Implementation will take place from April 1,2015, which is intended to give time to tobacco companies to change their packaging.

Excise hike which could be anywhere possibly a rupee for the cigarettes is not going to matter too much as far as the smokers are concerned.

Captains of India Inc on Monday welcomed the Union Budget 2005-06 describing it as growth-oriented.

NEW DELHI: Cigarattes, gutka, pan masala (without tobacco), smoking mixture and other tobacco products will become costlier in Delhi with a...