Bid To Open Liquor Shops

The state that was dry less than two decades ago, is preparing to get high. Over 25,000 applicants, about 6000 of them new, have bid to open liquor shops in Andhra Pradesh. The auction will bring in Rs 4000 crore immediately into a nearly empty state exchequer.For Subhash Chandra, it is celebration time after a battle won. He has won the bid for a ...

The state that was dry less than two decades ago, is preparing to get high. Over 25,000 applicants, about 6000 of them new, have bid to open liquor shops in Andhra Pradesh. The auction will bring in Rs 4000 crore immediately into a nearly empty state exchequer.For Subhash Chandra, it is celebration time after a battle won. He has won the bid for a ...