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Delhi reduces legal drinking age to 21 from 25; restaurateurs cheer move

Lowering the minimum age from 25 will lead to an estimated 20 per cent rise in liquor consumption

Arnab Dutta |Business Standard | New Delhi
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Delhi reduces legal drinking age to 21 from 25; restaurateurs cheer move

3 min read Last Updated : Mar 22 2021 | 11:45 PM IST
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In a bid to raise the amount of excise duty collected from liquor sales, the Delhi government has lowered the legal drinking age in the Capital to 21 years, from the earlier 25. It will also shut down

Topics :Manish SisodiaLiquor firmsliquor industryLiquor shopsLiquor saleillegal liquoralcoholrestaurantsDelhi government

First Published: Mar 22 2021 | 9:49 PM IST

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