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Govt rejects beer age cut rumors
Millennium Post Delhi
|New Delhi 13September2025
PUSHES WATER UPGRADE PLAN
NEW DELHI: Delhi Water and PWD minister Parvesh Verma on Friday firmly denied speculation that the government was preparing to reduce the legal drinking age for beer from 25 to 21, calling the claim "baseless" and "misleading." His clarification came days after reports suggested that the Delhi government was reviewing its excise policy with an eye on aligning the drinking age with neighboring states such as Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
"The government has not approved or even considered any such proposal. The legal drinking age in Delhi continues to remain 25," Verma said, brushing aside allegations by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) that the BJP-led administration was planning a rollback in age restrictions.
This story is from the New Delhi 13September2025 edition of Millennium Post Delhi.
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