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{{short description|Laws which regulate the sale and consumption of alcohol in India}}
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The [[legal drinking age]] in [[India]] and the laws which regulate the sale and consumption of [[Alcoholic drink|alcohol]] vary significantly from [[States and union territories of India|state]] to state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icap.org/Table/MinimumAgeLimitsWorldwide |title=Minimum Age Limits Worldwide |publisher=Icap.org |access-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505211133/http://www.icap.org/table/minimumagelimitsworldwide |archive-date=5 May 2015 }}</ref> In India, consumption of alcohol is prohibited in the states of [[Bihar]], [[Gujarat]], [[Nagaland]],<ref name="nagaland">{{cite web|url=http://www.ucanews.com/2010/08/31/alcohol-prohibition-to-remain-in-nagaland/ |title=Alcohol prohibition to remain in Nagaland |publisher=Ucanews.com |access-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928122008/http://www.ucanews.com/2010/08/31/alcohol-prohibition-to-remain-in-nagaland/ |archive-date=28 September 2013 }}</ref> and [[Mizoram]], as well as the [[union territory]] of [[Lakshadweep]]. There is partial ban on alcohol in some districts of [[Manipur]].<ref name="kerala_ban_bbc">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29829015|title=India's Kerala High Court upholds alcohol ban|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=8 August 2015|date=30 October 2014}}</ref> All other Indian states permit alcohol consumption but fix a legal drinking age, which ranges at different ages per region. In some states the legal drinking age can be different for different types of alcoholic beverage.

In spite of legal restrictions, alcohol consumption in India has risen over 55% over a period of 20 years (according to [[OECD]] figures) as the laws are generally not followed in a customer business relationship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indians-drinking-alcohol-up-55-in-20-years/articleshow/47313965.cms |title=Indians drinking alcohol up 55% in 20 years|work=The Times of India |access-date=18 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30791674 |title=India toxic alcohol kills 29 in Uttar Pradesh |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date= 13 January 2015|access-date=18 May 2015}}</ref> The maximum permitted ABV is 45.5%.<ref>{{Cite web|last=foodnavigator-asia.com|title=India alcohol limits drafted|url=https://www.foodnavigator-asia.com/Article/2012/05/28/India-alcohol-limits-drafted|access-date=2020-06-15|website=foodnavigator-asia.com|language=en-GB}}</ref>

== History ==
The Prohibition on Alcohol was firstly in 1954 by [[Morarji Desai]] who was [[Chief minister (India)|Chief Minister]] of [[Bombay Presidency|Bombay Province]]. The Prohibition was imposed on the [[Koli people]] who were traditional distillers of alcohol or wine in [[Maharashtra]] mostly in [[Dharavi]]. Kolis of [[Mumbai|Bombay]] distilled the alcohol by [[Syzygium cumini|Jamun]], [[Guava]], [[Orange (fruit)|Orange]], [[Apple]] and [[Manilkara zapota|Chikoo]]. In 1954, Morarji Desai imposed the Prohibition on liquor but there was a strong protest by Koli [[Caste system in India|community]] and there were rallies far and wide by Koli people. Kolis alleged the [[Desai]] that 'This is not a Daru-Bandi, This is Desh-Bandi' because Desai selling the foreign alcohol in state but prohibited our homemade liquor.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Agarwal |first=Shilpa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QZJiDwAAQBAJ |title=Haunting Bombay |date=2009-04-01 |publisher=[[Soho Press]] |isbn=978-1-56947-708-3 |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sharma |first=Kalpana |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6RJWYfvHBCQC&dq=Desai+Kolis&pg=PA45 |title=Rediscovering Dharavi: Stories from Asia's Largest Slum |publisher=[[Penguin Books India]] |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-14-100023-7 |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=45–46 |language=en}}</ref> before the prohibition on alcohol, Kolis of Dharavi manufactured the alcohol legally and when prohibition enacted, commercial alcohol production ceased and Kolis had a virtual monopoly in thus area.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Weinstein |first=Liza |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JS90DwAAQBAJ |title=The Durable Slum: Dharavi and the Right to Stay Put in Globalizing Mumbai |date=2014-04-01 |publisher=U of Minnesota Press |isbn=978-1-4529-4112-7 |language=en}}</ref>

