The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has pulled up the Maharashtra state excise department for serious lapses in its operations, leading to a substantial revenue shortfall. Image......
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday introduced two bills in the Lok Sabha to levy excise duty on tobacco and tobacco products, and a new cess on manufacturing of pan masala, which will......
Union excise duty collection dropped 18 per cent in August year-on-year at a time when the overall central tax kitty rose about 94 per cent before devolution to the states. Illustration: Dominic......
Expressing concern over sluggish excise duty collection, Finance Minister P Chidambaram admitted on Thursday that meeting the budgetary target of Rs 1,36,000 crore (Rs 1,360 billion) under this......
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday exempted scented supari from excise duty if it does not exceed 50 paise a packet.Candles would also be exempted from the excise duty, he said replying to......
The Union government expects to slightly better its excise duty collection target for 2010-11 set at the beginning of the last budget.This would be reflected in revised estimates of Rs. 1,33,300......