by admin_xw3245oj | Nov 3, 2023 | In the news
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.
by admin_xw3245oj | Oct 2, 2023 | In the news
While the establishment of the Data Protection Board would be a significant milestone, we can expect some implementation challenges.
by admin_xw3245oj | Jul 23, 2023 | In the news
Having achieved its 10 percent ethanol blending target, also known as E10, five months ahead of schedule in June 2022, India now sets its sights on an even more ambitious objective: achieving a 20 percent blend, or E20, by the end of 2025.
by admin_xw3245oj | Apr 24, 2023 | In the news
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.
No safe limit of alcohol consumption for health, shows WHO analysis
by admin_xw3245oj | Apr 16, 2023 | In the news
A simple search on Google’s News section yielded about 75,00,000 results; the top news being Google and Amazon scheduled to attend a White House forum on Quantum Technology.
