Meghalaya exchequer gaining from licensed liquor outlets

Meghalaya’s Excise Minister, Kyrmen Shylla informed the Assembly that the number of licensed liquor shops in Meghalaya had increased by around one-third from 2018, going from 611 to 812 in 2022. 

Shylla said that the growth in the number of Indian Made Foreign Liquor retail shops in the state was bringing down the number of illegal businesses and earning greater revenues for the state exchequer. Shylla also said that the government had reversed its decision to declare certain areas of Meghalaya as liquor-free zones when representatives of those neighbourhoods made requests to that effect.