The Bill was tabled earlier amid the Opposition's protest demanding a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of ...

Lok Sabha passes Central Excise Amendment Bill, 2025; Nirmala Sitharaman clarifies no new tax or reduced state revenue. House ...

"In order to ensure that the incidence is not lower than what it was during GST with the compensation cess, we are bringing ...

Several unmanufactured and stemmed tobacco varieties are assigned a 70% rate under the amended schedule. The updated structure consolidates rates across product types for clarity and ...

Parliament's Winter Session sees the government proposing new excise duty on tobacco and a 'Health Security–National Security ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said tax revenues collected from excise duty on tobacco and related products will be part of the divisible pool, and 41 per cent of that will be shared ...

Finance Minister Nirmala clarified that the bill does not put forth any additional tax on tobacco during a discussion on the ...

The Lok Sabha has passed the Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which restores excise duty on tobacco products as the GST ...

Lok Sabha passes a Bill to impose higher excise duty on tobacco products following the end of the GST compensation cess.

The Bill aims to raise excise duties and cess on tobacco products, with an amendment to the Central Excise Act, 1944 ...

New laws are set to tax tobacco and pan masala products. These bills replace the GST compensation cess. Excise duty will be ...

Bill, 2025 for consideration and passage. The Bill, moved by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, seeks to amend the ...