==Law==
Alcohol is a subject in the [[State List]] under the Seventh Schedule of the [[Constitution of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://constitutionofindia.etal.in/article_246/ |title=246. Subject-matter of laws made by Parliament and by the Legislatures of States |publisher=Constitutionofindia.etal.in |date=10 October 2013 |access-date=18 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vakilbabu.com/Laws/SubList/SList.htm |title=States Subject List |publisher=Vakilbabu.com |access-date=18 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.constitution.org/cons/india/shed07.htm |title=Schedule |publisher=Constitution.org |access-date=18 May 2015}}</ref> Therefore, the laws governing alcohol vary from state to state.

Liquor in India is generally sold at liquor stores, restaurants, hotels, bars, pubs, clubs and discos but not online. Some states, like Kerala and Tamil Nadu, prohibit private parties from owning liquor stores making the state government the sole retailer of alcohol in those states. In some states, liquor may be sold at groceries, departmental stores, banquet halls and/or farm houses. Some tourist areas have special laws allowing the sale of alcohol on beaches and houseboats.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

Home delivery of alcoholic beverages is illegal in Delhi.<ref name="articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-08-22/delhi/27318723_1_liquor-shops-foreign-liquor-excise-intelligence-bureau | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524202603/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-08-22/delhi/27318723_1_liquor-shops-foreign-liquor-excise-intelligence-bureau | url-status=dead | archive-date=24 May 2013 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=3 held for home delivery of liquor | date=22 August 2002}}</ref> However, in Delhi home delivery of beer and wine by private vendors and departmental stores is permitted.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

