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On 20 February 2017, the first office order signed by the Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami was the closure of 500 liquor outlets owned by the public sector TASMAC. This is in addition to the 500 liquor outlets closed down by late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in May 2016.
TASMAC was established in 1983 by then Chief Minister M.G.Ramachandran [2] The state has a long history of prohibition, first implemented partially in 1937 by the Indian National Congress government of C. Rajagopalachari. Between 1973 and 2001, it was lifted briefly during 1971–74, 1981–87 and 1990–91.
In Maharashtra, a liquor licence obtained from a Government Civil Hospital is required to drink, although this is largely not enforced. Additionally, state legislature empowers district governments to ban alcohol entirely. As a result, two districts, Wardha and Gadchiroli have imposed a total ban on the production and sale of alcohol. Manipur ...
Merged to form Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs with three departments - Department of Food & Civil Supplies, Department of Sugar and Edible Oils and Department of Consumer Affairs. On 15 October 1999, the new ministry was renamed as the Ministry of Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution, having the same three departments.
In 2015, Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh stated in the Manipur state assembly that the state government was looking at the option of lifting prohibition in the state, [62] but liquor ban still continued in the state. [63] In December 2023, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state has decided to lift the liquor ban after over 30 ...
The government of Tamil Nadu, the administrative body responsible for the governance of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, comprises 43 departments.The Governor of Tamil Nadu is the constitutional head of state while the Chief Minister heads the executive branch acting along with the council of ministers.
V. Senthil Balaji, Minister for Prohibition and Excise Department Agency executive P Amudha, IAS , Home Secretary and Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Prohibition & Excise
A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the Legislature of the State shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a Minister. The salaries and allowances of Ministers shall be such as the Legislature of the State may from time to time by law determine and, until the Legislature of the State so determines ...