Punjab government to offer country liquor

The Punjab government informed the Supreme Court that soon the Punjab government will introduce a country liquor having 40 percent alcohol content as a “healthy substitute” for illegally brewed homemade liquor as a step to prevent sale of hooch in Punjab, especially in rural areas of Punjab.Manufacturing and selling light country liquor is part of the Punjab government’s new excise policy.

“This liquor is going to be a healthy substitute for illegally brewed homemade liquor. The field officers have been entrusted with the task of giving their requirement of 40 degree country liquor based on ground inputs so that the same can be made available in illicit liquor prone areas in near future,” read an affidavit filed by the state excise and taxation department in the top court.