Budget 2014: Colour TV, computers to be cheaper; cigarettes, gutka costlier

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today spared the common man from price hikes by keeping duties on commonly used day-to-day items unchanged but made it costlier for smokers and tobacco consumers with a steep increase in excise rate in tax proposals in Budget 2014-15.

Following is a list of what will be cheaper and costlier:

CHEAPER

> CRT television

> LED/LCD TVs especially below 19 inch

> Footwear priced between Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 per pair

> Soaps

> E-book readers

> Desktop, laptops and tablets

> RO based water purifiers

> LED Lights, fixtures and lamps

> Pre forms of precious and semi-precious stones

> Sports Gloves

> Branded petrol

> Matchbox

> Life micro insurance policies

> HIV/AIDS drugs and diagnostic kits

> DDT insecticides

EXPENSIVE

> Cigarettes

> Aerated drinks with sugar

> Pan masala

> Gutka and chewing tobacco

> Jarda scented tobacco

> Radio Taxi

> Imported electronic products

> Portable X-ray machines

> Half cut/broken diamonds