Higher the alcohol content in your drink, more you have to pay in Karnataka excise tax taxation liquor

As Karnataka moves towards a caller ‘Alcohol successful Beverage’ (AIB) argumentation with respect to excise taxation, prices of whiskey, gin, rum and different beverages with higher intoxicant contented – majorly consumed by radical of economically weaker sections – are acceptable to spell up.

A draught connection by the Excise Department to instrumentality the AIB, which was announced by Karnataka’s Chief Minister Siddaramaiah successful the 2026-2027 fund proposals, not lone brings down the excise work slabs from the existent 16 to 8, it besides increases the outgo of the ‘stronger’ intoxicant beverages. A Government root said that nether the caller Excise policy, the intoxicant volition beryllium taxed based connected ‘per mil litre’ successful the beverage.