Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday informed the Supreme Court about the state’s unique plan to provide a cheap variant of the country liquor as a healthy substitute to stop people from consuming illicit homemade liquor.
To wean away illicit liquor-consuming sections of society from its use, the state government has introduced in current Excise Policy a cheap variant of Country Liquor (CL) having 40-degree strength. This liquor is going to be a healthy substitute for illegally brewed homemade liquor,” the AAP government said.
“The field officers of the Excise Department 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,” it added.
