media reports have also suggested that the new liquor policy for andhra pradesh is likely to result in sharp price increases vijayawada even as the government is mulling to downsize the number of wine shops by 20 across the state as a first step in achieving prohibition excise revenue is likely to be unaffected in the first year as the government is considering to increase liquor prices to make it unaffordable margin on liquor sales is likely to be increased compensating the corresponding losses in volumes according to reliable sources in the excise departmentthe state government is earning nearly rs 7000 crore revenue on liquor sales with an average 16 per cent yearonyear growth advt there are about 4402 wine shops and 826 bars across the state which do retail liquor saleson the other hand each wine shop is having eight to 10 belt shops which do illegal sales of liquor especially in rural and suburban areas now with the new government taking the decision to eradicate all belt shops and also to downsize the number of liquor outlets the sales volumes are likely to get affectedhowever this reduction in number of shops may not affect revenues in the first year said a senior official on condition of anonymity as the liquor policy is likely to be tweaked every year to downsize the number of outlets to impose complete liquor ban in next five years revenues will come down from the second year the increase in liquor prices however will give a oneyear window for the government to compensate revenue loss and look for alternative sourceson the other hand many liquor shop owners are also looking to come out of the trade as the state governments decision is not favourable to them as they expect tighter norms in the upcoming policywith the reduction of margins in the previous policy many of them had ended up in losses some who are in the trade for long are also not interested this time to participate in the bidding said y srikanth who runs a bar in vijayawada tnn published on jun 17 2019 at 1220 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app alcohol liquor excise state vijayawada homenewsdownsizing of liquor shops not to affect excise revenue in first year