Mumbai: LIburalizing the sale of wine by letting it sold from smaller retailers (with an area of 100 metr and above) does not mean that buyers do not require drinking permits.
The buyer does not have a drinking permit to buy a daily permission of Rs 5 from the store before taking it home, said the excise official.
For consumers who have taken annual drinking permits or a lifetime of the excise department, purchases are easy as usual.
For this daily permit must be stored and released by shops to the buyer without failing when selling bottles.
It can be mentioned that light beer is the only liquor that does not need a drink permit and those aged 21 years and above can consume it.
However, for all other forms of liquor, drinking permits that can be obtained with those aged 25 years and over.
In the movement to provide a larger domestic market for wine producers and wine farmers have enabled a walk-in store and supermarkets more than 100 square meters to sell wine stored on their shelves (2.5 meter cubic storage room with locking).
To do this store requires a license for wine sales for Rs 5000 a year.
Until now, supermarkets with liquor licenses are allowed to sell wine and beer in the state.
However, this must be displayed in a separate cage.
Some major supermarket chains have sold wine in this way for several years.
The current decision will allow small shops to sell wine.
Shops that sell wines must be located in the distance of educational and religious institutions.
The state has 70 wineries and around 10,000 people involved in trade.
Maharashtra: Buyers will need a drink permit
