meerut after bihar announced a complete ban on the manufacturing sale and consumption of liquor bulandshahrbased indian boozers association iba has urged the up government to follow suit in a letter to chief minister akhilesh yadav iba stated that bihar had banned unhealthy english and country liquor but not healthy liquor like tadi a fermented extract from coconut and taad trees in fact bihar cm nitish kumar has signalled that steps would be taken to develop this sector iba members told toi the association members urged the state government to declare uttar pradesh as a dry state but allow home production of healthy liquor tadi iba president hari angira said by allowing tadis noncommercial production farmers will get an alternative source of generating income by planting taad trees besides it will also strengthen the sector currently the up government provides licences for the commercial production of tadi in eastern up ps ranade deputy excise commissioner of meerut zone said tadi develops a mild alcoholic content when the extract taken out from coconut trees and taad trees is put under the sunlight licence for commercial production is given only in eastern part of uttar pradesh home production is not allowed the association which comprises advocates doctors etc has also demanded that 5 of the excise revenue be utilized for the welfare of boozers and their families as they are the highest taxpayers the association claims that it represents 40 of the population of the country that boozes and hence fights for its fundamental rights despite undergoing an economic crisis at home boozers still add to the states exchequer they add to the countrys revenue by putting their own lives at stake so they must get something in return he further stated despite being the biggest contributors to the exchequer in the form of heavy excise duty boozers are always subjected to harassment from police excise department administration and even society the highest percentage of trade tax or income tax does not exceed 30 but on liquor the government slaps more than 200300 excise this is sheer exploitation of boozers in india added angira their other demands include rs 10 lakh compensation if anyone dies of boozing arrangement of ro water and free glasses at liquor shops free home delivery for the disabled and special subsidy for those below bpl the iba launched in march 2015 is already on facebook and twitter and has aggressive plans to make it a mass movement advocate dilip srivastava one of the founder members of the organization said the entire concept might sound hilarious but there is grave reality hidden behind it either the government should completely ban the production stocking and sale of liquor and prevent itself from making huge money at the expense of boozers or it must give a substantial amount of tax collected in return for the benefit of boozers