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The <keyword id="6354977" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Supreme-Court">Supreme Court</keyword> might modify its order on <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Good-karma-or-bad-Man-behind-liquor-ban-cant-find-liquor-nearby/articleshow/57985331.cms">ban on sale of liquor</a> within 500 meters of national and state highways in the second week of July. Hotels and clubs, which were forced to stop serving alcohol following the order, had sought changes in the order. Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/FHRAI-To-Seek-Legal-Redressal-regarding-Liquor-Ban-on-Highways/articleshow/58179341.cms">FHRAI To Seek Legal Redressal regarding Liquor Ban on Highways</a> In its order, SC had already exempted Sikkim and Meghalaya states from the ban, keeping in mind their topography and terrain. "Our request is not to dilute the judgment of the SC <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Liquor-ban-would-dent-state-governments-estimated-revenue-by-Rs-50000-crore/articleshow/57985674.cms">banning liquor</a> sale on the highways at all. This application is to draw attention to the plight of 93 hotels in Tamil Nadu which have invested Rs 6,133 crore and employ about 9,450 people directly and 94,500 indirectly to promote tourism," said the statement from South India Hotels and Restaurants Association. Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Good-karma-or-bad-Man-behind-liquor-ban-cant-find-liquor-nearby/articleshow/57985331.cms">Good karma or bad? Man behind liquor ban can’t find liquor nearby</a>"Due to flaws in the system followed by state governments in notifying highways, the SC's judgement to ban liqour has brought down with it certain <a href="http://www1.m.businessinsider.in/still-sad-about-liquor-ban-at-cyber-hub-indigo-delis-bbqpork-ribs-and-lemon-butter-calamari-will-make-you-forget-that/articleshow/57311109.cms">unintended victims</a>," it added.(Image source New Indian Express)

Supreme Court’s order on liquor ban near highways could be modified

In a big relief to the bars, pubs, restaurants and hotels in Karnataka, the <keyword id="6354977" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Supreme-Court">Supreme Court</keyword> has found nothing wrong with the government seeking to de-notify stretches of <keyword id="6373156" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="National-Highways">National Highways</keyword> that pass through city municipal limits. When these highway stretches would be de-notified, these pubs and bars would be able to resume serving alcoholic beverages, which they have stopped since July 1, incurring heavy losses. Supreme Court’s decision to not allow any outlet within a distance of 500 metres from national highways had impacted around 340 pubs and bars. On its contrasting thoughts about the sale of alcohol near highways, the SC has clarified that with the initial order, it had meant to prevent drunken driving on national highways, and that the municipal or district roads were never its target. It added that the government is free to denotify such roads that were once notified but no longer serve as highways.

SC finds nothing wrong in de-notifying highway stretches near Karnataka bars

<ul><li>There has been a staggering 380% increase in the purchase of honey and 200% increase in the purchase of cheese in since the ban.</li><li>Families also reported a weekly increase of 32% in household expenditure and 19% of households reported acquiring a new asset. </li><li> 58% of women said that they felt more respected since the ban.</li></ul>In April 2016, <keyword id="30033" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bihar">Bihar</keyword> became the fourth Indian state to implement a ban on liquor despite much opposition from multiple fronts. However, it now looks like that since the ban, citizens of Bihar are living a much healthier and a fancier lifestyle. To ascertain what sort of impact the ban has had, the Bihar government commissioned two studies by think-tank <keyword id="6403783" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="asian-development-research-institute">Asian Development Research Institute</keyword> (ADRI) and knowledge institute Development Management Institute (DMI). The results from both studies as reported by news agency <a href="http://ptinews.com/news/9807696_Studies-show-India--s-Bihar-turning-to-expensive-clothes--honey-cheese-after-liquor-ban">PTI</a> have undeniably been reassuring. The study by ADRI revealed that there has been a staggering 380% increase in the purchase of honey, 200% increase in the purchase of cheese, 1,751% increase in the purchase of expensive sarees and a 910% increase in the purchase of expensive dress material since the ban was implemented. This study evaluated the consumer purchasing behaviour at retail outlets of COMFED (Bihar State Milk Co-operative Federation) that markets its products under the label "Sudha Dairy" and sales tax revenues of various industries. The study conducted by DMI was based on primary data collected from 2,368 households in five districts - Nawada, Purnea, Samastipur, West Champaran and Kaimur. According to this study, families reported a weekly increase of 32% in household expenditure and 19% of households reported acquiring a new asset. Women too have gained from this ban that was implemented “mainly as a response to demands of rural women who suffered because of the widespread practice of drinking alcohol”. According to the DMI report, women, in general, found themselves in an elevated position after the ban. In fact, 58% of women said that they felt more respected and 22% said that their opinion was taken into account not only in household matters but in key village matters as well. There also seems to be a dip in crime. According to the ADRI report, there was a 66.6% reduction in cases of kidnapping for ransom, followed by 28.3% reduction in murder cases and 2.3% in dacoity. The ADRI report also postulated that at least ₹4,400 million was saved every month, which translates to ₹52,800 million every year. This assumption was based on the figures of 2011 that suggested there were around 4.4 million alcoholics in Bihar when the ban was enforced and assuming that each of these people spent at least ₹1,000 per month on alcohol.

