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LOK SABHA PASSES BILL TO HIKE TOBACCO EXCISE DUTY AFTER GST CESS ENDS
The Daily Guardian
|December 04, 2025
The govt plans to reinstate higher excise duties as GST-related loans are expected to be fully repaid soon.
Lok Sabha on Wednesday (December 3, 2025) passed a law to levy a higher excise duty on tobacco and related products once the GST compensation cess ends.
The Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025, was passed by a voice vote in the lower house.
The Bill, once enacted, will give the government the fiscal space to increase the rate of central excise duty on tobacco and related products after GST compensation cess, which is currently levied on all tobacco products like cigarettes, chewing tobacco, cigars, hookah, zarda, and scented tobacco, ceases to exist.
Currently, a 28% Goods and Services Tax (GST) plus cess at a varied rate is levied on tobacco and related products.
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