==Legal drinking age by states and union territories==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! State/UT !! Drinking Age !! Remarks
|-
| [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] || 21<ref name="MDAIndia">{{cite web |title=Drinking age reduced to 21 in Haryana, pubs and bars welcome move |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/drinking-age-reduced-to-21-in-haryana-pubs-and-bars-welcome-move-101640200145766.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-07-27 |work=Hindustan Times}}</ref>||
|-
| [[Andhra Pradesh]] || 21<ref name="MDAIndia"/> ||
|-
| [[Arunachal Pradesh]] || 21<ref name="MDAIndia"/> ||
|-
| [[Assam]] || 21<ref name="MDAIndia"/> ||
|- style="background:#ebb;"
| [[Bihar]] || [[Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act, 2016|Illegal]] || Total ban on all alcohol since 4 April 2016<ref>{{Cite web|title = Bihar's decision to go 'dry' and politics of liquor ban in India|url = http://www.ibnlive.com/news/politics/bihars-decision-to-go-dry-and-politics-of-liquor-ban-in-india-1168995.html|publisher = CNN-IBN|access-date = 28 November 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[Chandigarh]] || 25<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drunkdriving.co.in/drunk-driving-law/legal-drinking-age-in-india.htm |title=Legal Drinking Age | Minimum Age For Drinking In India |publisher=Drunkdriving.co.in |access-date=24 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221141712/http://www.drunkdriving.co.in/drunk-driving-law/legal-drinking-age-in-india.htm |archive-date=21 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ||
|-
| [[Chhattisgarh]] || 21<ref name="MDAIndia"/> ||
|-
| [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]] || 21<ref>{{cite web |title=Section 24 of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli Excise Regulation, 2012
|url=https://thc.nic.in/Central%20Governmental%20Regulations/Dadra%20and%20Nagar%20%20Haveli%20Excise%20Regulation,%202012.pdf}}</ref>||
|-
| [[Daman and Diu]] || 21<ref>{{cite web |title=Section 19 of "The Goa, Daman and Diu Excise Duty Act & Rules 1964"
|url=https://daman.nic.in/acts-rules/Excise-department/documents/The%20Goa,%20Daman%20and%20Diu%20Excise%20Duty%20Act%20&%20Rules%201964.PDF}}</ref>||
|-
| [[Delhi]] ||25<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-06 |title=What is the legal drinking age in Delhi, 21 or 25? Know liquor rules in bars, restaurants across capital |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-what-is-the-legal-drinking-age-in-delhi-21-or-25-know-liquor-rules-in-bars-restaurants-across-capital-3028140 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=DNA India |language=en}}</ref>||
|-
| [[Goa]] || 18<ref>{{cite web |title=Legal Drinking age and Dry Days in India |url=https://legodesk.com/legopedia/legal-drinking-age-in-india/ |website=Legodesk |date=26 November 2018}}</ref>||
|- style="background:#ebb;"
| [[Gujarat]] || style="background:#ebb;"| [[Bombay Prohibition (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 2009|Illegal]] || style="background:#ebb;"|Non-Residents of Gujarat can apply for limited Liquor Permits. [[Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949|Banned since 1960]].<ref name="ETX">{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-10-02/news/34218094_1_gutkha-ban-gujarat-chief-minister-prohibition-policy|title=Narendra Modi justifies gutkha ban in Gujarat|website=The Economic Times|access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[Haryana]] || 21<ref name="MDAIndia"/> || The Punjab Excise Act, which also extends to Haryana, prohibits establishments from employing "women in any part of such premises in which such liquor or intoxicating drug is consumed by the public".<ref name="PunjExAct">{{Citation
| url = http://haryanatax.gov.in/Excise_Policy/The_Punjab_Excise_Act.html
| title = The Punjab Excise Act, 1914
| publisher = Government of Haryana
| access-date = 1 November 2012
| archive-date = 5 November 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121105201136/http://haryanatax.gov.in/Excise_Policy/The_Punjab_Excise_Act.html
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> Section 30 of the Punjab Excise Act has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of India on 12 December 2007, which was responsible for not allowing women to work in such premises.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/845216/|title=Anuj Garg & Ors vs Hotel Association Of India & Ors on 6 December, 2007|website=indiankanoon.org|access-date=14 June 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[Himachal Pradesh]] || 18<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.himvani.com/news/2011/12/21/himachal-bans-selling-liquor-minors/19813 |title=Himachal bans selling liquor to minors | Page 19813 |publisher=Himvani.com |access-date=18 May 2015}}</ref> ||
|-
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] || 18<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://jkexcise.nic.in/documents/eact.pdf |title=The Jammu and Kashmir Excise Act, 1958 (1901 A.D) |publisher=Jkexcise.nic.in |access-date=18 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="Jkexcise.nic.in">{{cite web|url=http://jkexcise.nic.in/documents/exc_rule.pdf |title=The Jammu and Kashmir Liquor License & Sale Rules, 1984 |publisher=Jkexcise.nic.in |access-date=18 May 2015}}</ref> ||
|-
| [[Jharkhand]] || 21<ref name="MDAIndia"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/days-of-government-run-liquor-shops-over-as-pvt-parties-to-run-biz-again-from-today/articleshow/68661121.cms|title=Days of government-run liquor shops over as pvt parties to run biz again from today | Ranchi News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/opening-of-private-liquor-shops-get-eci---s-nod.html|title=Opening of private liquor shops get ECI's nod|website=The Pioneer}}</ref> ||
|-
| [[Karnataka]] ||18||[[Arrack]] has been banned in Karnataka since 1 July 2007.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://infoqueenbee.com/2014/09/list-of-states-in-india-with.html | work=The Times of India | title=Arrack ban in Karnataka from tomorrow | date=30 June 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/332487/siddu-wants-cheap-safe-liquor.html |title=Siddu wants cheap, safe liquor for poor |work=Deccan Herald |date=14 May 2013 |access-date=18 May 2015}}</ref> The Karanataka Excise Department, 1967, stipulate that ''drinking'' age is 21. However, the Karnataka Excise Act, 1965, states 18 as the minimum age to ''purchase'' alcohol. The law is ambiguous and in practise many bars serve those above age 18 though a few bars refuse service to anyone below 21.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://legodesk.com/legopedia/legal-drinking-age-in-india/|title=Legal Drinking age and Dry Days in India|date=2018-11-26|website=Legodesk|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/Is-legal-age-to-drink-in-Karnataka-18-or-21/article13982569.ece|title=Is legal age to drink in Karnataka 18 or 21?|date=2016-01-05|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-03-06|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|-
