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Restaurants in Nepal can now make their own beer

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Restaurants in Nepal can now make their own beer
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September 24: The government has decided to restaurants with at least 20 seats to produce their own beer.

The decision was made in order to boost the tourism industry, officials said. A meeting of the Industrial Promotion Board (IPB), held under the chairmanship of Minister of Industry Mahesh Basnet, recently approved the proposal presented by the private sector.

The ‘micro breweries’, which will be established under the new provisions, will play a significant role in promoting tourism, said minister Basnet. The meeting has also finalised the standards that micro breweries would have to meet.

According to the standard, restaurants can only produce beverages that have up to 7 percent alcohol, and the restaurant should have the capacity to serve at least 20 customers at a given time. 

Maheswor Neupane, director general of Department of Industry, said that restaurants would require at least 10.5 million rupees to establish a micro brewery. According to Neupane, interested operators can sell maximum of 2.5million liters of beer per year.

 

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Shashi

A good initiative, may be good or bad, but will definitely solve employment issues and introduce pub culture in Nepal