AP proceeds to review excise policy

The Andhra Pradesh government has started an exercise to review its Excise Policy after the liquor syndicate-politicians-officials nexus left the entire system shaken. State Excise Minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana, who escaped being axed despite getting caught in the centre of the controversy, admitted that the existing excise policy was flawed and needed revision. "The current system of auction (of liquor shops) is flawed. It needs to be revised...we are on the job," Mopidevi told newsmen here today Full Article