I was going through an old article in Hindu over the statistics of liquor consumption and smoking in India. The data can be used directly to gauge the economic standing of every state in the country. I won't give much weight to liquor because toddy and mahua are not just a mode of inebriation, but are cultural aspects in areas like Telangana, Orissa or Chattisgarh. However, this data points to one aspect - more rural life and non availability of change. Looking at the comparision between bidis and cigarettes, this is more pronounced. Unlike liquor which is more to do with cultural background, this is an indication of poverty, backwardness and availability. As like always, we see that BIMARU states lead the bidi smoking India. If this is the real scenario, massive investment in correction of the way of life in those states is the only way of forward to take India forward.
| Consumption per capita per week | Toddy &
Country Lqr (ml) |
Beer, Foreign Lqr
& Wine (ml) |
%Quality Liquor | Bidi (Nos) | Cigarette (Nos) | %Cigarette | ||||||
| Gujarat | 53 | 3 | 5.36% | 24.1 | 0.2 | 0.82% | ||||||
| Rajasthan | 80 | 43 | 34.96% | 49.8 | 0.7 | 1.39% | ||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 34 | 5 | 12.82% | 26.1 | 0.4 | 1.51% | ||||||
| Haryana | 89 | 43 | 32.58% | 40.4 | 0.8 | 1.94% | ||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 2,533 | 498 | 16.43% | 29.5 | 0.6 | 1.99% | ||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 133 | 12 | 8.28% | 31.8 | 0.7 | 2.15% | ||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 120 | 27 | 18.37% | 9.6 | 0.3 | 3.03% | ||||||
| Uttarakahnd | 38 | 43 | 53.09% | 40.6 | 1.4 | 3.33% | ||||||
| Punjab | 141 | 50 | 26.18% | 14.5 | 0.5 | 3.33% | ||||||
| Tripura | 163 | 2 | 1.21% | 80.8 | 2.9 | 3.46% | ||||||
| Chandigarh | 37 | 42 | 53.16% | 22.5 | 0.9 | 3.85% | ||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 149 | 73 | 32.88% | 42.9 | 2.3 | 5.09% | ||||||
| Daman & Diu | 252 | 1,079 | 81.07% | 4.3 | 0.3 | 6.52% | ||||||
| West Bengal | 74 | 12 | 13.95% | 41.4 | 3.2 | 7.17% | ||||||
| Odisha | 146 | 20 | 12.05% | 6 | 0.5 | 7.69% | ||||||
| Karnakata | 23 | 102 | 81.60% | 21.1 | 2 | 8.66% | ||||||
| Bihar | 266 | 17 | 6.01% | 2.6 | 0.3 | 10.34% | ||||||
| Assam | 304 | 19 | 5.88% | 11.8 | 1.6 | 11.94% | ||||||
| Delhi | 55 | 86 | 60.99% | 11.9 | 1.7 | 12.50% | ||||||
| Maharashtra | 65 | 19 | 22.62% | 4.7 | 0.7 | 12.96% | ||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 20 | 85 | 80.95% | 12.3 | 2 | 13.99% | ||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 561 | 104 | 15.64% | 16.5 | 4.4 | 21.05% | ||||||
| Andaman & Nicobar Island | 656 | 532 | 44.78% | 12.1 | 3.3 | 21.43% | ||||||
| Meghalaya | 74 | 49 | 39.84% | 28 | 8.2 | 22.65% | ||||||
| Jammu & Kashmir | 32 | 7 | 17.95% | 14.3 | 4.7 | 24.74% | ||||||
| Nagaland | 159 | 23 | 12.64% | 12.7 | 4.2 | 24.85% | ||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 749 | 346 | 31.60% | 6 | 2 | 25.00% | ||||||
| Manipur | 155 | 6 | 3.73% | 10.5 | 3.8 | 26.57% | ||||||
| Sikkim | 41 | 307 | 88.22% | 5.3 | 2.3 | 30.26% | ||||||
| Jharkhand | 320 | 14 | 4.19% | 1.2 | 0.6 | 33.33% | ||||||
| Puducherry | 154 | 144 | 48.32% | 5.1 | 3 | 37.04% | ||||||
| Kerala | 94 | 102 | 52.04% | 8.9 | 6.4 | 41.83% | ||||||
| Lakshadweep | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 9.9 | 8.3 | 45.60% | ||||||
| Goa | 47 | 108 | 69.68% | 1.4 | 1.9 | 57.58% | ||||||
| Mizoram | 29 | 2 | 6.45% | 9.8 | 28.8 | 74.61% |
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