Bihar liquor ban: Nitish govt to approach SC against Patna HC order

The government had first banned the manufacture, trade, sale, consumption of country-made liquor since 1 April, but later imposed a blanket ban on all types of liquor including foreign liquor in the state.

Talking about the positives of liquor ban, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said, “Now people not wasting money on alcohol like before, that money is being used in better ways, financial situation improving.”