The Indian Liquor Industry Prohibition Story
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Case Details:
Case Code : BECG010
Case Length : 08 Pages
Period : 1970 - 2001
Pub. Date : 2002
Teaching Note : Available
Organization : T-Series, Super Cassettes, HMV, Venus
Industry : Media, Entertainment & Information
Countries : India
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"States shall endeavor to bring about prohibition of
consumption of intoxicating drinks except for medicinal purposes."
- Article 47, Constitution of India.
"The industry is not threatened by prohibition as we are
aware that it does not stay for long."
- A liquor industry source in 1998.
The Politics of Liquor
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In 1996, in the north Indian state of Haryana, the Haryana
Vikas Party (HVP) promised to make it illegal to buy, sell, consume or produce
alcohol in the state if it were elected to the state assembly.1
The opposing parties criticized the HVP for trying to gain political mileage out
of a sensitive issue like liquor prohibition. Despite the criticism, HVP won the
elections and its leader Bansi Lal carried out the party's promise within
minutes of becoming the Chief Minister (CM).
Over the next year, the ban cost the state treasury Rs 12 billion in excise
revenue and led to a loss of 20,000 jobs in brewing, distilling and retailing of
alcoholic drinks.
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In addition, 40,000 truckers, farmers and bottle producers
experienced a substantial decrease in their earnings.
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The state police filed 98,699 cases involving about
100,000 people caught intoxicated or in possession of liquor.
Over 13 lakh bottles were seized and 7,000 vehicles were impounded.
The state also saw an alarming increase in deaths, resulting from the
consumption of spurious liquor by poor people.
To offset the loss of revenue, the government raised taxes and fees for
various state-provided services - power tariff were increased by 10-50%,
bus fares by 25%, and the petrol sales tax by 3%. |
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