[ad_1] Bhubaneswar: State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) meeting held on Saturday under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra accorded in-principle approval to 10 industrial investment proposals envisaging investment of around Rs 2171.82 crores and direct employment opportunities for 5,242 persons in the state.Besides, the projects will create many more indirect employment…
New Delhi: With bars and restaurants in the national capital back in business, the Delhi Traffic Police has resumed its drive to check drunk driving and prosecute violators, an officer said on Sunday (September 5). After the COVID-19 pandemic started last year, the traffic police had stopped conducting breathalyser tests unless someone was visibly drunk…
[ad_1] Radico Khaitan, one of the largest makers of India-made foreign liquor (IMFL), is expecting to face “some headwinds” in prices of extra neutral alcohol (ENA) if the Centre pushes on its announced target of blending 10 per cent fuel-grade ethanol with petrol by 2022. The company – as a de-risking initiative and also in…
A cafe owner was arrested for serving alcohol and hookah illegally at a party in Delhi’s Krishna Nagar area. As many as 32 people have also been booked for allegedly violating Covid-19 norms on Thursday night. cafe owner has been arrested and thirty-two people — 24 men and 8 women — have been booked for…
[ad_1] Banks have been wary of funding the sugar mills in the past due to their weak balance sheets, however, now with the addition of rice, maize and other grains, the availability of ethanol would become lot easier, making funding of ethanol capacity building a lot more attractive option, said a senior PSU official. (Representative…
KOLKATA: Tipplers may have a reason to cheer before festive season. The price of India Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) in the state is likely to come down by 20% across the board from the third week of September. The price of beer may change marginally from either side. It has been learnt that the excise…
[ad_1] The government had earlier proposed 20% ethanol blending by 2025, which the draft notification following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guideline has proposed to defer to 2030. (Representative image)West Bengal will soon come up with an ethanol production and promotion policy to make the state self-sufficient in rice bran-based ethanol production that has to be…
Vijayawada: The state government’s ambitious plan to implement complete prohibition in a phased manner by reducing consumption is yet to yield positive results. Liquor sales this year have so far recorded a 60% rise in terms of revenues and more than 100% in terms of volume, compared to the corresponding period last year. The YSRC…
Linking Aadhaar to sale of liquor to monitor the liquor consumption of an individual sounds good. It works in many ways; especially, we will have data of liquor sales, per capita consumption and spending. To avoid littering of liquor bottles and cans, there are some organisations that have been demanding linking Aadhaar with the sales…
The raging pandemic did not matter to tipplers in Kerala as they gulped down record Rs 750 crore worth of liquor during the 10-day Onam festival, according to the sole wholesaler of liquor and beer in the state — Bevco. The 10-day Onam festival period ended on Sunday. For a while now, Kerala has more…