CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR IN HIMACHAL PRADESH-ANALYSIS OF TRENDS OF PAST 10 YEARS AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE STATE OF H.P

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  • Sunny Sharma

Keywords:

young state, employable, debilitating, socio-economic, consumption

Abstract

The consumption of liquor has long term consequences on the society and has the potential to lay waste a whole generation. The state of Himachal Pradesh being a relatively young state with median age of population around 23 years only, there is a large chunk of population with long productive age ahead of them. The ‘demographic dividend’, the state of Himachal Pradesh has can be encashed only when the workforce is employable and is not scathed by the debilitating effect of liquor. However, in Himachal Pradesh the consumption of liquor combined with other substance abuse is posing threat to the productivity of the whole generation. The sale and consumption of liquor is being seen largely seen in term of the short term economic gains while the long term socio-economic consequences are being largely overlooked.

Author Biography

Sunny Sharma

Sub Divisional Magistrate (Civil), Nichar, Distt. Kinnaur

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Published

2018-12-31

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Sharma, S. (2018). CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR IN HIMACHAL PRADESH-ANALYSIS OF TRENDS OF PAST 10 YEARS AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE STATE OF H.P. ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPMENT: A Journal of HIPA Shimla, 5(2), 129–152. Retrieved from https://qtanalytics.in/journals/index.php/HIPA/article/view/364

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