The beer industry has hit out at the Pramod Sawant government’s decision to increase excise duty on the beverage, arguing that the state is indirectly nudging new consumers towards stronger liquor. While calling for a reduction of excise duty on mild beer that has less than 5% alcohol content, beer makers said that the government…
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president A. Revanth Reddy has urged the voters to teach a lesson to the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), alleging that it had failed to meet the expectations of people and could not fulfil the promises made in the past. Mr. Revanth Reddy participated in the election campaign at Tangedupalli,…
Ranchi, Oct 6: After initial brouhaha, the new excise policy of Jharkhand is now bringing disappointment in terms of falling sales of liquor which at a time has left bosses of the department worried. In a letter addressed to all placement agencies and concerned officials of the department, Joint Commissioner (Excise) Gajendra Kumar Singh has expressed concerns…
New Delhi: Delhi government has gone back to increasing the number of dry days’ to 21 with closing of liquor vends on such upcoming festivals as Dussehra, Diwali, Eid Milad-un-Nabi, and Valmiki Jayanti among others, officials said on Tuesday. [the_ad_group id=”6631″] Under the previous excise policy (2021-22), the number of dry days were cut to…
Several major players in the industry have seamlessly shifted their focus to offer premium category products to the consumers, with a few shedding non-premium brands to another enterprise, clearly marking the rise in such a trend. It also shows that the industry realises the potential and the growing awareness for high-quality and ethical products. The…
Shivam Ginglani, Founder & CEO, Ginglani Distillers What’s common among founders of a farm fresh milk startup, a yogurt brand, one of the fastest growing D2C tea brands, former Apac (Asia-Pacific) group head of the world’s largest beverage company, and a few members of the famed Onida family? All of them have made a heady…
There hasn’t perhaps been a bigger pop-culture moment for any other drink as the martini. Nudge a teetotaler and even they might know what, ‘Shaken, not Stirred,’ means. Popularised at the behest of Ian Flemming’s books, and subsequently the movies, based on the fictional (and might I add, iconic) spy James Bond, the classic Vesper…
India plans to introduce 20% ethanol blending with gasoline in some parts of the country from April next year, a source familiar with the plan said, although the federal government plans a nationwide roll out from 2025/26. Hit hard by rising oil prices, India has expedited efforts to boost local output of oil and a…
Lucknow, June 15 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh is all set to emerge as a hub of distilleries, with as many as 13 new distillery plants being set up with an investment of Rs 20,000 crore. The state government has been making sustained efforts for reforming the field of excise through various policies and making it free…
Sugar exports from India, the world’s largest producer and second biggest exporter of the sweetener, touched a record 8.6 million tonne till May of the ongoing 2021-22 marketing year ending September, said the latest data released by industry body ISMA on Wednesday. The country had exported total 7 million tonne of sugar in the 2020-21…