You no longer need to go to the shop to get alcohol. You can also get home delivery of alcohol by ordering from home. E-commerce website Amazon India has got permission for home delivery of alcohol. Amazon is currently allowed home delivery of alcohol in West Bengal. This permission has been given by the West Bengal State Beverages Corporation. In this era of coronavirus epidemic, people are expected to reduce congestion outside liquor shops due to the convenience of home delivery of alcohol.
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Liquor shops were also closed in the initial stages of the nationwide lockdown which came into force from 25 March to prevent the infection of Coronavirus. This caused the state governments to suffer a major loss in revenue from the sale of liquor. After that, some states had decided to open liquor shops during the lockdown but it saw a huge crowd of customers outside the liquor shops, and in many places, the rules of physical distance were broken. Since then, the demand for home delivery of liquor had gained momentum.
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According to media reports, Amazon has got permission for home delivery of alcohol in West Bengal. According to a Reuters report, on Friday, the West Bengal State Beverages Corporation, the authorized agency for the online retail trade of liquor in West Bengal, said in a notice, Amazon was one of the companies found eligible for registration. In the same notice, it was stated that BigBasket, an Alibaba-backed Indian grocery enterprise, has also received approval for home delivery of liquor in the state. However, Amazon and Big Basket have not given any comment on this yet. Earlier, two Indian food-delivery startups Swiggy and Zomato have started delivering alcohol in some cities since last month. West Bengal is the fourth most populous state in India.
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