In Bihar’s liquor crackdown, the poorest have been hit the hardest, while the rich are getting away

The ease with which illicit liquor business is carrying on would be impossible without the state’s law enforcement agencies’ involvement, allege bootleggers.

Parth MN, IndiaSpend.com

· Nov 05, 2020 · 07:30 pm

Prohibition in Bihar has pushed its poor towards cheap drugs and hooch

The police crackdown on violators has also affected the marginalised sections of the society disproportionately.

Parth MN

· Oct 28, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Bihar: Officials in Kaimur district claim rats destroyed seized liquor

‘We saw big holes on the bottle caps when we opened the cartons,’ said the local sub-divisional magistrate.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 02, 2018 · 07:37 pm

Bihar Cabinet approves amendments to prohibition law, diluting some stricter provisions

The proposed amendments include a reduced quantum of punishment for those involved in sale, manufacture or consumption of liquor.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 12, 2018 · 07:36 am

Bihar: BJP MP’s son arrested for allegedly violating anti-liquor law

Hari Manjhi, who represents Gaya in the Lok Sabha, alleged that the police had targeted his son.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 24, 2018 · 08:50 am

Two brothers get five years in jail for drinking alcohol in Bihar

This is the first conviction under the prohibition Act, which was enforced in the state in April, 2016.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 11, 2017 · 05:36 pm

'This law has ruined us': How Nitish Kumar's prohibition policy risks alienating Mahadalits

The poorest Dalits, many of whom make alcohol for a living, have been hit hardest by the Bihar government's liquor ban.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Sep 10, 2016 · 09:00 am

Womaniya empowerment: How prohibition has overturned the gender dynamic in Bihar's villages

On the ground, the moral and legal injunction against alcohol has given Bihari women an unprecedented voice in village affairs.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Sep 02, 2016 · 09:00 am

As Nitish imposes prohibition in Bihar, residents fret at the costs it will extract

Factories will close, liquor salesmen will be jobless, excise revenues will drop.

Manuwant Choudhary

· Apr 02, 2016 · 12:30 pm

Bihar MLAs vow they won't consume alcohol as Assembly passes liquor ban Bill unanimously

The legislation was amended to incorporate stricter penal provisions, including the death sentence, for manufacturers and distributors of illicit liquor.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 31, 2016 · 08:51 am

A history lesson for Nitish Kumar: prohibition does not work

As Bihar tries to implement prohibition, it would do well to remember that India has been trying to get its citizens to stop drinking since 1950. But this has only encouraged bootlegging.

Apar Gupta

· Nov 27, 2015 · 12:05 pm