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A small pack of cigarettes will soon burn a hole in your pockets, with the government imposing an additional excise duty on several tobacco products effective February 1. The revised tax structure ...
Cigarettes are set to cost more from next month! The jump in cigarette prices comes after government’s decision to impose an additional excise duty under a revised tax structure, pushing up the tax ...
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The government has imposed additional excise duty on tobacco products from 1 February 2026, making cigarettes costlier for an estimated 10 crore smokers in the world's most populous country. Image for ...
Jan 1 (Reuters) - Shares of Indian tobacco companies slumped on Thursday after the government imposed a new tax on cigarettes, making them costlier for an estimated 100 million smokers in the world's ...
New Delhi: An additional excise duty on tobacco products and a health cess on pan masala will be levied from February 1, replacing the existing goods and services tax (GST) compensation cess levy on ...
The government on Wednesday notified February 1 as the date from which additional excise duty will be levied on tobacco products, and a new cess on pan masala. The new levies on tobacco and pan masala ...
From the effective date, cigarettes, tobacco and similar products will attract a GST rate of 40 per cent New excise duty and health cess on tobacco, pan masala from February 1 Cigarettes to get 40% ...
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A Jogeshwari resident, Nagendra Yadav, 22, has been arrested by the Amboli police for setting ablaze the uncle of his friend, a local paan shop owner, on January 10, after being refused a cigarette at ...
Shares of tobacco companies fell on January 1 after the government imposed a new tax on cigarettes, making them costlier for an estimated 100 million smokers in India. The selling pressure was so high ...