| [[Kerala]] || 23<ref>{{cite news |title=Legal drinking age raised to 23 in Kerala |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/legal-drinking-age-raised-to-23-in-kerala/article21285612.ece |work=The Hindu |date=7 December 2017}}</ref>|| Kerala government has planned to implement prohibition of hard liquor in 10 years.<ref name="partial_prohibition">{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/kerala-high-court-upholds-earlier-ban-on-liquor-in-bars/|title=Kerala High Court upholds govt liquor policy, confines bar licence to five-star hotels|date=April 2015|work=The Indian Express|access-date=8 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="kerala_ban_bbc"/>
|-
| [[Ladakh]] || 18<ref name=":1"/><ref name="Jkexcise.nic.in"/> ||
|- style="background:#ebb;"
|| [[Lakshadweep]] || [[Lakshadweep Prohibition Regulation, 1979|Illegal]]<ref name="MDAIndia"/> || Consumption is legal only on the resort island of [[Bangaram Atoll|Bangaram]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lakshadweep.nic.in/bangaram.html |title=Lakshadweep Official Website |publisher=Lakshadweep.nic.in |access-date=18 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427112053/http://www.lakshadweep.nic.in/bangaram.html |archive-date=27 April 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|-
| [[Madhya Pradesh]] || 21<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boardofrevenue.mp.gov.in/acts/MP-EXCISE-1915English.pdf|title=The Madhya Pradesh Excise Act|access-date=20 December 2016}}</ref> ||
|-
| [[Maharashtra]] || 25<ref>{{cite web |title=Bombay Prohibition Act,1949
|url=https://stateexcise.maharashtra.gov.in/Pdf/Maharashtra_Excise_Manual_Vol-I.pdf}}</ref>
| In Maharashtra, a liquor licence obtained from a Government Civil Hospital is required to drink, although this is largely not enforced. Additionally, state legislature empowers district governments to ban alcohol entirely. As a result, two districts, [[Wardha district|Wardha]] and [[Gadchiroli district|Gadchiroli]] have imposed a total ban on the production and sale of alcohol.
|-
| [[Manipur]] || 21<ref name="MDAIndia"/> || Partial prohibition since 2002, prohibited in the districts of [[Bishnupur district|Bishnupur]], [[Imphal East district|Imphal East]], [[Imphal West district|Imphal West]] and [[Thoubal district|Thoubal]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=news_section.opinions.Politics_and_Governance.Dried_Up_Prohibition_Need_for_lifting_Prohibition_By_Seram_Neken |title=Dried Up Prohibition : Need for lifting Prohibition arises due to state's inability to enforce 'Dry State Status' |date=30 August 2014 |access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Meghalaya]] || 21<ref name="ibn_18_rome">{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/drink-on-18-in-lucknow-25-in-mumbai-16-in-rome/156256-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605025550/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/drink-on-18-in-lucknow-25-in-mumbai-16-in-rome/156256-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2011|title=Drink at 18 in Lucknow, 25 in Mumbai, 16 in Rome |website=[[CNN-IBN|IBN Live]] |date=2 June 2011}}</ref> ||
|- style="background:#ebb;"
| [[Mizoram]] || Illegal<ref>{{cite web |title=Mizoram passes Bill for total prohibition |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/mizoram/mizoram-passes-bill-for-total-prohibition-5636784/ |website=The Indian Express |date=21 March 2019 |access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref> ||Banned since 2019<ref>{{cite web |title=Mizoram goes dry again as Assembly passes Liquor Prohibition Bill 2019 |url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/mizoram-goes-dry-again-as-assembly-passes-liquor-prohibition-bill-2019.html |website=nenow |date=20 March 2019 |access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ebb;"
| [[Nagaland]] || [[Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act, 1989|Illegal]]<ref name="nagaland"/> || Sale and consumption illegal since 1989.<ref name="fullstop">{{cite news|url=http://www.fullstopindia.com/liquor-prohibited-a-list-of-dry-states-in-india|title=No Drink For You? India's Dry States |work=Full Stop India }}</ref>
|-
| [[Odisha]] || 21
| [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] || 18<ref name="MDAIndia"/> ||
|-
| [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] || 25<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/underage-drinking-punjab-to-take-action-aga/614084/ |title=Underage drinking: Punjab to take action against vendors |work=The Indian Express |date=3 May 2010 |access-date=18 May 2015}}</ref> || The Punjab Excise Act prohibits establishments from employing "women in any part of such premises in which such liquor or intoxicating drug is consumed by the public".<ref name="PunjExAct"/> Section 30 of the Punjab Excise Act has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of India on 12 December 2007, which was responsible for not allowing women to work in such premises.<ref name=":0" />
|-
| [[Rajasthan]] ||18<ref>Rajasthan Excise Act 1950, Section 22</ref>||
|-
| [[Sikkim]] || 18<ref name="TOI2">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-24/mumbai/29698621_1_drinking-age-drinking-age-alcohol/2|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104060238/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-24/mumbai/29698621_1_drinking-age-drinking-age-alcohol/2|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 January 2013|title=Maharashtra's legal drinking age is highest in world|date=24 June 2011|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> ||
|-
| [[Tamil Nadu]] || 21<ref name="MDAIndia"/> ||
|-
| [[Telangana]] || 21<ref name="MDAIndia"/> ||
|-
| [[Tripura]] || 21<ref>{{cite web |title="THE TRIPURA EXCISE ACT, 1987."
|url=https://law.tripura.gov.in/sites/default/files/The_Tripura_Excise_Act_1987.pdf}}</ref> ||
|-
| [[Uttar Pradesh]] || 21<ref name="MRLIndia">{{cite web |url=https://www.mrliquor.in/legal-drinking-age-in-india/#legaldrinkingageinstateofuttarpradesh |title=Legal Drinking Age in India |date=6 March 2017 |publisher=MrLiquor |access-date=9 March 2017}}</ref> ||Section 22 <ref name="MRLIndia" />
|-
| [[Uttarakhand]] || 21<ref name="MDAIndia"/> ||
|-
| [[West Bengal]] || 21<ref>{{cite web |title="Bengal Excise Act, 1909"
|url=http://wbexcise.gov.in/writereaddata/bengalexciseact.pdf}}</ref> ||
|}

