IMFL liquor prices cut by at least 25 to 30 pct in Andhra Pradesh; here is why
The liquor price cut, which the government called rationalisation, was aimed at curbing inter-border smuggling of liquor from neighbouring states that has become rampant in recent days
It had in May enforced a 75 per cent price hike to 'discourage' people from consumption and safeguard health, but the measure failed to achieve the desired results and in the contrary creating a new menace in the form of smuggling. PTI