Aizawl: A study group constituted by the Mizoram government to study and evaluate the Mizoram Liquor Prohibition and Control (MLPC) Act, 2014, has submitted its report to the state government.

The MLPC Study Group was headed by its convener Dominic Lalhmangaiha who handed over the report to excise and narcotics minister R. Lalzirliana in the presence of the group's other members and the media on Monday.

The report was submitted after six months of an in-depth study.

The group is a branch of a review and evaluation committee of the MLPC Act constituted by the Mizoram government in July 2016 to review and evaluate the impact of the liquor law on Mizo society.

It comprised other members including a church leader, a psychiatrist, university teachers, a Young Mizo Association leader and a senior journalist.

Excise minister R. Lalzirliana said the findings of the group are yet to be revealed as it will be first referred to the review and evaluation committee which will thoroughly study the report.

Lalhmangaiha said the study was mainly confined to the impact of MLPC Act on Mizo society and the report submitted on Monday would be evaluated by the state government.

Laldinliana, one of the members of the group, said they had conducted research on the impact of the liquor law and its relevance and utility in Mizo society.

"The study includes a wide range of aspects - from how the act has impact on society and its usefulness. We studied whether those who drink find benefits from liquor consumption and whether it causes domestic violence," he said.

According to him, the study also includes effect of liquor on daily labourers, liquor-related violence and deaths, health cost besides revenue received by implementation of the act.

"Apart from these, the study also includes impact of liquor on commercial sex workers and their customers," another member said.

The act came into force on January 15, 2015, after 17 years of total prohibition in the state.

According to Lalzirliana, the number of liquor-related deaths has significantly declined after the implementation of the act. He said the government has no plan to abolish it.