“…They are called as apong in Adi, Laopani in Aka, ijasuijang in Naga, jumai by Bodos, jou by Meches and dimasas, bankchung in Mongpa, Chi in lepcha, morpo by mikris, zu by Tiwas, apong by Mishings, suze by Deoris, laopani and mod by some other tribal communities of Northeast India (Deka and Sarma, 2010). These products are similar to shaosingiji and laochao of China, sake of Japan, brem bali, tape-ketan and tapuy of Indonesia, khaomak of Thailand, chongju and takju of Korea and tapai pulul of Malaysia (Lee CH, 2009), ruou de or ruou nepin Vietnam, Makgeolli in Korea (Kim, et al, 2013, Dung, 2004 etc. In India, an alcoholic beverage called sura, distilled from rice, was in use between 3000 and 2000 B.C.…”