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After Lok Sabha, Upper House clears bill to levy cess on pan masala units

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December 09, 2025

‘THE Parliament on Monday approved the Health Security and National Security Cess Bill 2025, seeking a cess on manufacturing units of pan masala to augment expenditure on national security and public health.

- PARVEZ SULTAN @New Delhi

After Lok Sabha, Upper House clears bill to levy cess on pan masala units

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Rajya Sabha on Monday | PTI

(PTI)

The bill was approved by the lower house on Friday.As the bill was taken up in the upper house for discussion, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that it intends to create a “dedicated resource stream” for two domains of national importance: health and national security.

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