Thursday, November 10, 2016

Bihar sees rise in sale of rasgullas after introduction of total prohibition in the state


While addressing a 'Chetna Sabha' as part of his 'Nischay Yatra', chief minister Nitish Kumar has revealed that introduction of total prohibition in the state has begun to yield positive results and one of these is the increase in sale of rasgullas.
This has increased by about 16 per cent in the past seven months ever since prohibition came into effect.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 11 November 2016.
In the course of talking on the virtues of prohibition, the CM indicated that post prohibition, there has been increase in sale of 'rasgullas' and other varieties of sweets like 'peda' 'paneer' and 'khoya' and people are becoming healthy.
Apart from increase in sale of 'rasgullas', there has also been an 11% spurt in the sale of milk in Bihar since the implementation of prohibition. Simultaneously, there has been a substantial drop in crime rate after banning all types of liquor including Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL). Heinous crimes have reduced and murder cases have dropped by 36 per cent in between April 1 to October 31, this year when compared with the same period in 2015.


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