Government mulls new licensing policy for tobacco itemsThe Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has started internal discussions on the policy implication of licensing for the se...
30 Sep, 2016, 05.04 AM IST
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urges states to ban gutka, zarda, khainiVardhan in a letter on Wednesday told the states that India has the highest number of this type of cancer in the world.
09 Aug, 2014, 01.00 PM IST
- Arecanut prices rise despite ban on gutka in many states
The fear of arecanut (supari) growers that the consumption will slump with the enforcement of a ban on gutka in most states in the country ...
22 May, 2014, 04.35 AM IST
Health Ministry endorses ban on chewing tobacco, gutkaHealth ministry endorsed a ban on manufacture & sale of all forms of nicotine-laced pan masala, gutka and chewing tobacco.
02 Oct, 2013, 11.05 AM IST
Gutka be banned: Centre tells SC but expresses reservation on cigaretteThe Centre today favoured banning of all kinds of gutka saying the poor are vulnerable to it but expressed reservation on banning cigarette...
01 Oct, 2013, 08.50 PM IST
- Plastic waste time bomb ticking for India, SC says
Central Pollution Control Board informed SC that the country generates 56L tonnes of plastic waste annually, with Delhi accounting for a st...
04 Apr, 2013, 07.31 AM IST
Plastic waste time bomb ticking for India: Supreme CourtThe four metros are major culprits in generating such waste, with Delhi producing 689.5 tonnes a day, followed by Chennai (429.4 tonnes), K...
04 Apr, 2013, 02.22 AM IST
- UP government announces ban on gutka industry from April 2013
UP government today decided to impose a ban on gutka industry in the state with effect from April next year, an official spokesman said her...
03 Oct, 2012, 06.28 PM IST
- UP gutka tax hike: Traders mull migration to Delhi, Uttarakhand
Gutka traders have disapproved of the UP govt's decision to increase VAT on tobacco products to 50%, with some considering shifting their b...
18 Jul, 2012, 02.43 PM IST
- ITC stock under pressure as UP government hikes tax on tobacco products
According to analysts, it will have no negative impact on ITC as the tax has been increased on tobacco products like gutka and pan masala a...
02 Jul, 2012, 03.23 PM IST
- Protest against closure of gutka packaging units
On alternative ways of packing gutka, he said their are provisions of packaging gutka in paper and aluminium foils but it will increase the...
05 Mar, 2011, 06.36 PM IST
- Ban on plastic gutka pouches causing job losses in Kanpur
The ban on sale of tobacco products in plastic sachets beyond March 1, will severely hit the industrial city's Rs 400-crore gutka industry ...
21 Feb, 2011, 04.24 PM IST
- Packaging cos plunge on plastic ban for gutka products
The cost of a single-use packet of gutka, pan masala and tobacco can be expected to increase appreciably from the Re 1 that it now costs, a...
08 Feb, 2011, 12.08 PM IST
- Post plastic ban, gutka products to be costly
The cost of a single-use packet of gutka, pan masala and tobacco can be expected to increase appreciably from the 1 that it now costs, as t...
08 Feb, 2011, 04.07 AM IST
- Maharashtra to ban gutka from May
Maharashtra government has decided to ban gutka in the state from May 20 following a notification issued by the Centre in this regard.
13 Apr, 2008, 07.40 PM IST
- SC lifts ban on gutka
The wheel has come full circle exactly two years after the state enforced a ban on the manufacture, sale, store and display of gutka in 200...
05 Apr, 2007, 09.51 AM IST
- Maha budget levies tax on tobacco, liquor; spares foodgrains
Maharashtra government has spared foodgrain, flour and a few other essential commodities from VAT.
22 Mar, 2007, 05.30 PM IST