Cigarettes, pan masalas to cost more across India after Feb 1 - Siasat.com

Photo: @Haim Charbit/Unsplash New Delhi: The government has notified February 1 as the date from which additional excise duty on tobacco products, and a health cess on pan masala will be levied, replacing the existing GST compensation cess levy on such ‘sin goods’. A health and national security cess and excise duty on pan masala and tobacco products respectively will be over and above 40 per cent…