The legal drinking age in Karnataka according to the Karnataka Excise Department 1967 is 21, but according to section 36 of the Karnataka Excise Act 1965, the legal age to purchase alcohol is 18. United States: The legal drinking age (MLDA) in the United States is 21. Prior to the enactment of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, the legal age at which alcohol could be purchased differed from state to state. The legal drinking age in Odisha was set at twenty-five. But a change lowered the age limit in the state. Under Section 61 (1) of the Odisha Excise Act 2005, the legal age for the purchase and consumption of alcohol in all parts of the state is set at twenty-one years. S Mukesh Bala, a marine engineer from Chennai, accepts Tamil Nadu`s legal age of 21. “The restriction keeps alcohol consumption at bay. For example, the legal driving age is 18, and there will be a few people driving in front, but fear will prevent many,” he says, adding that it is important that the law is enforced. The Government of Haryana amended its Excise Duty Act and lowered the legal age to buy, sell or consume alcohol from 25 to 21. An amendment to change the age limit was adopted on the last day of the winter session, Wednesday, December 22, at the Vidhan Sabha. In Delhi, he says, it`s always about excessive alcohol consumption and often hiding in cars or parks with a bottle. He remembers doing this only to be caught by his mother, who told him to drink at home.

Delhi may have a new alcohol policy, but two of the main promises made earlier – lowering the legal drinking age to 21 and reducing the number of dry days to 3 – seem to have stuck to exactly that for now. Kerala is the only state in India where the legal drinking age is 23. The sale of alcohol is prohibited in five states, namely Gujarat, Bihar, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. Delhi`s Sonia Sharma finds the government`s decision to lower the legal drinking age from 25 to 21 amusing. Home delivery of alcoholic beverages is illegal in Delhi. [10] In Delhi, however, home delivery of beer and wine by private vendors and department stores is allowed. [ref. needed] LawSikho has created a telegram group for the exchange of legal knowledge, recommendations and various possibilities. You can click on this link and register: Delhi is the only metropolis in India where the legal drinking age is 25. In 2021, Delhi Deputy Prime Minister Manish Sisodiya announced that the legal drinking age would increase from 25 to 21. The Delhi government has taken this step to increase state revenues by expanding its market. The Delhi government has introduced a new system of excise duties in the state, and along with lowering the legal drinking age, the government has also taken other measures to increase revenues.

She started throwing drinking parties for her son when he was at school, because if she didn`t, he wouldn`t be invited to other students` gatherings. Children, she says, sometimes start drinking as early as age 14, often encouraged by parents. It`s in Delhi`s elite schools (mostly expensive), where adolescence is no longer just pizza and chips, but beer and vodka shots. This reduction has not yet been implemented and the age of alcohol consumption therefore remains at 25 years. In December 2021, the Delhi government clarified that the plan to lower the minimum drinking age had been approved and would be communicated to all stakeholders in the future if the age changed. On one side of the border with Delhi, I`m too young to drink, and on the other, I`m already a year older than the minimum drinking age! To add another blow to such confusion, I could easily have been 15 and doing this course legally in Maharashtra, but none about beer and other spirits (up to 25), except in Wardha, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli district, where no one cares about your age, you just can`t drink alcohol. “Delhi still doesn`t have a culture of drinking alcohol after work, where people have a quick drink after work and then drive home,” says Madhav Dayal, referring to the drinking culture in Europe. He grew up in Delhi, trained as a chef and then moved to Goa to found Miguel`s: Cocktails & Petiscos. My first article in this series talks about the legal drinking age in different states (please don`t trust Wikipedia when it comes to such information!): “Local elections are about two months away. Therefore, it is very unlikely that such a decision (on legal age or number of dry days) will be made in the foreseeable future,” a senior excise official said on condition of anonymity.

The legal drinking age in the state of Karnataka is set at twenty-one years. The Karnataka Excise Department of 1967 prescribed this age number for the consumption of alcohol and other intoxicating drugs. It is not legal for a licensed seller to sell or give the intoxicating substance to a person under the age of twenty-one. A senior government official said, on condition of anonymity, that both decisions — on the legal drinking age and the number of dry days — had obtained the necessary clearances from all agencies involved. The legal drinking age varies from state to state, and in some states, even buying alcohol and drinking alcohol are different. These rules and regulations create confusion and difficulties in the application of laws relating to alcohol consumption. In many states, the law was silent on the minimum drinking age or the age of purchase. In such a situation, for convenience, it is assumed that both are the same age. Under Section 50B of the Jammu and Kashmir Excise Act 1958, any vendor or servant of him is liable to prosecution for giving or selling alcohol or an intoxicating drug to a person under the age of twenty-one years. After the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act of 2019, the state of Jammu and Kashmir became a Union Territory and a new Union Territory, Ladakh, was also created. Thus, the Jammu and Kashmir Excise Act 1958 applies to both UTs, so the legal drinking age in Ladakh is also set at twenty-one years. Prior to the merger of the two EU territories, the legal drinking age set by the excise laws of both was the same.

For example, the Goa, Daman and Diu Excise Duties Act and Regulations 1964 set the legal drinking age at twenty-one under section 19, as do Dadra and Nagar Haveli. He is aware that teenagers drink at the ages of 13 and 14, and does not point the finger at the consumption itself, but at other factors that have unbalanced students` lives: the amount of money available to some young people allows them, for example, to buy alcohol regularly. He mentions balancing factors such as family. The administration of excise duties in the territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is governed by the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Excise Duty Regulations, 2012. The Act provides for the administration of excise duties when a licence or authorization is issued by the administrator of a government agency or autonomous government-owned entity to engage in the business of liquor. Article 24 of the above-mentioned Act deals in this regard with the legal age and provides that no person or licensed seller or agent may sell or supply alcohol to persons under the age of eighteen years, whether for personal consumption or for sale to others. Therefore, alcohol laws vary from state to state, depending on the rules set by a particular state legislature, and therefore, the legal drinking age also differs from state to state.