Ban on liquor in Bihar has resulted in positive consequences: Report

The ban on the sale of liquor within 500 meters of highways in the country would mean a probable loss of Rs 50000 crore for several state governments. This, because a list of prominent hotel chains, like the Taj, Oberoi, Hyatt and Accor groups will now have to stop serving alcohol to guests at their premium locations, thus denting the 
estimated revenue of state governments, which they would have earned from these hotels in form of taxes. 
 
Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/The-11-best-Champagne-bars-in-the-world/articleshow/54549480.cms">The 11 best Champagne bars in the world</a> 
 
Riyaaz Amlani, president of the National Restaurant Association of India (<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/strategy/restaurant-body-fights-back-says-dont-eat-if-you-dont-want-to-pay/articleshow/56313066.cms">NRAI</a>), told ET that along with this loss to the governments, restaurants, bars and pubs will also be taking a hit of Rs 10,000-15,000 crore, and 100,000 people will be out of work. 
 
Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/good-karma-or-bad-man-behind-liquor-ban-cant-find-liquor-nearby/articleshow/57985331.cms">Good karma or bad? Man behind liquor ban can’t find liquor nearby</a> 
 
However, as per a tweet by Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, the ban would impact jobs of around <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/1-million-people-to-lose-job-inindia-blame-drunken-driving-for-it/articleshow/57971679.cms">1 million people</a>. 
 
The country houses over a third of liquor outlets around national and state highways, which means that this ban would result in a deep impact on the liquor industry and state governments’ pockets. 
 
Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Bihar-politics-ban-making-liquor-companies-suffer/articleshow/53767756.cms">Nitish Kumar wooed Carlsberg to set up a plant in Bihar, and then banned liquor in the state</a> 
 
In order to avoid this, some state administrations have even changed the nomenclature of state highways to district roads. 
 
(Image source New Indian Express)

Liquor ban would dent state governments’ estimated revenue by Rs 50,000 crore

From the next financial year, alcohol will be banned in Bihar, as announced by the state’s Chief Minister <keyword id="6358190" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Nitish-Kumar">Nitish Kumar</keyword>. He has done so after he had promised a group of angry women about the same, at an event in July. Reportedly, the women were angry over the alarming addiction to country liquor in Bihar villages. 
 
"In 1977-78 we tried to impose prohibition but it was not effective. But I feel women are suffering more than others (because of alcohol abuse)... I have instructed my officials to start working towards this and implement this from the next financial year," Mr Kumar said at a function. 
 
After his swearing in as Bihar’s Chief Minister last week, this is his first major announcement. However, one can’t be sure if alcohol would be completely banned or the ban would be restricted to just country liquor. 
 
