Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. What does Bihar's new liquor law say? The Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act, 2016, that came into force on April 1, gave the 1915 Act sharper legal teeth, and prescribed the death penalty for the manufacturers, suppliers and sellers of hooch in case of death as a result of consumption of spurious liquor. It banned the manufacture, transport, sale and consumption of country liquor in the state — and restricted the sale of non-country or 'Indian Made Foreign Liquor' (IMFL) to 655 outlets of the Bihar State Beverages Corporation in towns and municipal corporation/council areas. Ninety of these 655 outlets were in Patna; in all, the state had 5,500 IMFL and country liquor shops. On April 6, however, the government announced a tightening of the ban, extending it to IMFL immediately. This extension of the ban has made Bihar an entirely dry state, like Gujarat. [related-post] https://images.indianexpress.com/2020/08/1×1.png Best of Express Premium Mehbooba Mufti interview: 'Of course PDP is going to fight election… Why is NCP chief Sharad Pawar meeting Brahmin community leaders in Pune t… The first stop for Azam, son out of jail was this SP leader's house At stake in Gyanvapi, the hopes of… Read full this story
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