Experts warn that a significant tax hike on cigarettes, effective February 1, could fuel illicit trade and lead to substantial tax revenue ...

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

The committee, besides increasing the legal age of tobacco consumption, has also recommended increasing the fine amount for violation of ru...

Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday visited the Jorhat Medical College and Hospital to check on the victims undergoing treatment.

The Kolkata-based firm said taxes on cigarettes have "increased by more than 200 per cent in last few years" which has resulted in smugglin...

For the telecom sector, the paper cautioned that GST may negatively impact the working capital cost since initial landed price of purchases.

Over 56 per cent smokers prefer attractive packaging of foreign smuggled brands which does not adhere to Indian regulations like pictorial ...

ITC, the country’s largest cigarettes seller, did not respond to the mail seeking comment on the latest excise hike in the national budget.

The WHO report on tobacco taxation 2015 reveals that at 6.5% of per capita GDP, cigarette taxes in India are amongst the highest in the wor...

On the World No Tobacco Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today highlighted the harms associated with tobacco consumption and pressed for r...

Cigarette smuggling into the country increased four-fold between 2012 and 2014, seizure data from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (...

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence's seizure data indicates a four-fold increase in the value of seizures of smuggled cigarettes in 2014 a...

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.

'Extremely high' excise duty on cigarettes in India has increased the incentives for contraband trade in the country, estimated at Rs 1,700...

Even as there is growing concern about the use of tobacco, recent surveys show smoking is on the rise.

Even as there is a growing concern about the use of tobacco, recent surveys show smoking is still on the rise. Worse, alcohol and drug cons...