Amidst raging debate over the growing revenue from the liquor sales in the state, National Family Health Survey (NFHS-V) has come out with an interesting fact that alcohol consumption in the state is way below many of the neighbouring states.
Alcohol consumers in the above 15 years age bracket in the state are much less than the numbers in the bordering states including , Chattisgarh, Odisha andTamil Nadu. However, AP stood slightly above the national Average in alcohol consumption, according to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-V).
NFHSfound that about 11.5 per cent of the total Population in AP is reportedly consuming alcohol against the national average of 9.9 percent. Alcohol consumers in Telangana are very high in numbers as it is one of the top consumers in the country. NFHS said that about 24 per cent in the above 15 years population is consuming liquor in Telangana while it is around 19 per cent in Chattisgarh and 16 percent in Odisha. Around 12.27 per cent of the Tamil Nadu population and 13.37 per cent of Puduchery were found to be consuming alcohol.