{"id":197937,"date":"2022-07-29T22:07:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T16:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=197937"},"modified":"2022-09-27T13:23:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T07:53:04","slug":"answered-critically-examine-the-effectiveness-of-prohibition-of-alcohol-in-india-and-suggest-some-alternative-policy-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-critically-examine-the-effectiveness-of-prohibition-of-alcohol-in-india-and-suggest-some-alternative-policy-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] Critically examine the effectiveness of prohibition of Alcohol in India and suggest some alternative policy measures."},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"616\"><strong>Introduction:\u00a0<\/strong>Contextual introduction.<br \/>\n<strong>Body:\u00a0<\/strong>Write some benefits of prohibition of alcohol and some issues with it.\u00a0\u00a0Also, suggest some alternative policy measures.<strong>Conclusion<\/strong>: Write a way forward.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Entry 51 in the State List<\/strong> makes \u2018Alcohol for human consumption\u2019 a subject matter of States. This provides States the power to make laws and charge duties on alcoholic liquors for human consumption. At present, ban exists in the States of <strong>Gujarat, Bihar, Nagaland and Mizoram<\/strong>. Some States like Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala had tried to implement prohibition of liquor but abolished it due to ineffectiveness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits<\/strong> <strong>of<\/strong> <strong>prohibition of Alcohol:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Health Benefits<\/strong>: According to the WHO, globally 3 million deaths occur every year due to harmful use of alcohol.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Constitutional provision<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Article 47 <\/strong>directs the State to bring about prohibition of the consumption of intoxicating drinks and of drugs which are injurious to health.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reduce Gender Violence<\/strong>: There is direct correlation between consumption of alcohol and gender violence. e.g., 28.9% reduction in crimes against women in Bihar between 2016-2019 (after prohibition).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Economic Stress<\/strong>: Addiction to alcohol reduces the budget for spending on essential items and in many cases pushes the family into borrowings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Issues:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Economic Loss:<\/strong> The liquors industry provides direct and indirect employment to lakhs of workers. It also supports hundreds of ancillary industries in glass, tin, plastic and paper.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bootlegging:<\/strong> Failure of effective implementation gives rise to bootlegging (the illegal production, transport and sale of liquor). This gives <strong>rise to organized crime<\/strong> as well.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prevalence of Corruption<\/strong>: Generally, the local officials form a nexus with the liquor mafia and overlook the underground activities. By driving sales and production underground, the State loses tax revenues while consumers are exposed to huge health risks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Judicial Burden:<\/strong> It creates tremendous burden on the courts and enhances the pendency of cases e.g., till February 2020, around 2.14 lakh cases were registered under Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.<\/li>\n<li>Moreover complete prohibition has a negative <strong>impact on tourism and hospitality sectors<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Alternative policy measures:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Policy makers should focus on framing laws which <strong>encourage responsible behaviour and compliance.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Drinking age<\/strong> should be made <strong>uniform<\/strong> across the country and the rules should be strictly implemented.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strict laws<\/strong> should be made and implemented against drunken behaviour in public, domestic violence under alcohol influence, and drinking and driving.<\/li>\n<li>Governments should set aside part of revenue earned from alcohol for social education and de-addiction.\u00a0<strong>Community based approach<\/strong> should be adopted to tackle the problem of alcoholism.<\/li>\n<li>Civil society should demand from its political parties a comprehensive policy that addresses all the related issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To reduce alcoholism, prohibition should be brought in by phases. The policies should be\u00a0comprehensive\u00a0and should have\u00a0involvement of different stakeholders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction:\u00a0Contextual introduction. Body:\u00a0Write some benefits of prohibition of alcohol and some issues with it.\u00a0\u00a0Also, suggest some alternative policy measures.Conclusion: Write a way forward. Entry 51 in the State List makes \u2018Alcohol for human consumption\u2019 a subject matter of States. 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