==Drunk driving law==
The [[blood alcohol content]] (BAC) legal limit is 0.03%<ref name="ifood.tv">{{cite web |url=http://www.ifood.tv/blog/alcohol-law-in-india |title=Alcohol Law In India by chockyfoodie |publisher=iFood.tv |access-date=18 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222063231/http://www.ifood.tv/blog/alcohol-law-in-india |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> or 30 mg alcohol in 100 ml blood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mumbaimirror.com/article/15/2011122520111225033242577203a62aa/This-New-Year-pubs-to-face-police-action-if-patrons-drinkdrive.html |title=This New Year, pubs to face police action if patrons drink-drive |access-date=28 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412025108/http://mumbaimirror.com/article/15/2011122520111225033242577203a62aa/This-New-Year-pubs-to-face-police-action-if-patrons-drinkdrive.html |archive-date=12 April 2013 }}</ref>

On 1 March 2012, the Union Cabinet approved proposed changes to the Motor Vehicle Act. Higher penalties were introduced, including fines from {{INR}}2,000 to {{INR}}10,000 and imprisonment from 6 months to 4 years. Different penalties are assessed depending on the blood alcohol content at the time of the offence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Think-5-times-before-you-drink-and-drive/articleshow/16210970.cms|title=Think 5 times before you drink and drive|date=2 March 2012|access-date=14 September 2014}}</ref>

