The government has restored excise duty on cigarettes and introduced a machine-capacity cess on pan masala to curb evasion, ...

Cigarettes will attract more excise duties ranging from Rs 2,050 to Rs 8,500 per 1,000 sticks, depending on their length.

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A health and national security cess and excise duty on pan masala and tobacco products respectively will be over and above 40 ...

ITC might need to hike cigarette prices by “at least 15%” to pass on the overall impact to consumers, if not higher. ITC gets ...

The government has announced a major overhaul of the tax structure on tobacco products and pan masala, with new levies set to ...

Cigarettes are set to cost more from next month! The jump in cigarette prices comes after government’s decision to impose an ...

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India will levy a new excise duty on tobacco and a cess on pan masala from Feb 1, replacing the GST compensation cess.

Smoking is set to pinch the pockets of nearly 10 crore smokers across the country, with the Union government imposing an additional excise duty on tobacco products effective February 1, 2026, making ...

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From February 1, pan masala, cigarettes, tobacco and similar products will attract a GST rate of 40 per cent, while 'biris' ...