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It is a significant, yet worrying, finding by the World Health Organisation that per capita alcohol consumption in India has more than doubled between 2005 and 2016. The increase in alcohol intake from 2.4 litres in 2005 to 5.7 in 2016 paints a dangerous picture and the situation may have become worse in 2018.
Also, the actual quantity of alcohol consumed cannot be estimated as much of the drinking goes unrecorded. The queues before the liquor outlets and the bars show the extent of craving for alcohol in this country. The surge in drinking levels has to be viewed seriously since
