Thirty percent of Indian men drink alcohol: minister

About 30 percent of men and a little less than five percent of womenconsume alcohol in India, as most start drinking at the age of 20years, the Lok Sabha was informed Wednesday.

Minister of Statefor Health and Family Welfare Panabaka Lakshmi said the government is'cognizant of the fact that consumption of alcohol in excessive amountscan lead to social, economic and health related problems'.

Quoting a study conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (Nimhans) for the World