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Central Excise Bill, 2025
December 7 , 2025
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- Parliament passed the Central Excise (Amendment) Bill 2025 to amend the Central Excise Act, 1944.
- The Bill raises the excise duty and cess on cigarettes, cigars, hookah tobacco, chewing tobacco, zarda, and scented tobacco.
- Excise duty on cigarettes increases from ₹200–₹735 per 1,000 sticks to ₹2,700–₹11,000 per 1,000 sticks.
- Chewing tobacco duty rises from 25% to 100%, and hookah duty from 25% to 40%.
- Duty on smoking mixtures for pipes and cigarettes increases from 60% to 325%.
- The Rajya Sabha approved and returned the Bill to the Lok Sabha for final passage.
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