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Tax alcohol for pure sprit content to promote responsible drinking: Study
In the light of a recent government decision to set up a committee whether higher taxes can be reduced to promote beer that has low pure spirit content than hard liquors, a study paper ‘Policy measures to reduce per capita consumption of alcohol in India’ brought out by Consumer Voice & Gateway Consulting has recommended uniform taxation based on pure spirit content (or alcohol by volume) instead of separate taxation for different alcohol types. It may be mentioned here that several European and southeast Asian countries besides the US have policies to promote wine and beer over hard liquors. In India, Haryana (Gurugram) is the only state that has taxation based on alcohol by volume (ABV) and hence is the cheapest in the country.