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Tobacco cess set to expire, enter health and national security cess
Mint Kolkata
|December 01, 2025
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will introduce a bill in Lok Sabha on Monday to levy a new cess for public health and national security, replacing the GST compensation cess on tobacco, which will lapse when the Centre completes repayment of the loans raised to compensate states.
Levy to be on machines used to make the goods. ISTOCKPHOTO
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Monday will be the first day of the 15-sitting winter session of parliament.
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