KCR welcomes Liquor companies with both arms!

Telangana government is keen on increasing its revenue by 2000 Crore per annum by attracting distilleries and increasing the alcohol consumption in the state. The state government is in talks with liquor companies in Maharashtra, UP, TN, Karnataka to set up manufacturing units and trying to lure them with industry-friendly policies.

There are 15 distilleries in Telangana and the state witness an average sale of 17 lakh cases each month. Of these, 3.2 lakh cases are imported from various states. Government wants to curb this imported cases and wants all the liquor to be produced in its own land.

The imported liquor is mostly branded and the companies enjoy a good market in the state but do not have manufacturing units here. Government is tempting them to setup manufacturing units here as they would save money on transport and inter-state taxes. Producing this liquor will also bring down their costs which will inturn increase the liquor consumption.