Karnataka to shift to alcohol content based excise duty
The Karnataka government has announced a major overhaul of its liquor taxation system, introducing an alcohol-in-beverage (AIB)–based excise duty framework from April. The reform is expected to potentially make beer and wine cheaper and will make the state the first in India to link liquor taxation directly to alcohol content.
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