The Karnataka government earned 21% of its revenues from liquor sale 
UP got over Rs 31,500 crore as excise revenue — nearly 22% of its tax revenue — in FY20. The Karnataka government earned 21% of its revenues from liquor sale. Other states with high dependence on liquor tax include Maharashtra, MP, West Bengal, and Telangana.
Kerala, where liquor usage is believed to be very high, earned only 4% of its revenues from liquor. The share in Punjab was 16.5% (Rs 6,200 crore); in Delhi, it was 14% or Rs 6,000 crore.
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Revenue From Alcohol Sales: Looking At States Across India On Top Of The List
For the financial year 2020-21, the MP government earned 26.14 percent higher revenue from the sale of liquor in the state, which was dominated by the pandemic when compared to 2019-20
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union Minister Uma Bharti vandalised a liquor shop in Bhopal on March 13, hurling a stone into the store and guiding a group of protestors against protestors the sale of alcohol in residential areas.
A video from this incident went massively viral on different social media platforms, on the back of which Bharti took to Twitter and stated that such vends had been opened in residential areas while also warning the local administration that the liquor vends should be closed within the next seven days.
For some time now, Bharti has been running a campaign against the consumption and sale of liquor in the state, however, the BJP has so far distanced itself from her campaign.
Madhya Pradesh's Liquor Revenue
For the financial year 2020-21, the MP government earned 26.14 per cent higher revenue from the sale of liquor in the state, which was dominated by the pandemic when compared to 2019-20.
Back in August last year, state Finance Minister Jagdish Devda had revealed that the revenue earned from Value Added Tax (VAT) on liquor increased to ₹1183.58 crore during 2020-21 from ₹938.28 crore in 2019-20, an increase of nearly 26.14 per cent, while this total was Rs 632.27 crore during 2018-19.
He also had revealed that VAT on the sale of liquor from shops was 10 per cent and it was 18 per cent when served in bars and restaurants, as per The Economic Times.
India's Liquor Consumption
According to a recent survey conducted by the National Family Health Survey, Kerala is the leader among all other Indian states on this aspect. The survey revealed that approximately 18.7 per cent of men in rural areas and 21 per cent of men in cities consume alcohol in the state. If the national average of alcohol users above 15 years among men is 18.8 per cent, it is 19.9 per cent in Kerala, reported Onmaronoma.
Alcohol consumption in the Alappuzha district is slightly more compared to the other 13 districts of the state.
Meanwhile, in what set the highest-ever earning in a month, the excise department raked in over ₹3,000 crore from liquor sales in December last year. Shopkeepers raised stocks worth ₹ 3,040 crores from depots, with the sales figure also being higher than December 2020 of ₹ 2,765 crore. Officials said it was a particularly happy December this time, reported The Times of India.
Telangana has been going head-to-head against Tamil Nadu, which was among the highest revenue-generating states from liquor sales, as per The Hans India. In the previous financial year, the government of TN had earned nearly ₹38,000 crore revenue, and Telangana wracked in ₹ 40,000 crore.
Over the past two years, Telangana has earned ₹ 54,000 crore through liquor sales, and in the coming year, it is set to break Rs 40,000 crore in just a single financial year.
When it comes to West Bengal, the state witnessed the highest ever revenue from booze in a month in December on the back of a drop in prices in December 2021. It touched nearly the ₹ 2,000-crore mark, which is almost 25 per cent more than the pre-COVID level. The sale of bottled in origin (BIO) and also overseas spirit bottled in India (OSBI) shot up nearly four times in December.
A total of nearly 2,076 new liquor shops received their licence in the past four years, as Uttar Pradesh saw a 74 per cent increase in revenue through liquor, RTI had revealed back in July 2021. A substantial part of this revenue -- approximately 10 per cent -- for the state comes from excise duty on booze.
During the 2020-21 financial year, the Yogi Government wrecked in earned Rs 30,061 crore from licence fee and excise duty from the liquor shops, Business Today reported.
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Fewer Indians consuming alcohol, says latest family health survey
NEW DELHI: The percentage of Indian men consuming
alcoholhas fallen from 32% to 22% in the last 15 years, according to the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) report. The percentage of women drinking alcohol has also dipped from 2.2% to 0.7% in the same time period.
The NFHS-5 survey has been conducted in around 6.37 lakh sample households in 707 districts in 28 states and eight Union Territories, covering 7,24,115 women and 1,01,839 men to provide dis-aggregated estimates up to district level.
As per NFHS-5 data, alcohol consumption among women has dipped across all age groups. Among women aged 15-49 who drink alcohol, 17% drink almost every day and 37% drink about once a week.
Alcohol consumption among men has also dropped across all age groups. Among men aged 15-49 who drink alcohol, 15% drink almost every day, 43% drink about once a week, and 42% drink less than once a week. The NFHS-5 showed that the proportion of men who drink alcohol decreased from 29% to 22% between NFHS-4 in 2015-16 and NFHS-5 in 2019-21.
The percentage of women who drink alcohol is by far the highest in
(18%) and Sikkim (15%).
Alcohol use among men is highest in Goa (59%), Arunachal Pradesh (57%), and Telangana (50%) and is the lowest in Lakshadweep (1%).
Drinking alcohol is more common among women from scheduled tribes (4%) than from any other caste/tribe group. Drinking is most common among Christian men (36%) and men belonging to “other" religions (49%), men with less than 5 years of schooling (33%), men from scheduled tribes (34%), and men age 35-49 (30%)." the report stated.
Alcohol consumption among men across all faiths has dipped over the years except in the Jain community.
Interestingly, the percentage of
Sikh
, Buddhist and Jain women who drink has increased between NFHS-4 and NFHS-5.
The last survey (NFHS-4, 2015-16) also found that drinking was most common among women from scheduled tribes (7%) than from any other caste/tribe group -- this figure was 14% in NFHS-3 (2005-06). It was also found in NFHS-4 that consumption of alcohol was most prevalent among Christian men and men belonging to “other" religions (43% each), men with no schooling (40%), men from scheduled tribes (41%), and men aged 35-49 (37%).
Tobacco use
The latest health survey report also stated that 39% of men and 4% of women aged between 15 and 49 years use some form of tobacco. Use of any kind of tobacco decreased from 45% and 7% among men and women in 2015-16 to 39% and 4% among men and women, respectively, in 2019-21.
"Thirty-nine per cent of men and 4% of women aged 15-49 use some form of tobacco. The most common form of tobacco consumption among men is chewing paan masala or gutkha (15%), followed closely by smoking cigarettes (13%), using khaini (12%), and smoking bidis (7%).
(With inputs from agencies)
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