Online liquor trading soon

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, MAY 12. At the click of a mouse, IMFL licensees in Tamil Nadu will soon get to engage in online trading of liquor. This facility, starting with Chennai, will be extended throughout the State in a phased manner, according to the State excise policy note presented in the Assembly today by the Chief Minister, Mr. M. Karunanidhi.

The website being developed for TASMAC would provide information relating to stock position and availability of brands. The Government would also consider providing the online trading facility to consumers at the ``appropriate time,'' he added. The department had been planning to install a software to monitor production, movement and consumption of spirits, chemical products and IMFL in order to prevent any diversion or misuse. Soon, all licences would be issued or renewed through computers, he said.

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