Cigarettes and tobacco products will become costlier from February 1, 2026, after the Centre notified higher excise duties alongside 40 per cent GST. The move, replacing the compensation cess, may ...

Cigarettes and pan masala cost more from February 1 as Budget 2026 replaces GST compensation cess with fresh excise duty and health cess. Representative image: ChatGPT Cigarettes and pan masala have ...

Starting February 1, 2026, the government has implemented significant tax increases on cigarettes, tobacco products, and pan masala to discourage consumption and enhance public health. The government ...

An additional excise duty on cigarettes and tobacco products, and a health cess on pan masala, will come into effect from 1 February. This additional duty is imposed over and above the highest 40% ...

New Delhi | Pan masala manufacturers need to apply for registration under the health and national security cess law immediately after it comes into effect from February 1, the finance ministry said on ...

The new levies will replace the existing structure of 28% GST plus compensation cess that has applied to cigarettes and tobacco products for nearly nine years. With the GST compensation cess set to ...

Smokers will have to pay more for cigarettes from February 1, as the Centre rolls out a new excise duty regime based on cigarette length, along with a health cess on pan masala and tobacco products.

Ne An additional excise duty on cigarettes and tobacco products, and a health cess on pan masala, over and above the highest 40 per cent GST rate, will come into effect from February 1. The cess and ...

The cess and excise levies will replace the existing 28 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST), plus compensation cess, on such 'sin goods' which was there on these items since GST was rolled out on ...

The Odisha State Health Department on Thursday announced a comprehensive ban on the manufacture, processing, packaging, storage, transportation, distribution, and sale of gutkha, pan masala, and all ...