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Kerala moots Kudumbashree-model groups, special squads to check spurious toddy

June 10, 2022

Kerala moots Kudumbashree-model groups, special squads to check spurious toddy

Each unit would have an Excise official among the members.

TAPPING TODDY'S TAINT III

May 28, 2022
Modernisation proposals for toddy sector in Kerala gather dust

Unadulterated toddy is a unique selling proposition of Kerala tourism. The hardest part, however, is to get the original, pure drink.
TAPPING TODDY'S TAINT II

May 27, 2022
Saccharin, silicone paste, ganja: Miracle ingredients that turn water into toddy

The Excise department recently seized toddy that contained more than 10 ingredients. Some of the ingredients could not be identified even after a scientific laboratory test.
TAPPING TODDY'S TAINT I

May 26, 2022
Fermenting greed in toddy bottles

Fourteen excise department officials were suspended from service after the Vigilance confiscated Rs 10.23 lakh from an official and two contractors more than a week ago.
January 24, 2022
Kerala govt moots new corporation to modernize toddy sector

The new corporation would be engaged in regulating the functioning of toddy shops, carrying out procurement and distribution of toddy and deployment of employees for these tasks.
August 12, 2021
Ganja in toddy, licenses of 65 shops cancelled in a week

The Excise Department found traces of cannabinoid in samples from toddy shops in Thodupuzha and Kothamangalam that were tested in November-December 2020
August 24, 2020
Column | When toddy helped topple caste and class structure in Kerala

In the 18th and 19th centuries, toddy helped loosen the tight caste restrictions in northern Kerala and showed that a post-caste society was indeed a possibility in a future India.

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