The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has started internal discussions on the policy implication of licensing for the se...

Vardhan in a letter on Wednesday told the states that India has the highest number of this type of cancer in the world.

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 ...

Health ministry endorsed a ban on manufacture & sale of all forms of nicotine-laced pan masala, gutka and chewing tobacco.

The Centre today favoured banning of all kinds of gutka saying the poor are vulnerable to it but expressed reservation on banning cigarette...

Central Pollution Control Board informed SC that the country generates 56L tonnes of plastic waste annually, with Delhi accounting for a st...

The four metros are major culprits in generating such waste, with Delhi producing 689.5 tonnes a day, followed by Chennai (429.4 tonnes), K...

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...

Gutka traders have disapproved of the UP govt's decision to increase VAT on tobacco products to 50%, with some considering shifting their b...

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...

On alternative ways of packing gutka, he said their are provisions of packaging gutka in paper and aluminium foils but it will increase the...

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 ...

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...

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...

Maharashtra government has decided to ban gutka in the state from May 20 following a notification issued by the Centre in this regard.

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...

Maharashtra government has spared foodgrain, flour and a few other essential commodities from VAT.