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Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has hiked excise duty on soaps, diapers, toiletries and other fastmoving consumer goods (FMCG) to 12%.

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By reducing excise duty across the board, the finance minister has been able to address two issues concerning the FMCG sector.