Thursday, March 22, 2012

In Assam, village panchayat bans liquor | ummid.com

In Assam, village panchayat bans liquor | ummid.com
At a time when Assam's excise revenues are shooting up, indicating a huge increase in the sale of liquor all over the state, a gram panchayat in the remote Assam-Meghalaya border has become a trendsetter by banning consumption of liquor of any sort in about 70 villages under its jurisdiction.