India’s Largest Liquor Maker Sees Impact Of Highway Ban Fading

United Spirits’ profit remains unfazed by highway ban, GST impact.

Bottles of McDowell’s No. 1 whiskey produced by United Spirits Ltd., a distiller partly owned by Diageo Plc, sit on display at a roadside liquor store in Gurgaon, Haryana, India (Photographer: Udit Kulshrestha/Bloomberg)

United Spirits Ltd.’s net profit rose 86 percent in the July-September quarter as some liquor outlets re-opened after a Supreme Court clarification on the highway ban and sales of premium brands of alcoholic beverages improved.

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