Bihar as a dry state is witnessing a challenge in terms of liquor ban. In a fresh incident, two Special Auxiliary Police (SAP) and three home guard jawans were arrested with liquor bottles during police patrolling in Bihar’s Begusarai district. Superintendent of Police, Awakash Kumar, said that the four out of[Read More…]
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Life of the Pasi community post liquor ban in Bihar
The Pasi community of Bihar is popular in societal terms through their work which they engage in to earn a livelihood and are called toddy-tapping (process of extracting palm juice from palm tree). Toddy is the fermented version of palm tree juice. For millions of people in rural Bihar — where toddy, locally called ‘tadi’, is considered[Read More…]
Congress releases manifesto for Chhattisgarh, promises Universal Healthcare program
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday released the party’s manifesto titled “Jan Ghoshna Patra” in Rajnandgaon for Chhattisgarh, which promises farm loan waiver, minimum support price for crops as per the Swaminathan Commission recommendations and ban on liquor in Naxal affected areas. Emphasising on healthcare services, the manifesto proposes the[Read More…]
Bihar – A dry state to drug state
Bihar has been an experimenting ground for liquor ban in past. In 1979, Karpoori Thakur imposed a prohibition on liquor but the ban was lifted by Ram Sundar Das in wake of corruption and bootlegging. The chapter of liquor ban was again repeated by Nitish Kumar which came into action[Read More…]
Liquor ban in Bihar leads to 50% sale hike in Nepal
Due to the present strict laws on the consumption of alcohol in Bihar, Nepal witnesses 50 percent sale hike. According to the Nepalese wine manufacturers, the demand of alcohol has increased to the extent, leaving factories not able to fulfill the demand. This has led to the establishment of at[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh suffers Rs 5,000 cr loss after liquor ban along highways
Uttar Pradesh government suffered a loss of about Rs 5,000 crore after the Supreme Court order of banning all liquor shops along national and state highways. Of the 8,591 highway liquor shops affected after the Supreme Court ruling, while 2,000 are yet to be relocated, nearly 3,000 shop owners have[Read More…]
Roads within city can be excused from highway liquor ban: SC
Days after Punjab government altered the law to let restaurants placed within 500 metres of National Highways to serve liquor within their premises, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday that there was nothing wrong with denotifying highways if such roads fall within a city. The court was hearing a petition[Read More…]
Liquor ban on highway to hit Bengaluru soon!
Liquor ban on highways is about to hit Bengaluru in a few day putting a lot of bars and restaurants under the heat. The ban sale of liquor within 500 metres of highways directed by the Supreme Court is set to affect Bengaluru’s famous pubs as it is declared that[Read More…]
Bihar: Liquor ban affects revenue; state trying to tap all potential sources
Bihar’s revenue collection decreased by Rs 1,738 crore in 2016-17 as compared to 2015-16, a year after the state banned liquor on April 5 last year. Bihar could only generate Rs 23,711 in 2016-17 against the state’s revenue collection of Rs 25,449 crore in 2015-16. Although the drop in revenue,[Read More…]
U’khand: Revenue dips despite highway denotification
Gurgaon CyberHub pubs may escape SC liquor ban
SC to hear petitions against ban of liquor shops along highways
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a batch of petitions seeking modification of the December 2016 order banning liquor shops within 500 metres of state and national highways across the country. A bench comprising Chief Justice JS Khehar and SK Kaul assured on Tuesday that it will ensure that[Read More…]
If Adityanath is honest supporter of religion, he should order liquor ban: Tejaswi Yadav
Days after the anti-Romeo squad was launched in Uttar Pradesh under Yogi Adityanath government, Bihar’s deputy chief minister Tejaswi Yadav on Saturday challenged the new UP CM to ban liquor and set up an “anti-Daru squad” on the lines of the anti-Romeo squad. “Liquor is dangerous, it pollutes health and[Read More…]
SC to hear plea challenging Bihar liquor ban
Bihar forms 11,292 km long human chain to promote liquor ban
As a part of Nasha Mukt or addiction free state-wide campaign, the world’s largest human chain has been formed in Patna’s Gandhi Maidan on Saturday led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The purpose of the human chain is to show staunch support towards the alcohol ban that has been[Read More…]
Bihar: Nine months after liquor ban, major crimes increased in state by 13%
Nine months after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced a ban on the sale and consumption of country liquor in the state in April 2016, an IndiaSpend analysis of Bihar Police crime data shows that cognizable crime rose by 13 per cent from 14,279 in April to 16,153 in October[Read More…]