<span style="color: #222222;">Manipur Cabinet meeting has decided to legalize the brewing of liquor in the State. The Cabinet meeting was held at CM Secretariat this evening.<br />''<br />''Speaking to media persons, the Horticulture and Soil Conservation minister Letpao Haokip said that the consumption of liquor brewed illegally affects the health and the meeting decided to legalize brewing of high standard and purified forms of liquor in the State. It will decrease the case of liver-related diseases in Manipur.<br />''<br />''He said that the brewing of liquor will be done in selected places in the State. Experts from Scotland and Ireland will be invited and discussed on how to brew purified and high-standard liquor and the State would be able to earn around Rupees six hundred crore on liquor exports.<br />''<br />''The minister also said that the liquor will be available at those centres which will be given permission by the Government.</span><br />