About us

The judicial commission of inquiry appointed by the Government to streamline the liquor trade in the state recommended -
(1) To provide genuine liquor at reasonable price, through Government agencies.
(2) Exploitation through increased taxation and exploitation by middleman should be stopped and consumer protection must be the guiding policy.
For achieving the above, nationalization of entire liquor trade was suggested.
In line with the suggestion the Government decided to set up a Public Sector Corporation to procure spirit and arrange blending, bottling, sealing and distribution of arrack and also for dealing with the sale of IMFL. An amendment was made in the Abkari Act in 1984 to give effect to the same.
KSBC was formed on 23.2.1984 to take over the wholesale distribution of liquor in a phased manner and to eventually set up distilleries and blending units to produce spirit, arrack and IMFL. Since then the distribution of liquor has been brought under the control of the Corporation. By a decision in 2001 the majority of the retail outlets also has been entrusted to the Corporation. As at present the whole activity of IMFL from procurement to distribution and sale to the consumer is controlled by the Corporation except for loose vending of liquor by Bars / Clubs and a small portion of the retails by Consumer Federation.

Our Vision

The Kerala State Beverages Corporation shall always strive to make available genuine liquor, ensuring a steady stream of revenue to the Government by way of taxes and also at the same time restricting its consumption so that there is only responsible drinking and health hazards due to liquor consumption are minimized.

Our Mission

1. Bring about systems and fair practices which ensure level playing field to all suppliers of liquor in the State & treat them as stakeholders.
2. Ensure corruption free functioning of the Corporation by having proper internal control system in place with clear, transparent & ethically correct actions.
3. Ensure better services to the public/customer/licensees with a polite behavior, efficient functioning, technological advancement, charging correct price and digitalization of work.
4. Have an advanced financial accounting and management system to property records all transactions, prevent any leakages, timely finalizing and publishing of audited accounts.
5. Take all action to discourage sale of illegal and illicit liquor in co-ordination with Excise Department and introduce measures for origin to end tracking of liquor bottles through introduction of modern technologies like e-security labels etc.