West Bengal, India: New Excise Tax Regime Lowers Beer Taxes

Posted October 14 2020 4WHO, Affordability, Alcohol Harm, Alcohol Industry Lobbyism, Alcohol Policy, Alcohol Taxation, Big Alcohol, BigAlcoholExposed, Economic Costs, Evidence, Health For All, Health Systems, News, SDGs, WHO

West Bengal will be lowering alcohol taxes, starting first with beer under a new, even more complicated, tax regime. Taxes on hard liquor are also slated to fall by November. This policy reversal puts health and development in jeopardy in West Bengal.

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