After petroleum products, the governments in the country get the highest revenue from alcohol, due to which liquor worth thousands of crores of rupees is sold every year. However, in view of its harmful effects, alcohol has been banned in some states like Bihar, Gujarat. Despite this, people in these states aIn such a situation, questions often arise in people’s minds that in a country with a population of 140 crores, which state’s people are spending the most money on buying alcohol. Let us know through a list which state is spending the m
The National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), an autonomous research institute under the Ministry of Finance, has conducted a study. It states that currently Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are the two states where people spend the most money on alcohol compared to any other state in the country. According to NSSO data, in 2011-12 also, Andhra Pradesh was at the first place among the states spending the most on alcohol with Rs 620 crore.
According to the Consumer Pyramid Household Survey (HPHS) of the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), the highest expenditure on alcohol is in Telangana, where an average household spends Rs 1623 per year. In contrast, the lowest expenditure is in Uttar Pradesh, where Rs 75 and Rs 49 are spent respectively.
States with the highest expenditure on alcohol
| Serial Number | State | Expenditure on liquor (₹) – 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telangana | 1623 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 1306 |
| 3 | Punjab | 1245 |
| 4 | Chhattisgarh | 1227 |
| 5 | Odisha | 1156 |
| 6 | Tamil Nadu | 841 |
| 7 | Haryana | 812 |
| 8 | Jharkhand | 624 |
| 9 | Goa | 445 |
| 10 | Kerala | 379 |
States with the lowest expenditure on alcohol
| Serial Number | State | Expenditure on liquor (₹) – 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uttar Pradesh | 49 |
| 2 | Rajasthan | 140 |
| 3 | Tripura | 148 |
| 4 | Madhya Pradesh | 197 |
| 5 | Assam | 198 |
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