==Dry days==
{{ anchor | Dry | Day | Dry day }}

Dry days are specific days when the sale of alcohol is not allowed. Most of the Indian states observe these days on major national festivals/occasions such as [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]] (26 January), [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]] (15 August) and [[Gandhi Jayanti]] (2 October).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Food/Three-cheers-to-dry-days/Article1-733272.aspx |title=Three cheers to dry days! |work=Hindustan Times |date=15 August 2011 |access-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502115730/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Food/Three-cheers-to-dry-days/Article1-733272.aspx |archive-date=2 May 2013}}</ref> Dry days are also observed during [[elections in India]].<ref name=":01">{{cite web|url=http://www.ksbc.kerala.gov.in/know.htm |title=official web site of Kerala State Beverages Corporation Limited |publisher=Ksbc.kerala.gov.in |access-date=24 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807233919/http://ksbc.kerala.gov.in/know.htm |archive-date=7 August 2011 }}</ref><ref name="And.nic.in">{{cite web |url=http://www.and.nic.in/Announcements/Excise_policy.pdf |title=Andaman & Nicobar Administration, Excise Department : Excise Policy |publisher=And.nic.in |access-date=18 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322000934/http://www.and.nic.in/Announcements/Excise_policy.pdf |archive-date=22 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Dry days by states and union territories===

No dry day rule is applicable for 5-star hotels, clubs and resorts in West Bengal. Drinks may be served and consumed in those places in West Bengal even on dry days. Private consumption too is allowed on dry days. Only the open sale of liquor at restaurants, liquor shops and other permitted places is disallowed on those days.

Prohibited days are also announced when elections are held in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://emulate.aponline.gov.in/apbcl/index.html |title=.gov.in|access-date=5 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201040753/http://emulate.aponline.gov.in/apbcl/index.html |archive-date=1 February 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://excise.delhigovt.nic.in/ex3b.asp |title=Government of Delhi: Government Departments : Excise : Excise Department : Delhi Liquor Licence Rules, 1976 |publisher=Excise.delhigovt.nic.in |access-date=18 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529085632/http://excise.delhigovt.nic.in/ex3b.asp |archive-date=29 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> For [[Lok Sabha]] or [[Vidhan Sabha]] elections, Prohibited days are declared for 48 hours prior to the close of voting, plus during the counting day(s). For [[Municipalities of India|Municipality]], [[Panchayati raj|Panchayat]], [[Nagar nigam|Municipal Corporation]], or [[Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council]] elections, Prohibited days occur on the polling day, the previous day and the counting day(s).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wbexcise.gov.in/ExcisePortal/Closure%20of%20retail.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911232712/http://wbexcise.gov.in/ExcisePortal/Closure%20of%20retail.htm |archive-date=11 September 2009 |title=Closure of retail excise licensed premises in West Bengal on special occasions |access-date=18 May 2015}}</ref>

====Andaman and Nicobar Islands====

Retail shops are closed on every month on the 7th, which is the pay day / salary day in this [[union territory]], and on 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of every month. Plus, a maximum of two fulls or four beers are permitted per person for sale in retail shops.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Month !! Date !! Festival
|-
| January || 26 || [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]]
|-
| August || 15 || [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]]
|-
| October || 2 || [[Gandhi Jayanti]]
|}

