A group of residents from Aayankulam under Puthukkulam panchayat near Palayamkottai have appealed to the district administration not to open TASMAC’s Indian-Made Foreign Liquor outlet in the village wherein people from different communities are living amicably so far. (more…)
The Madhya Pradesh government’s decision to allow those with an annual income of over Rs 10 lakh to stock as many as 100 bottles of expensive liquor in their homes, for an annual fee of Rs 10,000, has turned the spotlight on a little-known aspect of drinking laws in the country: the amount of spirit one can stock at home. (more…)
Get introduced to a Marzen-style beer at Effingut Brewerkz, hop over to The Bombay Canteen for some tea (and beer), or pop into Doolally next week for some Mango Cider. (more…)
Prof Sally Casswell, who chairs the Global Alcohol Policy Alliance (GAPA), directs your attention to two issues Kerala needs to be cautious about: one, the consequences of opening more beer and wine parlours, and two, rising alcohol consumption among women. (more…)
Criticising the government policy of allowing more beer and wine parlours in the state, KPCC chief V M Sudheeran on Thursday called for an ‘in-depth study’ into their impact and corrective measures. Sudheeran was addressing I-Con 2016, a three-day international conference organised by the Excise Department’s Subodham Project on alcohol policy. (more…)
Days after Punjab National Bank declared him a ‘wilful defaulter’, embattled businessman Vijay Mallya today appeared defiant saying “PNB is not the only bank and he will do what he has to do”. (more…)
Naming a borrower a wilful defaulter might be an easy thing for a bank to do. However, the real challenge lies in proving that the default was done wilfully, and in a banking system largely driven by paperwork for appraisal and monitoring, there is little a banker can do to establish the ill intent of a borrower. (more…)
At the presentation for investors Christopher Warmoth, Senior Vice President of Carlsberg Geroup, told about the company’s performance in Asia in 2015. (more…)
Vjay Mallya-led United Breweries Holdings Ltd today said it has been declared a “Willful Defaulter” by Punjab National Bank (PNB) and the company is consulting lawyers to challenge the decision. (more…)
To bring transparency in the liquor trade and to curb the retail outlets from selling liquor over and above MRP (Maximum retail price), the Prohibition and Excise Department is mulling to integrate all the 4,000 odd liquor shops through a dedicated computer network. (more…)
