Illegal liquor trade up by 10 folds in Maha
Minister of State Excise Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Tuesday said in the Assembly that there has been a 10-fold increase in illegal liquor trade across Maharashtra. "When the government tries to enforce prohibition in a region it gives rise to illegal trade of liquor," Bawankule said. The liquor sales generate an income of around ₹13,000 crore annually, the state government had informed.