====Delhi====
Every excise year, the [[Government of Delhi]], notifies the number of Prohibited days in a year. The three national holidays—26 January 2 October and 15 August, are always prohibited days, and additional prohibited days are announced at the start of the excise year (1 July).<ref>{{cite web|title=Excise, Entertainment & Luxury Tax Department|url=http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_excise/Excise/Home/Frequently+Asked+Questions|publisher=Government of NCT of Delhi|access-date=30 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082840/http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_excise/Excise/Home/Frequently+Asked+Questions|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Month !! Date !! Festival
|-
| January || 26 || [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]]
|-
| August || 15 || [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]]
|-
| October || 2 || [[Gandhi Jayanti]]
|}
†Festival date may be in either month.

====Jammu and Kashmir====

;Jammu:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Month !! Date !! Festival
|-
| March || 4 || [[Maha Shivratri]]
|-
| April || || [[Rama Navami|Ram Navami]]†
|-
| August || 15 || [[Krishna Janmashtami]]†
|-
| August || 15 || [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]]
|-
| September || [[Krishna Janmashtami]]†
|-
| October || 2 || [[Gandhi Jayanti]]
|-
| November || || [[Guru Nanak Jayanti]]
|}
†Festival date may be in either month.

;Kashmir:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Month !! Date !! Festival
|-
| March || 4 || [[Maha Shivratri]]
|-
| June || 4–5 || [[Eid-Ul-Fitr]]
|-
| August || 11 || [[Eid al-Adha]] ([[Bakrid]])
|-
| August || 15 || [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]]
|-
| August || || [[Krishna Janmashtami]]†
|-
| September || [[Krishna Janmashtami]]†
|-
| October || 2 || [[Gandhi Jayanti]]
|-
| November || 9–10 || [[Mawlid|Eid-Ul-Milad]]
|}
†Festival date may be in either month.

====Karnataka====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Month !! Date !! Festival
|-
| October || 2 || [[Gandhi Jayanti]]
|-
| January || 26 || [[Republic Day]]
|-
| August || 15 || [[Independence Day]]
|}

====Kerala====

Sundays are no longer observed as Prohibited days in the state.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/sundays-no-more-dry-days-in-kerala/article6706386.ece |title=Sundays no more dry days in Kerala |newspaper=The Hindu |date=19 December 2014 |access-date=18 May 2015}}</ref><ref name=":01"/>

1st Day of English Calendar Every month for administrative purposes and on the grounds that it is the salary day. Dry days are observed on the day of polling and the previous day during elections as well.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Month !! Date !! Festival
|-
| January || 1 || New Year Day
|-
| January || 26 || Republic Day
|-
| August || || [[Sree Narayana Guru]] Jayanti†
|-
| August || 15 || Independence Day
|-
| September || || [[Sree Narayana Guru]] Jayanti†
|-
| September || || [[Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi]]
|-
| October || 2 || [[Gandhi Jayanti]]
|}
†Date may be in either month.

====Maharashtra====

The [[District collector (India)|district collector]] can also designate any day as a Prohibited day by giving seven days' notice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stateexcise.maharashtra.gov.in/EXCISE/list_of__dry_days.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406040151/http://stateexcise.maharashtra.gov.in/EXCISE/list_of__dry_days.htm |archive-date=6 April 2010 |title=List of Dry Days |date=6 April 2010 |access-date=18 May 2015}}</ref> his list may vary depending on the date of festivals as well as specific Prohibited day announcements by the [[Government of Maharashtra]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Month !! Date !! Festival
|-
| January || 26 || [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]]
|-
| January || 30 || [[Martyrs' Day (India)|Martyrs' Day]]
|-
| May || 1 || Maharashtra Day
|-
| June or July || || [[Shayani Ekadashi|Ashadi Ekadashi]]†
|-
| August || 15 || [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]]
|-
| September || || [[Anant Chaturdashi]]
|-
| October || 2-9 || [[Gandhi Jayanti|Gandhi Week]]
|-
| November || || [[Prabodhini Ekadashi|Kartiki Ekadashi]]
|}†Festival date may be in June or July.

