Keralam Excise dept. bans issuance of new liquor licences until promulgation of Keralam govt.’s liquor policy

The circular comes on the heels of the government shifting Sreeram Samabasiva Rao from the Excise Commissioner’s post in the wake of the political row over the department’s “hasty” reclassification of a few bars and beer parlours as bars and the almost “instantaneous” approval for private players to open lounge bars at CIAL