You can save up to 80% on your term life insurance premium if you quit smoking; when and how to buy itThe additional premium that you have to pay as a smoker varies from one insurance company to another. The premium rates for smokers can be ...
14 Aug, 2023, 04.39 PM IST
Reduce tax on 'bidis', keep it out of purview of proposed changes in COTPA: SJMThe government should create alternative employment and livelihood options for those who depend on bidi industry to earn their livelihood b...
27 Jan, 2022, 10.42 PM IST
80 per cent people believe use of cigarettes, bidis is a very serious problem, says surveyAround eighty per cent or more support banning smoking in all public places.
15 Feb, 2021, 04.09 PM IST
Legalise betting on cricket, tax bidis and FM’s fiscal problems will be over: Swaminathan AiyarGoing on a huge spending spree to revive the economy would be extremely dangerous.
29 Jan, 2020, 08.05 PM IST
Bidi smoking cost India Rs 80,550 crore last year: StudyBidi -- a cheap cigarette made of unprocessed tobacco wrapped in leaves -- is very popular in India, accounting for 81 per cent of the toba...
30 Dec, 2018, 01.26 PM IST
Experts urge GoM, GST council, to increase cess on tobacco productsThe overall tax rate on all tobacco products in India is still very low compared to other middle-income countries, including those in South...
10 Oct, 2018, 06.08 PM IST
Include bidi in demerit goods under GST regime, oncologists urge PM Narendra ModiThe demand from leading oncologists and 108 cancer hospitals under the aegis of the state-funded National Cancer Grid (NCG), comes ahead of...
22 Apr, 2017, 05.41 PM IST
How increased excise duty on cigarettes has made the Indian market vulnerable to Chinese brandsIn a country where about 102 billion cigarette sticks were smoked in FY15, illegal brands and cheap imports aren’t new, although they’re sp...
01 Sep, 2015, 10.57 AM IST
From sleek packaging to exotic flavours, bidis getting makeover to lure urban smokersNew bidi brands Camel, Black Swan and Enigma being introduced to take on cigarettes as urban smokers try out cheaper alternatives.
10 Jun, 2015, 10.38 AM IST
India needs comprehensive tax policy for curbing tobacco use: WHOThe Centre, this January, has moved to amend the anti- smoking law and proposed radical changes, including a ban on sale of loose cigarette...
22 Mar, 2015, 11.20 AM IST
Budget 2013: Cigarettes, cigars to become costlier by 15%As per Budget proposal, prices of entry-level smaller cigarettes, which are of the sub-65 mm length, will remain unchanged.
28 Feb, 2013, 04.18 PM IST
- Union Budget 2012-13: Pranab Mukherjee hikes excise duty on tobacco products
The finance minister announced structural changes in excise duties on tobacco products and an increase in rates, making the 'unhealthy habi...
17 Mar, 2012, 12.23 PM IST
Budget 2012: Government should tax all forms of tobaccoGovernment’s current administration of tobacco taxes neither serves the purpose of revenue generation, nor serves the public good and deter...
03 Mar, 2012, 10.46 AM IST
- Taxes on tobacco in India lowest in Asia Pacific
Tax levied by India on tobacco products is among the lowest in the entire Asia Pacific region, and at variance with the World Health Organi...
11 Oct, 2010, 06.58 AM IST
- Pictorial warnings in packs of tobacco products from Sunday
All tobacco products will have to carry compulsory pictorial warnings on their packs highlighting health hazards of its consumption, a long...
31 May, 2009, 01.16 PM IST
- Pictures to scare tobacco users after Dec 1
The Centre has come up with specific pictorial warnings for all tobacco products, including cigarettes, gutkha and bidi, which manufacturer...
10 Oct, 2007, 02.00 AM IST
- Cigarettes, liquor to cost more
There’s bad news for smokers, tipplers and tobacco chewers in the state.
23 Mar, 2007, 03.11 AM IST