Delhi Got Drunk On Alcohol Worth ₹1,000 Crores In December!

by Vidisha Khaitan
Delhi Got Drunk On Alcohol Worth ₹1,000 Crores In December!

December is the month of merriment and the statistics prove it. Reports suggest Delhiites consumed alcohol worth about ₹1,000 crores in just 31 days of December. We need something to beat the cold, don’t we? It’s no secret that we love a boozy night by a bonfire but, these numbers have us questioning our life choices. Should we drink less, should we celebrate the record number with more booze, who knows what mood Friday will bring along?

What is it

Liquor manufacturers are definitely happy with the capital. A beautiful round figure like ₹1,000 crores must perk up the new year celebrations. A Times of India report citing a source informed that this number was estimated on the basis of the revenue collected by the excise department. Liquor duty brought in ₹465 crores in December, a ₹5 crores increase from last year. Lowered prices of popular brands are said to be the reason behind increased alcohol consumption in Delhi. In November 2019, the prices of around 10 foreign liquor brands were reduced by 20-25%. Local sellers have also benefitted because people who used to drive all the way to Haryana for cheaper alcohol now just stop by at the next-door vendor. There used to be a massive price difference of ₹800-1200 earlier. Since the change in prices, sales in Delhi went up 3 times. According to Business Today, the smuggling of liquor has also seen a change.

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What’s more

As if this number wasn’t enough, reports suggest that revenue collection would’ve been even higher if the government hadn’t shut down 120 departmental stores that sold wine and beer. Complaints of irregularities led the shutdown in the 3rd week of December 2019. A March 2019 survey done by AIIMS and ISI found that Delhiites consumes 5,00,000 litres of alcohol worth ₹6 crore every month. The same report says the alcohol consumption of the entire country is 4.5 crore litres every month worth a whopping ₹410 crores. Did we just consume double of what the entire country does? It was cold.

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If you still think you can party harder than us, we literally have numbers to prove you wrong. Let us show how it’s done. Follow us on the way to nirvana! We already have a party lined up and Diljit Dosanjh Is Coming Too!

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