GST authorities uncover Rs 104 cr tax evasion in illicit tobacco trade, 61 cases detected in Q1GST authorities detected 61 cases of illicit tobacco products, involving Rs 104.38 crore in tax evasion, during the first quarter of FY25. ...
27 Aug, 2025, 02.07 PM IST
GST Council clears "track and trace" mechanism, cigarettes and pan masala likely first targetsThe GST Council will track cigarettes and pan masala to stop tax evasion. A unique code will be placed on products. This will help the gove...
23 Dec, 2024, 12.50 PM IST
Delhi HC upholds FSSAI regulation to enhance statutory warning size on pan masala packagesThe Delhi High Court upheld the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) regulation, which enhanced the size of the statutory w...
11 Jul, 2024, 01.44 PM IST
GST officials detect over Rs 830 cr tax evasion by Delhi-based pan-masala manufacturing unitThe firm was evading the payment of Goods and Services Tax (GST) by manufacturing and clandestinely supplying gutkha/pan masala/tobacco pro...
03 Jan, 2021, 02.07 PM IST
GST intelligence detects Rs 225 crore tax evasion, busts illicit pan masala manufacturers in IndoreThe total duty implication in this fraud is estimated to be around Rs 400 crore, the statement issued by the DGGI said.
13 Jun, 2020, 03.52 PM IST
Arecanut output expected to drop due to heavy rains, illegal imports“We expect 35 per cent shortfall in the crop. Rains have led to disease of the nuts,” said M Suresh Bhandary, MD of Mangalore-based Campco.
18 Oct, 2018, 08.47 AM IST
DGCEI busts illegal gutkha unit, detects Rs 400 crore tax evasionThe factory operated from a poultry farm on Pavan college road, Kolar, and manufactured Khaleja, Rebel, Remo, Kabali, Dubai, MC, HAI and AA...
02 Jun, 2017, 05.49 PM IST
Government mulls compulsory licensing for 'other tobacco products'These tobacco products include khaini, tobacco blended pan masala, hookah or gooduku tobacco, zarda, bidis and other chewable/eatable tobac...
07 Dec, 2016, 07.03 PM IST
Government mulls new licensing policy for tobacco itemsThe Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has started internal discussions on the policy implication of licensing for the se...
30 Sep, 2016, 05.04 AM IST
Budget 2015: Widen tax base to cover all tobacco products, says TIIHigh taxation should not be restricted only to cigarettes but all forms of tobacco must be included to counter the growing menace of contra...
12 Feb, 2015, 01.00 PM IST
Impose higher taxes on all illegal tobacco products: TIIExcise duty was increased to 72 per cent on cigarettes of length not exceeding 65 mm and to 11-21 per cent for those of other lengths.
09 Feb, 2015, 04.29 PM IST
Police plan to turn Kerala capital 'tobacco-free'City Police Commissioner H Venkitesh said major state-run firms & their premises would be declared smoke-free zones & strict vigil would pu...
23 Sep, 2014, 12.43 PM IST
Health Ministry endorses ban on chewing tobacco, gutkaHealth ministry endorsed a ban on manufacture & sale of all forms of nicotine-laced pan masala, gutka and chewing tobacco.
02 Oct, 2013, 11.05 AM IST
- Packaging cos plunge on plastic ban for gutka products
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...
08 Feb, 2011, 12.08 PM IST
- Post plastic ban, gutka products to be costly
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...
08 Feb, 2011, 04.07 AM IST
CBEC to improve tax collection procedureCBEC said that the steps taken to improve tax collection has led to higher receipts from units located in North East.
27 Jan, 2009, 09.59 PM IST
- Coca Cola stands vindicated
The Coca Cola in a release issued shortly after Kerala High Court's order lifting the ban said that they were gratified that the HC has set...
22 Sep, 2006, 12.10 PM IST