Over the past two years, eight Nifty stocks have experienced declines, with notable IT giants like TCS and Infosys pressured by shifts in c...

ITC Chairman Sanjiv Puri said the company is tackling higher cigarette taxes through calibrated price hikes, product innovation and diversi...

Tobacco products may become more expensive. The GST Council increased tax on items like cigarettes and pan masala. The new GST rate will li...

While taxation of tobacco is primarily under the purview of the GST Council, the central government also levies NCCD on cigarettes, subject...

ICICIdirect analyst Sanjay Manyal said the stable taxation and excise duties on cigarettes would aid volume growth for cigarette companies ...

The country’s largest cigarette maker ITC surged by 3.8% on Monday.

ITC said the tax on cigarettes has nearly trebled over the last six years whereby the taxation is about 50 times higher than other tobacco ...

An industry executive said the tobacco industry was expecting no changes in the taxation rate in the Budget since after the introduction of...

In case of the economy cigarette segment, total tax accounts for over 75% of the price, while it is 50% in case of premium cigarette brands...

The legal cigarette industry has witnessed a 25 per cent decline in volumes from FY 2012-13, said ITC.

Cigarette prices are set to go up for the fifth successive year in India with the Budget announcing 10-15% increase in excise duty for all ...

Cigarettes account for a little less than half of its total sales, which stood at Rs 8,800.22 crore in the October-December period.

The companies are likely to take the final call on exact price hike by April, as other state governments present their Budget.

As per Budget proposal, prices of entry-level smaller cigarettes, which are of the sub-65 mm length, will remain unchanged.

ITC Executive Director Kurush Grant tells ET that new cigarette brands are pitched against illegal cigarettes that account for 20% of the m...

Discriminatory taxes on cigarettes have not helped reduce the tobacco consumption in the country, says ITC divisional chief executive (toba...

Given this high rate of excise on cigarettes, the current debate on a possible extension of the State VAT thereto, in addition to the excis...