- States – 28
- UTs – 8
- GDP – 2.62 lakh crores USD (2020, World Bank)
- Growth – 8.2 percent (FY23, IMF)
- Population – 138 crores (2020, World Bank)
Consumer body seeks curbs as India’s per capital alcohol intake doubles
As India’s per capita consumption of doubles, a consumers’ outfit on Thursday urged the state governments to correct their taxation policies to discourage the intake of “hard liquor” like whiskey, rum, vodka and gin while waving red flags on the growing tendency of binge drinking among youngsters and adverse social and health consequences of such a habit.
Between 2005 and 2016, India’s per capita consumption of pure alcohol shot up from 2.4 litres to 5.7 litres with a sharp rise in demand for whiskey, vodka, rum, gin, India-made foreign liquor and country liquor, as against soft liquor like beer and wine.
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