United Breweries may raise beer prices further in India's Telangana, a top official said, days after the country's largest beer-consuming state permitted brands to do so for the first time in five years.

While beer companies such as United Breweries Limited demanded a 33% hike, Telangana Beverages Corporation Limited has opted for a 15% increase.

The Telangana government has implemented a 15% increase in beer prices, effective from February 11. According to a recent government directive, all existing stock must now be sold at the revised higher rates.

India's top beer-consumer state Telangana has allowed beer prices to be increased from Tuesday, weeks after a brief halt in supply by Heineken's Indian unit United Breweries over pricing issues. The order also directed that all existing stock be sold at the revised rates from Tuesday.

The Telangana state has approved rise in beer prices effective from today, February 11. This decision follows United Breweries' temporary halt in supply due to pricing issues and unpaid dues by the state government.