Liquor sales in Telangana rise by 2% in 2024-25 despite decrease in beer sales
Hyderabad: The Telangana Prohibition and Excise Department has reported a revenue of ₹34,600 crores for the 2024-25 financial year, marking a slight decline from ₹34,800 crores in 2023-24. Despite this, liquor sales saw a 7% increase compared to the previous year when excluding revenue from new liquor shop license applications.
In 2023-24, the department generated ₹264.50 crores from new liquor shop license applications. When this is excluded, the 2024-25 liquor sales demonstrated a 7% growth.
The Excise Department’s tax revenue for the year was ₹7,000 crores. While beer sales decreased by 3%, from 54.8 million cases in 2023-24 to 53.1 million cases in 2024-25, this drop was attributed to a 15-day supply halt by beer companies and an increase in beer prices.
On the other hand, liquor sales showed a 2% increase, with 36.9 million cases sold in 2024-25, up from 36.2 million cases in 2023-24.
Over the past several years, Telangana has experienced a steady increase in liquor sales. In the 2022-23 financial year, liquor sales amounted to ₹35,145 crores, up from ₹30,783 crores in 2021-22 and ₹27,288 crores in 2020-21. Looking further back, sales were ₹35,145 crores in 2019-20, ₹20,859 crores in 2018-19, ₹17,594 crores in 2017-18, ₹14,184 crores in 2016-17, and ₹12,706 crores in 2015-16.
