Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the Health and National Security Cess, levied only on demerit goods like pan masala, with revenues shared with states for health schemes. The move complem ...

To replace the compensation cess (under goods and services tax, or GST) on demerit goods such as cigarettes and pan masala ...

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday informed the Lok Sabha that the proposed Health and National Security ...

This bill is precisely that -- good intentions trapped in a flawed instrument, she said and claimed that Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises MSMEs would be hit the hardest by it.This is cessification ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman may introduce two Bills to replace the GST compensation cess on demerit goods with new ...

Parliament's Winter Session sees the government proposing new excise duty on tobacco and a 'Health Security–National Security ...

The Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025 was introduced in Lok Sabha on December 1, 2025. The Bill proposes to levy a cess on the production of goods such as paan masala and any other ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to introduce Central Excise Amendment Bill, 2025, and Health Security se National ...

Excise duty sought to be levied on tobacco and its products through a new Bill will ensure that tax incidence on demerit items does not fall after the recent GST overhaul, Finance Minister Nirmala ...

New Delhi: India's Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections slipped to a year-low of Rs 1.70 lakh crore in November, growing ...