Over the past seven years, state has earned Rs 1.35 lakh crore from liquor, with revenue having nearly tripled from Rs 10,833 crore in 2014-15 to Rs 27,888 crore in 2020-21.
The continual increase in revenue fromliquor salescan be linked to the states consumption pattern as well as the recent price hike. Furthermore, sources in the government said the income graph would continue to rise in the future and sales figures since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic confirm this.
For instance, the maximum year-on-year increase has been in the pandemic year of 2020-21 at Rs 5,283 crore. And thats not all. While the pandemic is far from over, in the first four months of this fiscal (2021-22), the state has already generated Rs 9,509 crore from liquor sales.