vends in the state of MP. The hike on liquor vends was implemented from 6th February 2024. The post MP hikes liquor vend fee appeared first on Spiritz Magazine.

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Spiritz

MARCH 18, 2024

In the second round of liquor vends’ auction in Chandigarh, only 10 out of 46 unsold liquor vends were auctioned. In the first round, 51 liquor vends were auctioned. crore for the 10 sold liquor vends in Chandigarh in the second round of auction, the department fetched just Rs 38.18

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Spiritz

MARCH 8, 2024

Chandigarh’s excise and taxation department has received bids for only 51 liquor vends of the total 97 liquor vends available for allotment under the Chandigarh’s excise policy, for the fiscal year 2024-25. The total reserve price of all liquor vends in Chandigarh has been fixed at Rs.

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Spiritz

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Karnataka government has opened its first premium liquor boutique at Basaveshwara Nagar, in Bengaluru. This outlet is on par with high-end private liquor outlets and is an upgraded version of the existing Mysore Sales International Ltd. MSIL owns 1,029 liquor outlets across the state. MSI) outlets.

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Spiritz

APRIL 28, 2024

Haryana’s Chief Secretary asked for more stringent measures to combat illegal liquor smuggling ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. During the meeting, Prasad enquired about the status of illegal liquor seized district-wise. The post Haryana calls for stringent measures against illegal liquor appeared first on Spiritz Magazine.

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