Aizawl, Nov 16 : Facing agitation by grape growers,
Mizoram government today increased the price of a 750 ml
bottle of the popular 'Zawlaidi' wine from Rs 110.52 to Rs
130.
The wine is made from grapes in the north eastern part
of the state.
An official statement said the increase in price of
Zawlaidi was fixed at a meeting between the state Excise and
Narcotics Minister J.H. Rothuama and Mizoram Grape Growers
Society.
A bottle of Zawlaidi in Aizawl would now cost Rs 193,
inclusive of VAT and excise duty, the statement said.
Earlier, members of Grape Growers Society
had threatened to launch an agitation as the price of Rs
110.52 fixed by the government for the wine would not leave
them profits to repay bank loans availed by them to set up two
wineries at Champhai and Hnahlan.