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Kerala has been witnessing a dependable diminution successful intoxicant income during the past decade, Minister for Excise and Local Self-Governments M.B. Rajesh informed the Assembly connected Tuesday.
Replying to queries raised astatine the Question Hour, Mr. Rajesh said the income of Indian-made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) fell from 241.78 lakh cases successful 2011-12 to 228.6 lakh cases successful 2024-25.
Official statistic bespeak that IMFL income stood astatine 224.34 lakh cases successful 2022-23 and 221.70 lakh cases successful 2023-24. Total intoxicant sales, erstwhile combining IMFL and beer, person besides decreased implicit the years. In 2015-16, the highest-ever income were recorded astatine 355.95 lakh cases. By 2024-25, this fig has dropped to 330.27 lakh cases, marking a simplification of 25.73 lakh cases.
According to Mr. Rajesh, the continuous alteration implicit the past 3 years indicates a affirmative interaction connected the government’s efforts to bring down intoxicant consumption. He attributed the inclination to the occurrence of the Vimukti Mission that has played a important relation successful curbing intoxicant depletion and cause abuse.
The Minister besides pointed retired that Kerala presently has 309 Bevco outlets, portion neighbouring Tamil Nadu has astir 3,000 liquor outlets, and Karnataka has adjacent to 5,000 stores.
Mr. Rajesh added that Operation Clean Slate launched by the Excise Department to rein successful cause proliferation has achieved immense success. In the archetypal phase, 6,344 raids were conducted, resulting successful the apprehension of 962 radical and the registration of 527 cases nether the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. The fig of raids successful its 2nd signifier went up to 10,893. The cognition uncovered 1,459 Abkari cases and 996 NDPS cases. Moreover, 398 associated raids were carried retired successful collaboration with the Kerala Police.
