Summary:
Thiruvananthapuram: The government has made amendments to foreign liquor rules to grant bar licence to a cruise vessel for the first time in the state. Though one FL-13 licence was issued earlier to the KTDC, the pub-beer outlet launched by the agency in Kochi stopped its operations. The licence that has been issued at an annual fee of Rs 50,000, has been granted with some conditions. Barring FL-13 licence, all other licences are currently issued in the state. It is in addition to these that two new types of licences have been issued as FL-13a and FL-13b..