Clear ₹3900 crore dues, reinforce confidence among investors, alcobev makers urge government

Three associations of alcoholic beverage (alcobev) firms person appealed to Telangana authorities to urgently wide long-pending payments, pointing retired specified delays dilute credibility of the State to pull investment.

Outstanding dues payable by Telangana State Beverages Corporation (TGBCL) to alcobev suppliers person crossed ₹3900 crore, with a important information pending for implicit a twelvemonth (₹900 crore). Such a concern prevails contempt excise revenues expanding much than fourfold implicit the past decennary — from astir ₹9,000 crore successful 2014 to astir ₹38,000 crore successful 2023–24. The State besides collected much than ₹3,000 crore successful October 2025 done liquor retail licence exertion fees. December 2025 gross turnover has besides been astatine an all-time high, the Brewers Association of India (BAI), the International Spirits and Wines Association of India (ISWAI) and the Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage Companies (CIABC) said successful a associated statement.

As Telangana prepares to showcase itself arsenic a preferred concern destination astatine the upcoming WEF successful Davos, it is important the State authorities honours existing contractual commitments to presumption itself arsenic a credible spouse successful business. Payment delays astatine this scale, they said, dilute the credibility and representation of the State to pull investment, the associations said.

Continued delays hazard disrupting supplies, impacting excise revenues and causing wider capitalist assurance concerns. They said the alcobev assemblage contributes much than a 3rd of Telangana’s taxation revenues generating ₹2,300-2,600 crore each month. It supports a ample ecosystem of breweries, distilleries, packaging, logistics and retail, providing an estimated 70,000 nonstop and indirect jobs crossed the State.

Timely colony of pending payments would reenforce assurance among existing and prospective investors and fortify Telangana’s estimation arsenic a reliable spot to bash business, they associations said.