[ad_1] The Union government intends to increase the amount of ethanol in the energy mix to lower the country’s dependence on imported oil and carbon footprint, as well as stabilise petrol prices. India currently blends about 8.5 per cent ethanol in petrol. The government is targeting a 10 per cent ethanol blend by 2022 and…
The European Union has repeatedly raised concerns over the wide variations in pricing policies, taxation and regulations across Indian states, with particular focus on the heterogeneous structure for alcoholic beverages. In India, states can levy their own duties on imported alcohol. States such as Punjab, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu levy high taxes and additional…
[ad_1] Disclaimer: Consumption of alcohol is harmful to health and we do not encourage it. Have you ever thought about how much the bottle of alcohol you have been drinking all your life in one state costs for in another state of our country? Well, we all know that liquor tax differs from state to…
Alcohol delivery emerged as the next big thing in India’s e-commerce scene amid the Covid pandemic. A lot of e-commerce players, including BigBasket and Amazon, acquired licences for delivering alcohol in a few states, while food aggregators Swiggy and Zomato too offered alcohol delivery services in limited regions. The home delivery and e-com model, however,…
Calls for more liquor outlets that sell legal products Says short-term goal should be to eliminate illegal liquor And long-term goal to reduce per capita consumption of liquor The new CEO at Lion Brewery Ceylon PLC recently urged the need for drastic policy changes over consumption-killing taxes and the other restraints that prevent the legal…
[ad_1] New Delhi, Jul 17 (UNI) India, by 2023-24, will have 20 per cent ethanol blending with petrol, said Industry Minister Piyush Goyal. “By 2023-24, India is going to be 20 per cent blending ethanol in our petrol products. Our ultimate target is to also have vehicles which can take up to 100 per cent…
[ad_1] India has set a target of 20 per cent ethanol-blending with petrol by 2023-24 and the ultimate goal is to have 100 per cent ethanol-run vehicles, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyuh Goyal He said battery technologies are going to be very important for sustainability mission and for renewable energy to progress more and for…
[ad_1] BARABANKI, INDIA – MAY 12: A rush of people looking to purchase alcohol at an overcrowded liquor vend on May 12, 2021 in Barabanki, India. (Photo by Deepak Gupta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) The Kerala High Court recently pulled up the state government for its ‘failure’ to ensure COVID protocols were being followed at…
[ad_1] MUMBAI: In yet another major raid, the flying squads of the state excise have confiscated a truck carrying around 61000 bottles of royal blue malt whisky manufactured in Goa worth Rs 1.03 crore. The multi-axled truck was seized before entering Madhya Pradesh via Jalgaon district late on Sunday. This is the third such incident…
But first, they have to convince other Indians to drink it. Usually made from crushed cashew apples or coconut palm sap, the potent beverage has in recent decades fallen out of favour in Goa — a former Portuguese colony south of Mumbai — with the arrival of foreign liquor brands. “I wanted to translate traditional…