Earlier, 18% Central Excise duty was levied on unmanufactured tobacco when it was cleared without a brand name and not packed for retail sale.

Tobacco traders return to auctions on February 5 after the Centre withdraws the excise duty on unmanufactured tobacco.

NEW DELHI: With the beginning of the Winter Session of Parliament on Monday, the government is set to table two key bills in the Lok Sabha proposing an excise duty on sin goods, like tobacco and ...

The reduction in excise duty on Bio-CNG mix fuel comes at a time with rising restrictions and tightening emission norms. The norms could increase Bio-CNG mix fuel adoption.

Cigarette prices are set to increase from February 1 as the Centre rolls out a new excise duty regime based on cigarette length, along with a health and national security cess on pan masala and ...

The stasis in India’s tobacco taxation regime since the introduction of the GST in 2017 was decisively broken last year.