BANGALORE: It may not have been the greatest year for industrial production or growth in many sectors in the state. But hope persists as long as tipplers contribute to growth, as Karnataka has clocked a total of 330.87 lakh cases of Indian Made Liquor (IML) and 148.25 cases of beer, an additional 19.8 lakh cases of IML and 18.46 lakh cases of beer, compared to last year.These numbers are only from the first nine months from April to December 28, 2011. Speaking to Express, excise commissioner, Karnataka State Excise Department, Arvind Jannu, shared that the increase had brought in revenues of Rs 6,579.49 crore as against Rs 5,595.19 crore in IML alone. He added that going by their current growth, they would exceed the target of Rs 9,200 crore by the end of March 2012, at the growth rate of over six per cent and 14 per cent respectively. “Only Bellary has recorded negative growth while all other districts have shown positive results,” he informed.He attributed the reason behind the negative growth to the restrictions in the district due to mining and other recent controversies. He also added that this increase was due to the increase of MSIL shops to 280 centres out of the 463 allotted ones in the state. Sharing figures of Bangalore and the status of ‘tippler’ habits, he said that up to December 28 the city as raked in Rs 636.37 crore as against Rs 577.64 crore in December 2010. “All the establishments have started stocking and we will continue to work to meet their demands,” he said and added that the city is averaging about 35-40,000 cases of IML per day and nearly 25,000 cases of beer in the next couple of days.“Up to December 28, 2011, the count remains at 7,84,744 cases of Indian Made Liquor and 4,56,786 cases of beer, which amounts to a revenue of over Rs 218 crore and Rs 40 crore respectively,” he said. Sharing the revenue for December 28, 2011, he said that Indian Made Liquor stood at Rs 12 crore while beer was close to around Rs 3 crore so far.
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