“Local elections are scheduled in about two months. Therefore, it is very unlikely that such a decision (on legal age or number of dry days) will be made in the foreseeable future,” a senior excise official said on condition of anonymity. In order to increase the amount of excise duty on the sale of spirits, the Delhi government has lowered the legal drinking age in the capital from 25 to 21. It will also close state-owned stores, which currently account for nearly 60 percent of the 850 consumer-facing stores. After the Delhi government legalized the drinking age at 21, those under 21 pic.twitter.com/FhI3UPnWuO the legal blood alcohol limit (BAC) is 0.03%[46] or 0.03 mg of alcohol in 100 ml of blood. [47] As I approach my 25th birthday, the legal drinking age in Delhi is decreasing. At the press conference, Deputy Prime Minister Manish Sisodia also said there would be no state-owned liquor stores in the city, nor new liquor stores in the capital. The move comes after the Delhi Government Council`s proposal to raise the drinking age from 21. Beena, a mother of a 17-year-old and a 12-year-old, said it was “worrying.” “It will ruin the lives of many 21-year-olds. It is true that even students drink in schools, but this change will make alcohol accessible to them,” she said. Lowering the drinking age in New Delhi is part of the process of developing a new alcohol sales policy in the city.
Delhi government ministers on Monday presented recommendations to the state cabinet, which were adopted. A senior government official said, on condition of anonymity, that both decisions — on the legal drinking age and the number of dry days — had obtained the necessary clearances from all agencies involved. In Kerala, the legal drinking age is 23, up from 21 in December 2017. Neelam Ahuja and her husband Vijay Ahuja, 60, also disagreed with lowering the drinking age. “The government shouldn`t have done that. Now young people will have a drinking license and they will quickly become addicted,” Ms. Ahuja said. Kerala is the only state in India where the legal drinking age is 23. The sale of alcohol is prohibited in five states, namely Gujarat, Bihar, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.
The Delhi government announced on Monday that the legal drinking age in the capital had been lowered from 25 to 21. The government also said no new liquor stores would open in the city. “There will be no state-owned liquor stores in Delhi,” Deputy Prime Minister Manish Sisodia told a news conference referring to the changes to excise tax policy approved by the cabinet. He said that even when the minimum age was 25, people under 18 drank without any control. In September 2015, the seven-month-old Aam Aadmi (AAP) government first floated the idea of lowering the legal drinking age in the capital. Delhi is one of six states or union territories to set the benchmark at 25 years, encouraging people to distort their age, forcing restaurants to be negligent in monitoring or losing revenue, and offering young people the opportunity to visit water points in the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh. where consumption is allowed at age 21. “I see no reason to lower the age limit. No one can say that alcohol consumption is healthy. By exposing thousands of people between the ages of 21 and 25 to alcohol consumption, they are encouraging alcohol consumption in a certain way,” Shrivastav said.
Home delivery of alcoholic beverages is illegal in Delhi. [10] In Delhi, however, home delivery of beer and wine by private vendors and department stores is allowed. [ref. Rabiya Ali, 24, a student, said it was a good decision to reduce the age, as under-25s drink anyway and even make “fake” Aadhaar cards to enter clubs in the city. “Even I have one. Also, they don`t check ID in every pub, but even if they do, the fake card will work,” Ms. Ali said. Apart from the changes to the minimum drinking age, another important announcement by Delhi Deputy Prime Minister Manish Sindia was that the Delhi government will no longer operate liquor stores in the city and no new liquor stores will be opened in the capital. Delhi may have a new alcohol policy, but two of the main promises made earlier – lowering the legal drinking age to 21 and reducing the number of dry days to 3 – seem to have stuck to exactly that for now. “In these times of COVID-19, any government should focus on promoting healthy behaviour. There have been messages not to use tobacco and alcohol, and now they have lowered the age of alcohol consumption. There are contradictions, she added.
At a press conference on the 22nd. In March last year, Delhi`s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who is also the city`s excise minister, announced that the Union Territory government would introduce a new excise tax system by lowering the legal drinking age to 21, leaving the liquor store at retail. by reorganizing a labyrinthine taxation system and reducing the number of dry days to 3. With this move, the nation`s capital joins the majority of Indian states that have 21 as their legal drinking age. While in some states the age limit is as low as 18, some have it at the upper limit of 25. In some states, alcohol consumption is prohibited. Delhi is now the only metropolis with the high age of alcohol consumption – even in Mumbai, only hard alcohol is prohibited for those under 25, while wine and beer are allowed at 21. In major cities around the world such as New York and London, the drinking age is 21 and 18, respectively. A Delhi government agency had proposed in December last year that restaurants and clubs in the capital be allowed to serve alcohol until 3 a.m. This was one of many other measures taken as part of the excise reform.
The panel set up by Manish Sisodia had also proposed lowering the legal drinking age from 25 in the capital to 21. ACTION:2 7 91864 FIR1014 Vehicle19392000 illegal – POLICE- Dy CM @msisodia pic.twitter.com/GsD29epyrY In most other states, the legal drinking age is 21. Subham Aggarwal, 22, a student, called it a good decision, saying that in many states the drinking age is 18. “It is unfair to the people of Delhi that the minimum age is 25. Also, advanced age doesn`t really stop people from drinking,” Aggarwal said. Although the Delhi government has not commented on the issue, Sisodia said in an interview with HT last month that the government had approved the plan to lower the legal drinking age, but it did not specify when it would be implemented. “Notification will be given in due course.