Minister for Prohibition and Consumer Tax of the Ravindra Coll, who attended the meeting of the State Department in Tirupati on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Kv Poornochandra Kumar
The Minister of the Consumer Tax and the Ravindra Colary ban said that cross -border smuggling unpaid bottles with liqueur from neighboring countries was completely removed after the Alliance government came to power.
In an interview with the media after the state -level inspection, which took place here on Wednesday, the Minister noted that the sale of alcohol in stores near the international borders witnessed a quantum jump of up to 40 percent. Given the consumer policy established by the Union’s government, prices were rationalized, making state alcohol cheaper than prices sold in neighboring countries.
The availability of more than 300 multinational liqueur brands at affordable prices apparently avoided smuggling, Mr. Ravindra said. “As a result, we ended the special coercive office during the former YSRCP regime,” he added.
He described the allocation of alcohol stores in a transparent way and revision of bar license fees in star category hotels as positive steps to strengthen tourism and ensure mutually advantageous situations for consumers, traders and government.
On the basis of the Council of the Chief Minister Nara Chandrababa Naida, a committee of experts who visited seven Indian countries to study the liqueur policy of the relevant states, he recommended the introduction of the best liqueur policy in the country and gave the same importance of public health and income, he explained.
Nishant Kumar, Director of Prohibition and Exclusions, and other officials participated.
Published – April 9, 2025 9:01
