Scotch whiskey is consumed more than rum and beer in India, crores of bottles are consumed every year

People of India drink the most Scotch whisky: Alcohol is considered injurious to health, but despite alcohol consumption in india There is no dearth of drinkers. India has a huge number of inebriated dancers chanting ‘Zoom Bara…Zoom’. You will also be surprised to see the figures of alcohol drinkers in India every year. Even after knowing the disadvantages of drinking alcohol, no one is giving up the temptation and habit of drinking alcohol. There are different types of wine. It all depends on one’s preference. The number of people who drink beer, rum, whiskey is also not less. Meanwhile, do you know what is the favorite drink of alcoholics in India?

Neither beer nor rum… ‘this’ liquor is liked by Indians

It is not beer or rum that attracts Indian drinkers, but Scotch whisky. The report revealed that India has the largest number of Scotch whiskey drinkers. Indians are the number one drinkers of Scotch whisky. Not only this, Indians have left behind all the countries of the world in this matter. You will be surprised to read how many bottles of Scotch whiskey will be consumed in India in 2022.

How much Scotch whiskey is consumed in India?

According to the figures released in 2022, a total of 219 million bottles of Scotch whiskey were consumed in India during the year. Total 136 bottles of Scotch Whiskey consumed in 2021 in India. India is the top exporter of Scotch whiskey in the world.

People of ‘these’ states drink maximum alcohol

According to the report of the Excise Department, Chhattisgarh ranks first among the states that consume the most alcohol. The population of Chhattisgarh is about 3 crores. 35.6 percent of this population consumes alcohol. After this, the name of the state of Tripura comes on the second number. About 34.7 percent of the people in Tripura consume alcohol. Of these, 13.7 per cent regularly consume alcohol. Andhra Pradesh, which ranked third, has about 34.5 percent of its population regularly consuming alcohol.

Punjab ranks fourth in this list. In the state of Punjab with a population of about 30 million, 28.5 percent people consume alcohol. The number of regular alcohol drinkers here is 6 percent. In Arunachal Pradesh, which comes at number five, about 28 percent of the people consume alcohol. Goa is at the sixth place in this list. About 26.4 percent of the people in Goa consume alcohol. As per the NFHS report, Kerala ranks seventh in the list. In Kerala, 19.9 percent people consume alcohol.

West Bengal, a state with a population of about 10 crores, is at the eighth position in this list of alcohol drinkers. In West Bengal, about 14 per cent of the population i.e. about 1.4 crore people drink alcohol. Maharashtra does not figure in the top 10 list of alcohol drinkers. In Maharashtra this ratio is less as compared to other states. Meanwhile, according to a report by the Economic Research Agency (ICRIER) and law consulting firm (PLR) Chambers, the state of Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of alcoholics in the country, followed by West Bengal.