Holograms on liquor bottles soon KOLKATA: to put a curb on the sale of spurious liquor, the state government will introduce holograms in liquor bottles with the aid of mid-2014. each liquor bottle can have a 2nd hologram and a linear bar code, which can be decoded via patrons via applications put in in smartphones or drugs.The high-security hologram will come with a textual content or a logo in order that it can also be simply read by using buyers. If any one makes an attempt to eradicate the hologram, the holographic photo on the aluminum steel will live. "The holograms should contain a combination of overt, covert and forensic protection features for authenticity checks. In 2012-2013 fiscal, eighty two crore of bottled liquor had been manufactured within the state, together with 20 crore IMFL-spirit, 12 crore beer and 50 crore of nation liquor, " an excise reputable talked about. in accordance with him, regular annual consumption of overseas liquor is anticipated to raise through 15% inside 2015 and 20% by 2018. For nation spirit, annual consumption will upward thrust via 20% in next two years and it will possibly rise through 25% within 2018. The requisition of high-security holograms and their stock may be managed with the aid of the excise department. There might be distinct colors of barcodes for the IMFL, imported bottled liquor and exported bottled liquor. The holograms will be developed on build-personal-operate-transfer basis for a length of five years. The bar codes might be put in at IMFL manufacturing units, breweries, nation spirit manufacturing units and overseas liquor warehouses firstly.