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

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

Starting February 1, cigarette prices in India will increase due to a new excise duty structure imposed by the government., ...

The government has imposed new excise duties on cigarettes, raising costs significantly for smokers and impacting tobacco ...

From February 2026, India replaces GST compensation cess with excise and health cess on tobacco and pan masala, introducing ...

Under the new framework, excise duty will no longer depend on actual production or self-declared output. Duty will be levied on a deemed quantity of production linked to the maximum capacity of the ...

The government has notified February 1 as the date from which additional excise duty on tobacco products, and a health cess ...

Prices of Gutkha, Cigarette and other tobacco products are set to increase as the new Central Excise duty comes into force ...

No change in the tax incidence for tobacco products and pan masala, sources say; impact on cigarette prices yet to be ...

The Federation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA) has condemned the government's recent increase in excise duties on ...