Sales of liquor and beer in Kerala during FY 2023-24 have touched Rs 19,088.68 crore, up from Rs 18,510.98 crore in FY 2022-23.
The point out-operate Kerala State Beverages Company is the sole wholesaler of liquor and beer in Kerala.
The point out exchequer obtained, by way of taxes and levies from liquor, a staggering Rs 16,609.63 crore, up from Rs 16,189.55 crore in 2022-23.
When 80 for each cent of the liquor marketed in the point out comes from other states, only 20 for every cent is produced in Kerala.
Liquor is sold by means of 277 retail shops owned by the Corporation, when the state-backed cooperative organisation Consumerfed also has 39 retail retailers.
The profile of liquor consumers in Kerala reveals that 32.9 lakh folks out of the 3.34 crore in the condition consume liquor, which involves 29.8 lakh males and 3.1 lakh females.
All-around 5 lakh men and women consume liquor each day. Out of this, 83,851 persons (which include 1,043 women) are addicted to liquor.