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Cigarette tax hike may boost illicit trade, hurt employment and tax revenue: ReportWith the new excise tax on cigarettes set to drive up prices, authorities may unwittingly trigger a rise in clandestine cigarette trade. Th...- Cigarette prices: FAIFA says duty hike on tobacco products will hurt farmers, fuel smugglingThe Federation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA) criticizes the government's increased excise duty on tobacco products, warning it w...
- Tobacco exports to cross Rs 13,000 cr this yr: OfficialIndia's tobacco exports are set to grow by over 8 per cent and exceed Rs 13,000 crore this year. The Tobacco Board supports farmers through...
- FAIFA asks govt for tax policy that disincentivises illegal cigarette tradeThe Federation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA), which claims to represent farmers of commercial crops from various states, includi...
- Low production doesn't set tobacco prices on fireIndian farmers, who largely cultivate Virginia tobacco, may get some 5% better realisation for their produce this time as against the over ...
- Output crunch triggers price rally in tobacco, prices may further rise as BAT & Philip Morris buying from IndiaTobacco cultivation has taken a hit this year in the prime belt of Karnataka due to patchy monsoon, pushing up auction prices, which may im...
- More penalty for unauthorised tobacco growersTobacco Board has decided to impose more penalty on farmers engaged in unauthorised cultivation of tobacco in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
- Govt to impose hefty penalty on extra tobacco cultivationThe government will impose a hefty penalty of 15 per cent of sale proceeds if farmers produce more export quality tobacco than the quota al...
- Smokescreen as policyThere was a plan to phase out the country’s tobacco crop.
- China looks to India for tobacco after 24 yearsChina’s State Tobacco Monopoly Authority (STMA) is expected to send a team next month to visit the platforms where Karnataka Light Soil Flu...
- Andhra FCV tobacco growers smoke rich aroma of successAndhra Pradesh’s 50,000 growers of Flue-Cured Virginia (FCV and smoked in cigarettes) tobacco have never had it so good.
- Andhra tobacco growers mop up Rs 600 crore more in FY08Around 50,000 tobacco growers in Andhra Pradesh have never had it so good with the cumulative realisations for 2007-08 skyrocketing by Rs 6...
- Tobacco growers see no other crop optionsEven as the Union commerce ministry has been talking for the last few months about a 10-year plan to phase out cultivation of the Flue-Cure...
- Govt changes stance on tobacco phaseout, says crop area is hiked to meet demandSome five weeks after talking about an action-plan to phase out cultivation of tobacco, Union minister of state for commerce Jairam Ramesh ...
- Cigarette cess mulled to help tobacco farmers exitCigarette smokers may have to pay a cess of 5 paise for each stick they light, if a proposal of the Commerce Ministry to shift tobacco grow...
- Tobacco bails out cultivatorsThe product - which is a health hazard when processed and smoked - has in a crop form sustained a substantial part of the rural economy in ...
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