China's cigarette consumption has surged by 39% between 2003 and 2023, contrasting with a global decline. Despite fewer young smokers, low ...

India must adopt tax moderation and targeted import curbs to boost exports and shield against the West Asia crisis. A report suggests restr...

Inflation is at a 13-month high, primarily led by a rise in food prices. And with an impending fuel price hike, it could spike even more. A...

ITC and Godfrey Phillips India shares jumped up to 7% on Wednesday after a report said both companies may raise cigarette prices by as much...

Indian Premier League teams are asking the government to reclassify match tickets. They want IPL games treated as sports, not entertainment...

DGGI officers have arrested Kapil Chugh, the alleged mastermind behind an Rs 1,825 crore GST refund fraud. Chugh, who evaded multiple summo...

Tobacco stocks like ITC and Godfrey Phillips saw significant drops on Thursday. This follows the finance ministry's notification of an addi...

India is set to introduce new taxes on tobacco products like cigarettes, pan masala, and gutkha. This move comes as the Goods and Services ...

The Indian government held steady on sin taxes for tobacco in the latest budget. Cigarette taxes remained unchanged. A proposed 35% GST on ...

In 2013-2014, global tobacco excise taxes generated nearly $269 billion in government revenues. Of this, less than $1 billion was invested ...

The commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) has confirmed penalty on the company for assessment year 1984-85 and 1986-87 totalling Rs 80.71 cr...

"Prices of tobacco products in the country have not increased substantially over time, thus making these products even cheaper than essenti...

WHO estimates that one person dies from tobacco-related disease every six seconds or so, equivalent to about 6 million people a year.

Even as India made progress in increasing taxes on cigarettes between 2012-14, it has little effect as the "modest hikes" were compensated ...

Minister of state for finance Jayant Sinha has also refused to participate in the event. Sinha's name also featured earlier on the website ...

The study highlighted that a 10 per cent increase in bidi prices will lead to almost 5 per cent decrease in consumption.

Union health minister Harsh Vardhan is for levying increased taxes on tobacco and tobacco-related products to discourage its consumption.