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Why markets are worried‘So much more at peace’: Aishwarya Lekshmi on life after quitting social media | Tamil News‘Even if he’s not getting game time, he’s still in the dugout’: Morne Morkel’s big message for Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | Cricket NewsNepal Flood Search Operations: Nepal ends flood search with over 5,000 still missing, including 189 IndiansArijit Singh announces first India tour since retirement, to perform in nine cities | Bollywood NewsOFFSIDE | Why Sir Alex Ferguson vs Pep Guardiola is not even a debate | Football NewsIn 1961, Elvis Presley raised $65,000 toward the USS Arizona Memorial; a year later, the 184-foot structure opened above the Pearl Harbor wreck, where more than 900 crewmen remain entombed and oil still leaksJailer 2 trailer: Rajinikanth returns with a bigger cast and an even bigger battle. Watch | Tamil NewsNo apology, no handshakes from Indian players: Is this why PCB denied NOCs for WCL 3? 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It’s what they aren’t teachingAfter Asian Games disappointment, PV Sindhu and Indian shuttlers eye fresh start at Arctic Open | Badminton NewsAnna Mani: a star from the hillsOklahoma’s Ames crater was linked to a 470-million-year-old event; zircon dating suggests it may be nearly 370 million years old, near an extinction |Vijay Deverakonda was ‘scared’ of speaking to women; Rashmika recalls attacks over accent | Telugu NewsThe migrant in Germany, between nativist politics and an open policyDinesh Karthik: ‘Same thing could happen at 2027 World Cup’: Dinesh Karthik hails Rohit Sharma’s measured 92 vs West Indies | Cricket NewsIn 1990, Wisconsin used up to 20,000 tons of foundry sand in a highway project; by 2002, a contract called for 80,000 tons for Highway 10 | World News‘Hostile, senseless’: Indian pharma firm hit by Russian drone estimates $50 million damageBigg Boss Malayalam 8 contestant Sreelakshmi Arackal: ‘My father married around 20 people’Global bond yields surge as AI spending raises borrowing costsInd Vs Wi: IND vs WI: Why India and West Indies were fined after 3rd ODI | Cricket NewsAn Azerbaijani woman spent decades collecting miniature books; her museum now holds about 8,000 from 76 countries | World News
Tue. Oct 6th, 2026

Bihar’s alcohol ban has been a success for social wellness, data show

Bihar’s alcohol ban has been a success for social wellness, data show


Former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pointing out a cartoon with then deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi at an exhibition on the occasion of ‘No Liquor Day’, in Patna, November 26, 2012.

Former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pointing out a cartoon with then deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi at an exhibition on the occasion of ‘No Liquor Day’, in Patna, November 26, 2012.
| Photo Credit: Ranjeet Kumar

Recently, a report titled ‘Macro Perspective of Bihar’s Development Achievements, Unfinished Agenda, and the Way Forward’ presented at the India Policy Forum 2026 received widespread media attention. While it is a good and timely report, one of the recommendations it makes is flawed from public health and social development perspectives: that the State of Bihar should lift its alcohol ban.

To this end, the reports’ authors have argued that the ban has not really led to a decrease in violence against women and that the ban cost the State valuable revenue.

Published – August 19, 2026 09:00 am IST

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