Health security se National security: Why does Centre want to levy cess on tobacco?
Story so far: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025 on Thursday (December 4, 2025), kicking off the Centre’s reform agenda for Parliament’s Winter session. The Bill proposes to levy cess on “machines installed, or other processes undertaken in the manufacture of pan masala” to fund India’s ‘health and national security’. The Lok Sabha has already passed the Central Excise […]
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