new delhi you can finally enjoy freshly brewed beer in your favourite restaurants and clubs in the city currently delhiites have to visit gurgaon to savour such lager but the master plan for delhi 2021 has been modified to allow microbreweries in restaurants hotels and clubswhile the authority had approved the modification last september it has now been notified by the centre allowing microbreweries to come up in the capital for the first timesuch breweries however can only have a capacity of up to 500 litres per day and must install onsite waste water treatment facilities compliance to relevant noobjection certificates and licenses are requiredcapital says hurrah to microbrewery nodnew delhi hotels restaurants and clubs have got the nod to operate microbreweries in the national capital dda had invited suggestions and objections from the public last september on the proposal to amend the master plan for delhi 2021 to allow such breweries the proposal was approved in ddas meeting headed by lg anil baijal on september 7 2018 the suggestions and objections received by dda were discussed by a board of enquiry in its meeting on november 28 2018 following this the modification in the mpd was finally carried out this wednesday and the notification was publisheddelhi government had cleared a proposal to set up microbreweries in restaurants and hotels in 2015 but the proposal could not be implemented because breweries are listed under the prohibitednegative list of industries in the mpd with the mpd being modified microbreweries of up to 500 litre a day capacity are now out of the prohibitednegative listharyana has seen a proliferation of microbreweries as consumers want freshly crafted beers recently uttar pradesh passed the microbrewery policy too delhi was losing out on revenues as well as consumers to gurgaon and noida said rahul singh president of national restaurant association of india and founder and ceo beer cafe this clearance brings the spotlight delhi deserves and will go a long way to promote tourism and experiential drinking for delhites singh said we will be looking at extending the line with small batches of onpremise brewed beers which will be experimentalthere will be more options and the nightlife scene in delhi will improve said shriram monga of sred a food and beverage advisory firm it will give a boost to the real estate in restaurant hubs of the city such as cp nehru place aerocity and punjabi bagh each microbrewery has its own brewing technique so trying beer at each microbrewery is a unique experience he said monga said 2530 microbreweries are expected to open within this year and the number will keep rising by 25 year on year for mall developers and food hub creators a microbrewery will become an essential category in itself in delhi he saiddelhi government can now issue licences to microbreweries based on todays order gurgaon has 44 microbreweries delhi is five times the size of gurgaon so one can imagine the potential of the business here and many existing players