Excise duty hike to burn a hole in cigarette manufacturers pockets
Cigarettes are now likely to get dearer with the government increasing the excise duty by 2% in the Budget 2010-11. The finance minister, in his speech said, “The excise on cigars and cigarettes will go up in the fiscal year 2010-11. There will also be increased excise duty on all non-smoking tobacco”.

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