Patna: Nitish Kumar government said on Tuesday, that Bihar completely declared as a dry state, absolutely no sale of any type of alcohol, including Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL), and will now be completely banned in Bihar.
Recently, Bihar government banned on the production and sales of country liquor, or desi liquor. The decision on the ban on any type of alcohol was taken this afternoon by the Bihar cabinet. Bihar is now the fourth dry state after Gujarat, Kerala and Nagaland.
"A notification is being issued by the excise and prohibition department," Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar said Tuesday as he came out of a cabinet meeting. The Bihar government gets revenue of nearly Rs 2,000 crores from the sale of IMFL and revenue of around Rs 4,000 crores from country liquor sales in 2015-16.
Nitish said "Women are suffering more than anyone else due to increasing liquor consumption". However, During assembly elections, Nitish had promised that he will start a people's movement against liquor in the state and ensure that the ban on liquor is effectively implemented.