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Center-Left Owned by Kasturi & Sons Ltd.Keralam Excise dept. bans issuance of new liquor licences until promulgation of Keralam govt.’s liquor policy
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The Kerala government, led by the Congress, is now following Karnataka on an ethanol test, according to the Times of India, and a Union minister said those creating controversies for political purposes will face consequences while also doubting Karnataka’s ethanol findings and calling the testing methodology deficient. The Kerala Excise department has banned issuance of new liquor licences until the government’s liquor policy is promulgated, a move that comes after the removal of Sreeram Samabasiva Rao from the Excise Commissioner post amid a political row over the department’s hasty reclassification of some bars and beer parlours and the almost instantaneous approval for private players.
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The circular comes on the heels of the government shifting Sreeram Samabasiva Rao from the Excise Commissioner’s post in the wake of the political row over the department’s “hasty” reclassification of a few bars and beer parlours as bars and the almost “instantaneous” approval for private players to…
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Those Creating Controversies For Political Purposes Will Have To Face Consequences: Union Minister
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Union Minister of State Suresh Gopi emphasized the freedom of Karnataka and Keralam governments to conduct petrol tests. He also mentioned that the Centre has scientific backing for its ethanol blending policy. Gopi explained that a 20 percent ethanol blending in petrol has been approved and will be…
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The circular comes on the heels of the government shifting Sreeram Samabasiva Rao from the Excise Commissioner’s post in the wake of the political row over the department’s “hasty” reclassification of a few bars and beer parlours as bars and the almost “instantaneous” approval for private players to…
