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Bihar Becomes Fourth Dry State After Complete Liquor Ban

Bihar Becomes Fourth Dry State After Complete Liquor Ban
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A bottling plant worker affixes a Courrier Napoleon brandy label to a bottle at a Tilaknagar Industries distillery and bottling unit in Srirampur, about 300 km (186 miles) northwest of Mumbai, January 28, 2013. The biggest global alcohol companies are sizing up buyout and tie-up opportunities in China, India, South Korea and Vietnam, keen to profit from a $258 billion Asian market that is growing twice as fast as the rest of the world. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
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A bottling plant worker affixes a Courrier Napoleon brandy label to a bottle at a Tilaknagar Industries distillery and bottling unit in Srirampur, about 300 km (186 miles) northwest of Mumbai, January 28, 2013. The biggest global alcohol companies are sizing up buyout and tie-up opportunities in China, India, South Korea and Vietnam, keen to profit from a $258 billion Asian market that is growing twice as fast as the rest of the world. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

NEW DELHI -- Following the prohibition on country made liquor in the state, the Bihar government on Tuesday banned liquor completely, making it the fourth dry state in the country.

Bihar is now the fourth dry state after Gujarat, Kerala and Nagaland.

#WATCH: Nitish Kumar announces complete imposition of alcohol ban in Bihar, turns dry state from todayhttps://t.co/vUtBFa0LGS

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 5, 2016

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said that hotels and bars will not serve alcohol anymore and no license will be given, while adding that Army canteens will continue to sell alcohol.

During Assembly elections, Nitish had promised that he will start a people's movement against liquor in the state and ensure that the ban on liquor is effectively implemented.

In the 2014-15 the excise collection from the liquor in the state was Rs. 3,700 crore while the target for the 2015-16 was set at Rs. 4,000 crore.

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