Jammu, May 31 -- Approval accorded in backdrop of increasing dependence on narcotics & drugs due to unavailability of authorised hard liquor at vends in Ladakh

New Excise Policy focuses on promoting transition from high alcoholic content to low alcoholic content beverages

Major reforms introduced to strengthen regulation, curb illicit trade and support tourism by giving wider choice to people for consumption in a regulated manner

Leh, May 31: Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Ladakh, Vinai Kumar Saxena, has accorded approval to the New Excise Policy of Ladakh, which primarily aims to curb the growing dependence on narcotics & drugs and provide people with a wider choice of low alcoholic content liquor in the Ladakh region. ...