====Rajasthan====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Month !! Date !! Festival
|-
| January || 26 ||[[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]]
|-
| January || 30|| [[Martyrs' Day (India)|Martyrs' Day]]
|-
| February || || [[Maha Shivaratri]]
|-
| March || ||[[Mahavir Janma Kalyanak]]†
|-
| March || 30 ||Rajasthan Formation Day
|-
| April || ||[[Mahavir Janma Kalyanak]]†
|-
| August || 15 ||[[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]]
|-
| October || 2 ||[[Gandhi Jayanti]]
|-
| October || 30 ||[[Harijan Sevak Sangh|Harijan Day]]
|}
†Festival date may be in either month.

====Tamil Nadu====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Month !! Date !! Festival
|-
| January || 15 or 16|| [[Thiruvalluvar|Thiruvalluvar Day]]†
|-
| January || 26 || [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]]
|-
| January (February) || || [[Ramalinga Swamigal|Vadalur Ramalinga Adikalar Jothi]]
|-
| February || || [[Maha Shivaratri]]
|-
| April || || Prophet Mohamad's Birthday (Nabigal Nayagam)
|-
| April (March)|| ||[[Mahavir Janma Kalyanak]]
|-
| May || 1 || [[May Day]]
|-
| August || 15 || [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]]
|-
| October || 2 || [[Gandhi Jayanti]]
|-
| December || || [[Mawlid|Eid al-Mawlid]] (Milad-un-Nabi)
|}

†Leap year (will vary based on Tamil calendar)

====West Bengal====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Month !! Date !! Festival
|-
| January || 15 || [[Makar Sankranti]]
|-
| January || 26 || [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]]
|-
| January || 30 || Shaheed Diwas
|-

| March || 4 || [[Maha Shivratri]]
|-
| March || 10 || [[Holi]]
|-
| April || 14 || [[Ram Navami]]
|-
| April || 17 || [[Mahavir Janma Kalyanak]]
|-
| June || 4–5 || [[Eid-Ul-Fitr]]
|-
| August || 11 || [[Eid al-Adha]] ([[Bakrid]])
|-
| August || 15 || [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]]
|-
| August || 15 || [[Raksha Bhandan]]
|-
| August || 24 || [[Janmashtami]]
|-
| September || 2 || [[Ganesh Chaturthi]]
|-
| September || 28 || [[Muharram]]
|-
| October || 2 || [[Gandhi Jayanti]]
|-
| October || 8 || [[Dussehra]]
|-
| October || 27 || [[Diwali]]
|-
| November || 9–10 || [[Mawlid|Eid-Ul-Milad]]
|-
| December || 25 || [[Christmas]]
|}

==See also==

* India alcohol related
** [[Alcohol prohibition in India]]
** [[Alcohol laws of India#Dry days|Dry Days in India]]
** [[Kasauli Brewery]], India's first European-style brewery still in operation
** [[Kasauli Brewery#Solan|Solan brewery]]
* [[List of Indian beverages#Alcohol|Alcoholic Indian beverages]]
** [[Beer in India]]
** [[Desi daru]]
** [[Indian-made foreign liquor]]
** [[Indian whisky]]
** [[Kasauli Brewery#Lion|Lion beer]], Asia'a first beer brand
** [[Kasauli Brewery#Solan whisky|Solan No. 1]], India's first malt whisky
** [[Old Monk]], iconic Indian rum
** [[sura (alcoholic drink)|Sura]]

==References==
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{{Alcohol in India}}
{{Alcohol by countries}}
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[[Category:Alcohol in India]]
[[Category:Indian cuisine-related lists]]

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