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 ...

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 ...

Shares of ITC Ltd. plunged the most in nearly six years after a higher levy on tobacco products by the government fueled concerns about its impact on India’s largest cigarette maker. Cigarettes will ...

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% ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cigarette prices in India are set to rise from February 1, 2026, after the government reintroduced a specific central excise duty on cigarettes over and above the Goods and Services Tax (GST). The ...

Cigarette prices may rise 20% from Feb 1 as excise duty goes up A cigarette currently priced at Rs 18 per stick is expected to cost around Rs 21-22 after the new excise duty takes effect. Gyanendra ...

A tax hike and significant spending cuts to help fill a last-minute, $2.4 billion revenue hole in Indiana's new two-year state budget weren't on anybody's Bingo card when the General Assembly began ...