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Maharashtra raises minimum age for
alcohol consumption
Wednesday June 01, 2011 05:36:24 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: In an attempt to discourage youngsters from
consuming alcohol, the Maharashtra government Wednesday raised the
minimum age for drinking beer from 18 to 21 years and for hard
liquor from 21 to 25 years.
Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan denied that this decision, taken
by the cabinet here this afternoon, was an attempt at moral
policing.
Chavan admitted that it may be difficult to completely curb
alcohol abuse among youngsters but he said the government would
continue its attempts to discourage them from doing so.
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