Aizwal: Manipur government has decided to lift the liquor ban after over 30 years. The cabinet led by Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has approved the manufacture, production, possession, export, import, transport, purchase, sale, and consumption of liquor in the state. The decision was taken to increase revenue of the state and to stop the supply of spurious liquor.
‘In exercise of the power conferred under proviso to sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Manipur Liquor Prohibition Act, 1991 (Manipur Act No 4 of 1991), the government of Manipur hereby withdraw the said Act from the areas of the state of Manipur,’ stated the gazette notification.
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The ban was partially lifted in September 2022, permitting the sale and consumption of alcohol at district headquarters, hotels with a minimum of 20 beds, and the export of locally-brewed country liquor.
Manipur became a dry state after it enacted the Manipur Liquor Prohibition Act, 1991.
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