Hologram and barcode compulsory on liquor bottles

Maharashtra government made it mandatory to have a 'track and trace' mechanism, and hologram on liquor bottles to ensure the stuff inside is genuine. In order to know if the liquor bottle is genuine or fake, all one will need is a barcode scan from mobile phone. The decision was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet here, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Retailers will have to stock special lenses so that consumers can read the covert security features on the hologram, invisible to the naked eye, and thus verify the brew's authenticity.