Talking of the income through alcohol, last year Bihar government earned nearly Rs. 3,500 crore through taxes on the sale of alcohol. How and when this loss of revenue would be covered up is yet to be known. 
 
Other Indian states where alcohol is banned are Gujarat, Nagaland, Manipur and Lakshwadeep. Last year, Kerela too had announced its aim to be alcohol-free within 10 years. 
 
<a href="http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/falkland-folk-planning-to-fight-public-alcohol-ban-1.35385">Image source</a>

Banned: Alcohol in Bihar to be banned April 2016 onwards, CM Nitish Kumar announces

Michael Jensen, CEO of Carlsberg India, has termed India as the most difficult market in the world, and you can’t blame him for that, since Jensen has personally experienced how politics can make business run on its fingers, making investors vary of future projects. 
 It was three years ago that <keyword id="6388010" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bihar-CM">Bihar CM</keyword> <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Nitish-Kumars-government-imposes-13-5-tax-on-luxury-items-including-samosa-and-kachori/articleshow/50563854.cms">Nitish Kumar</a> had wooed Carlsberg to invest in the state, thus convincing it to set up a $25 million plant near Patna in 2014. However, after he was <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Nitish-Kumar-takes-oath-as-Bihar-CM/articleshow/49858253.cms">re-elected </a>last year, he went on to ban liquor in the state, which led to the company’s revenues falling and forcing it to consider pulling out, since there was no backup plan for this unexpected move. 
 
"It was a sizeable market and investment but they decided to do prohibition in 12 hours," Jensen told ET. 
 
Other than Carlsberg, Diageo Plc, United Breweries and Molson Coors are also worried about the ban since they have been running more than 70 distilleries and breweries in Bihar for over a decade now, which is an ideal market for these liquor companies, offering an abundance of raw materials (barley and wheat) and cheap labour. 
 
In Bihar, sale of alcohol has been banned since March this year, fulfilling the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Banned-Alcohol-in-Bihar-to-be-banned-April-2016-onwards-CM-Nitish-Kumar-announces/articleshow/49934345.cms">promise </a>that Kumar made during his election campaign. 
 
Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Bihar-women-to-get-35-reservation-in-government-jobs/articleshow/50665360.cms">Bihar women to get 35% reservation in government jobs </a> 
 
"Our medium-term intent is actually (to) exit the state of Bihar from all manufacturing and related activities," United Spirits CEO Anand Kripalu was quoted saying in an investor call. "It is about just over 1% of our total business in terms of revenue and probably something similar in terms of profit right. So we believe, while it is an important state in terms of its contribution, it is not that material to our total business." 
 
The industry is, however, maintaining some hopes since sector lobby groups have challenged the ban in the Patna High court. 
 
"We are fighting against the unjust ruling to ban all liquor instead of just country and illegal liquor," said All India Brewers Association Director General Shobhan Roy. "Our breweries are running full capacity and we have claimed about 400 crore compensation for existing inventories and machinery." 
 
<a href="http://s3.india.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/nitish-kumar-3.jpg">Image source</a>

Nitish Kumar wooed Carlsberg to set up a plant in Bihar, and then banned liquor in the state

<keyword id="1663690" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Harman-Sidhu">Harman Sidhu</keyword>, the man behind <keyword id="6354977" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Supreme-Court">Supreme Court</keyword>’s <keyword id="1789462" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ban-on-sale-of-liquor">ban on sale of liquor</keyword> within 500 meters of the highways in the country, might have tasted victory but apparently he is not really happy with it. 
 Despite the <keyword id="6356229" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="apex-court">Apex Court</keyword> delivering the judgement in favour of Sidhu, who is an activist from <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Made-in-Chandigarh-technology-to-bring-down-prices-of-insulinand-Hepatitis-B-vaccine/articleshow/54880247.cms">Chandigarh</a>, the victory came at a personal loss; at least that’s what Sidhu, who himself enjoys drinking, feels since the ban has resulted in a majority of <keyword id="4372867" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Chandigarh-pubs">Chandigarh pubs</keyword>, <keyword id="26248" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="bars-and-restaurants">bars and restaurants</keyword> going dry. 
 
Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=highways&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">1 million people to lose job in India: Blame drunken driving for it</a> 
 
The reason, Sidhu says is a goof-up on the part of Chandigarh authorities. 
 
"Highways are supposed to be outside cities and to be used only for long drives," he explains. "But thanks to the Chandigarh authorities' goof-up, there are many highways within Chandigarh. This could well have been a world record of sorts. Now everybody, including me, will have to suffer," Sidhu told TNN. 
 
Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/india-should-invest-in-the-future-not-bullet-trains-says-hyperloop-chairman/articleshow/57912990.cms">India should invest in the future, not bullet trains, says Hyperloop chairman</a> 
 
By highways being within Chandigarh, he hints at the many thoroughfares that the city’s municipal corporation had declared as state highways in 2006. The reason, he says, was that the corporation didn’t have the resources to maintain these stretches, and declaring them highways would simply put the responsibilities on central government. 
 
Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Bihar-politics-ban-making-liquor-companies-suffer/articleshow/53767756.cms">Nitish Kumar wooed Carlsberg to set up a plant in Bihar, and then banned liquor in the state</a> 
 
However, just before the Supreme Court banned the sale of liquor around highways, the authorities changed the nomenclature of these roads to major district roads, with the Punjab and Haryana high court accepting the change. However, Sidhu himself has challenged the denotification in the Supreme Court; the case would be heard on April 17 now. 
 
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However, this personal loss has not shaken Sidhu’s beliefs against people being allowed to drink and drive. 
 
(Image source: IndiaTimes)

Good karma or bad? Man behind liquor ban can’t find liquor nearby

Man proposes and the <keyword id="6354977" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Supreme-Court">Supreme Court</keyword> disposes. That’s the most we can say about the apex court’s decision to keep alcohol stores off the highways, starting April. An applauding decision indeed! Call it ill luck or a performance booster for the chefs; the restaurants lined up at <keyword id="979686" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Cyber-hub">Cyber Hub</keyword> in <keyword id="6356789" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Gurugram">Gurugram</keyword> are in for the game. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/this-irish-pub-in-delhi-is-every-how-i-met-your-mother-fans-dream-cometrue/articleshow/57042395.cms">ALSO READ: This Irish pub in Delhi is every How I Met Your Mother fan's dream come true</a> 
 
This part of the millennium city of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/this-irish-pub-in-delhi-is-every-how-i-met-your-mother-fans-dream-cometrue/articleshow/57042395.cms">Gurugram</a> boasts of an insignia. As you climb down the Cyber Hub metro station, you will be greeted by a part of India that your eyes aren’t tuned to see on your everyday life. 
 Walking past the temptation of several pubs and clubs, some too quirky with dirty laundry hanging outside, (I <keyword id="7308" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Don">don</keyword>’t know where they get their quirk innovators from) we finally reached Indigo <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/this-irish-pub-in-delhi-is-every-how-i-met-your-mother-fans-dream-cometrue/articleshow/57042395.cms">Delicatessen</a>. Now if you are an ardent fan of <keyword id="483746" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vir-Sanghvi">Vir Sanghvi</keyword>’s food stories and try to make dots connect, let’s clarify this was an invitation from the agency that handles <keyword id="1327918" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indigo-Deli">Indigo Deli</keyword> and we would <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/this-irish-pub-in-delhi-is-every-how-i-met-your-mother-fans-dream-cometrue/articleshow/57042395.cms">prefer keeping mum</a> on whatever history you ask for and try this authentic Deli. 
 
As we were ushered in, a<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/this-irish-pub-in-delhi-is-every-how-i-met-your-mother-fans-dream-cometrue/articleshow/57042395.cms"> full house at 3pm</a> on a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/this-irish-pub-in-delhi-is-every-how-i-met-your-mother-fans-dream-cometrue/articleshow/57042395.cms">weekday</a> welcomed us. Don’t worry after April; they can actually make up for the no alcohol- of course, with its house favourite mock tails and deli food. 
 
