State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) and Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) are planning to build second generation (2G) grain-based refineries, to help boost India’s ethanol output by 2025. HPCL will invest Indian rupee (Rs) 4bn ($54m) on a 125,000 litre/day grain-based ethanol plant at Una in the Himachal Pradesh state in northern India,…
[ad_1] Liquor shops in the Capital will soon be able to offer discounts as a new excise policy that removes price controls in the retail alcohol trade kicks in, senior government officials said on Wednesday, enabling festive season offers of the kind that are usually seen around Diwali on vehicles, electronics, and gift items. HT…
[ad_1] Shimla: Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur said Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has decided to set up a grain-based ethanol plant in Una district with a capacity of 125kl per day. He said the state government would provide nearly 70-acre of land for setting up this plant and rail-fed POL terminal of higher capacity….
In yet another novel initiative by the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the 97 sugar mills and some smaller units of the state are playing vital role in breaking the chain of the second wave of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) infection through manufacturing sanitisers. Sanitisers produced at these sugar mills have helped sanitise more…
[ad_1] CHANDIGARH: In yet another major blow to illicit liquor manufacturing and supply, the Punjab Police on Tuesday has busted another illegal liquor manufacturing unit in the State with the arrest of three persons from Shagun Vihar area in Patiala. Those arrested have been identified as Salwinder Singh alias Shinda, a resident of village Bufanpura…
[ad_1] Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) will set up a Rs 400 crore grain-based ethanol plant with a capacity of 125 KL per day in Una district. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said here today that the state government would provide about 70 acres for the plant and a rail-fed POL terminal of higher capacity….
Sales of Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL) declined by 12% year-on-year during FY21 due to the pandemic-induced lockdown and increase in taxes, according to the Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage Companies (CIABC).
[ad_1] A special investigation team (SIT) of Bihar Police on Tuesday arrested the prime accused in the Nawada ‘hooch’ tragedy that claimed 16 lives and left over 10 people sick during the Holi festival this year, from Mumbai. This is the ninth arrest in the case. “In a major breakthrough in the alleged hooch incident,…
[ad_1] The Delhi government on Tuesday paved the way for home delivery of Indian and foreign brands of liquor in the national capital allowing people to place their order through a mobile application or online web portal but with certain conditions. The legal provision has been included in the Delhi Excise (Amendment) Rules, 2021, which…
[the_ad_group id=”1083″] Siddharth Banerji, managing director of alcoholic beverages company Kyndal Group, which sells brands such as The Macallan, The Famous Grouse, Bootz Rum and Cutty Sark in the Indian market, isn’t someone who suffers fools or minces his words. He is unequivocal about his views on the liquor industry—consumption trends and the pressing need…