Yes you heard it right, the national capital reported the whooping sale of one crore bottles of liquor worth more than u20b9218 crore during week-long celebrations and partying spanning Christmas eve to New year eve.
The Delhi government earned a revenue of u20b9560 crore from liquor — excise duty and value added tax — in December 2022, data showed. The sale of liquor in Delhi during December month was 12.55 lakh bottles in 2019, 12.95 lakh in 2020 and 12.52 lakh in 2021 and 13.77 lakh in 2022.
Image source- RedditThe city partied like there was no tomorrow! Gautam Budh Nagar’s Assistant Excise Commissioner RB Singh said that the sale of liquor in December 2022 alone was 23 per cent more than last year. On the New Year, people partied at 82 other places which were given occasional licence from one day to three days, due to which the revenue has increased and the consumption of liquor has increased a lot.The reason cited behind this is believed to be the effect of the curbs being lifted after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.The capital too saw the henious crime of a 20-year-old being dragged for about 13 Kms by 5 young men who were driving under the influence of alcohol. They too must have contributed to the revenue but is this the price the government wants to pay for it? Share your views about the increasing consumption of alcohol in the country in the comments below.
