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FRAI urges govt to intensify crackdown on counterfeit products, illicit tradeRetailers are urging the government to intensify efforts against illegal trade and fake products, citing risks to consumer safety and the l...
Philip Morris India calls for stronger enforcement and collaboration to disrupt illicit tobacco ecosystemAs per the Tobacco Institute of India (TII), in India, illicit cigarettes represent nearly one-fourth of the domestic market, with estimate...
On their toes: Brands step up anti-counterfeit drive as fake products flood marketsCompanies are fighting a rising tide of fake goods. Brands from toothpaste to cigarettes are changing packaging and tightening checks. Coun...
Cigarette prices jump as new excise regime kicks in, stoking smuggling fearsCigarette prices have significantly increased following a new excise duty. This tax hike, the first in seven years, aims to align India's t...
Cigarette prices jump up to ₹55 per pack as new excise duty kicks in. Check what gets costlier and by how muchCigarette prices have surged by at least ₹22-25 per pack following a new excise duty. Premium cigarettes will see an increase of ₹50-55 per...
Tobacco firm KT&G files case against 14 illegal operatorsKT&G, the maker of ESSE cigarettes, has filed a lawsuit in Delhi High Court. This action follows raids on 14 wholesalers in Delhi NCR. The ...
‘What is really safe anymore’: After fake Eno and maggie, factory busted for making counterfeit Colgate toothpasteAuthorities in Gujarat have busted a factory producing large quantities of counterfeit Colgate toothpaste, along with fake Sensodyne, Eno, ...
Fake ENO, toothpaste & cigarettes flooding Delhi: How criminals are making big money off everyday products, and putting your health at riskDelhi Police have dismantled a counterfeit goods racket, arresting six individuals involved in the production of fake antacids, toothpastes...
Budget Expectations: Retailers seek tax cuts to fight cheap smuggled items"The high taxes are creating a huge demand for smuggled and counterfeit products across the country and are forcing millions of small and i...
Recent increase in smuggling in the North East can be due to economic distress insinuated by Covid: FICCI CommitteeVarious battalions of the forces intercepted smugglers transporting the illicit consignments using bikes, cars and trucks while hiding them...
Spike in cigarette smuggling during COVID-19 lockdown: FICCI CASCADEFICCI CASCADE (Committee Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting Activities Destroying the Economy), said the seizure of foreign brand cigaret...
Insurgents, militants funded by drug and fake currency trade: Assam DGP Mukul SahaySmugglers pay protection money to various insurgent groups who use these amounts in subversive activities, Assam Additional DGP Mukul Sahay...
Ficci urges government to clamp down on rising contraband tradeThe report by Ficci body CASCADE pegged the loss in seven industry sectors at Rs 1,05,381 crore, increasing 44.4 per cent between 2011-12 a...
90% rise in consumption of smuggled cigarettes in India: ReportOver 56 per cent smokers prefer attractive packaging of foreign smuggled brands which does not adhere to Indian regulations like pictorial ...
Pakistan losing Rs 24 billion due to illicit cigarette trade: ReportThe pricing and regulatory differential with neighbouring Afghanistan also plays a key role in the continued inflow of smuggled cigarette i...
Assam to set up panel to study illegal trade in imported cigarettesAssam has seen an influx of cheap king-size cigarettes from Bangladesh, China and Myanmar into Assam, with Northeast has become a distribut...
Illicit trade up in 2014, Rs 39,239 crore loss to exchequer: FICCI reportAmongst the various sectors, the maximum revenue loss was from counterfeiting and illicit trade is tobacco products 23% and Rs 9,139 crore.
Revenue loss from smuggled and counterfeit products is more than Rs 1 lakh crore: FICCIIndia has lost annual tax of more than Rs 26,000 crore in 2012 due to counterfeiting, smuggling and tax evasion.
- Contraband cigarettes market estimated at Rs 1,900 crore this year
High excise duty on cigarettes in India has resulted in the growth of contraband trade of the product with the total market estimated to re...
- Cigarette smuggling to hit tobacco farmers hard: ASSOCHAM
Contraband cigarettes, estimated to be at Rs 1,700 crore, are posing a threat to the livelihood of five million tobacco farmers in the coun...