Telangana is minting money from the proposed steps of Andhra Pradesh Government towards Liquor Prohibition. It is known that the State Government has taken over liquor shops in Andhra Pradesh and are maintaining timings and limits on the sale of Liquor.
The State Government also increased the rates of Liquor recently. Telangana Government has started taking applications for the wine shop licences and the shops in the border areas of both the states are in high demand. Almost all the shops are getting 100s of applications.
The Tipplers will cross over to Telangana and buy their stock from there. They will get the stock at much cheaper prices and even at odd timings. Telangana Government reportedly earned 900 Crores only from the applications sale. As many as 50000 applications were received for the 2216 liquor shops in Telangana.
According to industry estimates, total liquor sales in Telangana was to the tune of about 2.8 crore cases of liquor and 3.8 crore cartons of beer during last year. In monetary terms, this could be around Rs 18000 crore. One case of liquor contains 8.64 litres of alcohol and one carton of beer contains 7.8 litres of alcohol.
