Cigarettes will attract more excise duties ranging from Rs 2,050 to Rs 8,500 per 1,000 sticks, depending on their length. Chewing tobacco will be taxed under machine-based system.

The government has restored excise duty on cigarettes and introduced a machine-capacity cess on pan masala to curb evasion, protect health, and safeguard revenues as GST compensation ends.

New Delhi : The government has notified February 1 as the date from which additional excise duty on tobacco products, and a health cess on pan masala will be levied. The new levies on tobacco and pan ...

From February 2026, India replaces GST compensation cess with excise and health cess on tobacco and pan masala, introducing capacity-based duties and higher cigarette taxes ...

Starting February 1, prices for cigarettes, beedis, and pan masala will rise. New taxes and levies are being introduced. These include additional excise duties on tobacco and a Health and National ...

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

The new extra charges on tobacco products and pan masala will be levied on top of the recently revamped Goods and Sevices Tax (GST) rate for 'sin goods' ...

The Centre on Wednesday notified February 1 as the implementation date for fresh levies on tobacco products and pan masala, a move that will increase prices of these items across the country ...

The government has imposed an additional excise duty on cigarettes and other tobacco products effective February 1, under a revised tax structure that levies the steepest increase on longer, premium ...

Currently, a 28% GST and a compensation cess at varying rates are levied on all tobacco products, including pan masala, ...

The combination of GST and the machine-capacity-based cess levy on pan masala manufacturing will create a comprehensive tax architecture that improves detection of evasion and protects tax revenue, ...

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 ...