Scroll through the slideshow below to find out more about the food and drinks.

Still sad about liquor ban at Cyber Hub? Indigo Deli's bbq
pork ribs and lemon butter calamari will make you forget that

The recent execution of the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/1-million-people-to-lose-job-inindia-blame-drunken-driving-for-it/articleshow/57971679.cms">Supreme Court’s judgement</a> on putting a ban on alcohol sales within 500 metres of national and state highways has been made effective since April 1. 
 However, at this point, the people who are at stake belong to the business of hospitality. In most cities across India, there are star hotels on the highways, strategically located for better connectivity and luxury of space. In the metro cities like Delhi, Mumbai, <keyword id="6354321" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bengaluru">Bengaluru</keyword>, Chennai and other cities like <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/1-million-people-to-lose-job-inindia-blame-drunken-driving-for-it/articleshow/57971679.cms">Chandigarh, Jaipur and Lucknow </a>invite a lot of tourists both domestic and foreign because of their hospitality infrastructure. Most hotels lined up on the highways have a bar to make sure the guests are taken care of. While the argument of whether alcohol is the a decent way to enjoyment is a different argument, but the fact that can’t be denied is alcohol helps the economy of the state to profit way better than other luxury, thanks to high excise duty. 
 
Even if that isn’t enough to back up the logic on <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/1-million-people-to-lose-job-inindia-blame-drunken-driving-for-it/articleshow/57971679.cms">importance of alcohol</a>, what’s far more serious is loss of jobs. About one million people would be chucked out from their jobs. In a country where engineering graduates line up for Grade 4 rank jobs in the government, such is the scarcity of openings; getting fired from jobs for a court order is abominable. 
 
While the government should have enforced better vigilance and made stricter punishments to curb on drunken driving, this verdict is more like uprooting a whole tree because one branch of it was interfering with the electrical wires. 
 Serial entrepreneur and a renowned name in the hospitality industry, <keyword id="138484" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Priyank-Sukhija">Priyank Sukhija</keyword>, recently mentioned on a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/1-million-people-to-lose-job-inindia-blame-drunken-driving-for-it/articleshow/57971679.cms">Facebook post</a>, “Last month had to painfully say goodbye to 85 staff members because of the sealing of rooftops in CP which the <keyword id="6373991" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="NDMC">NDMC</keyword> has no consideration for ... ruining the most epic hub in the country ! This month it would be more than 100 after the 500 metre ban.” 
 Even Amitabh <keyword id="287016" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kant">Kant</keyword>, CEO of NITI Aayog is equally vocal about the crisis. In one of his recent tweets, Kant wrote,” TOURISM creates jobs. Why kill it? SC's highway liquor ban verdict may hit one million jobs.”

Supreme Court’s decision of banning alcohol on the highways
doesn’t make much sense and is quite harmful. Here’s why

Few months back, the debates around the ban on beef in Maharashtra had reached a crescendo. And now this very State is mulling a ban on alcohol. Yes, you heard it right. Though not finalized, Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis has proposed to ‘check’ the liquor mafia problem by banning liquor entirely in the State. While the ban is already in place in Gadchiroli, Chandrapur and Wardha, Fadnavis will take a look at the situation and consider the decision of a blanket ban. <o:p></o:p>

	The issue came to light when the CM was listening to NCP MLC Sandeep Bajoria's question in the state legislative council. Bajoria alleged that a cop belonging to Yavali village in Yavatmal district had been stoned to death for raising his voice against illegal liquor sale. <o:p></o:p>

	"It is an unfortunate incident... the government is enforcing the ban in Yavatmal district but people who are part of the implementing machinery are being killed by liquor mafias. It is discouraging. The government should take stern action against them," he said in reply.<o:p></o:p>

	Fadnavis intends to impose the liquor ban all across the state after analysing results of the three districts. .<o:p></o:p>

	The CM has also said that people involved in adulteration of medicine, liquor and milk should be awarded capital punishment. <o:p></o:p>

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