# Government will eliminate spurious and black-market liquor sales

- ID: P10-D-05#1
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p10-d-05-1 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p10-d-05-1)
- Pillar: 10. People's Government; Truthful and Honest Governance
- Section: D. Law and Order and Justice
- Manifesto page: 89
- Stage: Said (Announced, with no money or order yet)
- Last recorded: 23 May 2026
- Data licence: CC BY-NC 4.0. Curated commitments, translations, evidence links and stage analysis compiled by Sollum Seyalum (https://sollumseyalum.web.app).

## Promised in the manifesto

The TVK government will eliminate the manufacturing and sale of spurious, illicit, and black-market liquor.

## Where it stands

Announced on 23 May 2026. No budget mention or order recorded yet.

The government announced official instructions to monitor and stop illicit liquor activities.

**So far:** Field audits and continuous monitoring of liquor brewing, transport, and sales

**Not yet seen:** Evidence of the total elimination of illicit liquor manufacturing and sales is not yet provided.

_Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them._

## Documents behind this

- 23 May 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 21787: Officials must create awareness against illicit liquor and drugs among the public and conduct sudden field audits to eliminate them. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-P.R.No.072_-_Hon_ble_Prohibition__and_Excise_Minister_Press_Release_-_Date.23.05.2026.pdf))
- 23 May 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 21787: District field workers must continuously monitor and eliminate illicit liquor brewing, transport, and sales. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-P.R.No.072_-_Hon_ble_Prohibition__and_Excise_Minister_Press_Release_-_Date.23.05.2026.pdf))

> Sources are government releases, budget papers and orders. They show what the government says it will do or has done. They are claims, not independent confirmation. "Nothing recorded" means nothing in our sources, not that nothing was done.