Budget 2014: TVs, computers to be cheaper; cigarettes, gutka costlier
10 July 2014 8:20 PM IST
Day-to-day items unchanged, costlier for smokers and tobacco consumers
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley spared the common man from price hikes by keeping duties on commonly used day-to-day items unchanged but made it costlier for smokers and tobacco consumers with a steep increase in excise rate in tax proposals in Budget 2014-15. Following is a list of what will be cheaper and costlier:
CHEAPER
- > CRT television
- > LED/LCD TVs especially below 19 inch
- > Footwear priced between Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 per pair
- > Soaps
- > E-book readers
- > Desktop, laptops and tablets
- > RO based water purifiers
- > LED Lights, fixtures and lamps
- > Pre forms of precious and semi-precious stones
- > Sports Gloves
- > Branded petrol
- > Matchbox
- > Life micro insurance policies
- > HIV/AIDS drugs and diagnostic kits
- > DDT insecticides
EXPENSIVE
- > Cigarettes
- > Aerated drinks with sugar
- > Pan masala
- > Gutka and chewing tobacco
- > Jarda scented tobacco
- > Radio Taxi
- > Imported electronic products
- > Portable X-ray machines
- > Half cut/broken diamonds
( Source : PTI )
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