Pro Consumer or Anti Consumer Budget

Here's a detailed list of things that have now turned costlier so yes we will save some taxes but we will also pay more for following:

Butter ghee
Butter oil
Cooking oils
Peanut butter
Whey
Meslin
Maize
Sugar beet seeds
Preserved potato
Chewing gum
Dietary soya fibre
Isolated soya protein
Walnuts (shelled)
Footwear
Shavers
Hair clippers
Hair-removing appliances
Tableware
Kitchenware
Water filters
Glassware
Household articles of porcelain or china
Rubies, emeralds, sapphires, rough coloured gemstones
Padlocks
Hand sieves and hand riddles
Combs
Hairpins
Curling pins
Curling grips
Hair curlers
Table fans, ceiling fans and pedestal fans
Portable blowers
Water heaters and immersion heaters
Hair dryers
Hand drying apparatus
Electric irons
Food grinders
Ovens
Cookers
Cooking plates
Boiling rings
Grillers and roasters
Coffee and tea makers
Toasters
Electro-thermic fluid heaters
Devices for repelling insects
Electric heating resistors
Furniture
Lamps
Lighting fittings
Toys
Stationery item
Artificial flowers
Bells
Gongs
Statuettes
Trophies
Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) of cellular mobile phones, display panel and touch assembly, fingerprint readers for use in cellular mobile phones
Cigarettes
Hookah
Chewing tobacco
Jarda scented tobacco
Tobacco extracts and essence
Parts of commercial vehicles
Catalytic converters
Import of medical equipment more

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Ranjit Biswas

I have not come across ever that any union budget had ever satisfied people from all sections of our society. As far as increase in the prices of the illustrated items is concerned, if we turn the pages of our previous budgets, it would be clear that the exercise of price adjustment by reducing and increasing in tax rates of different household goods was done in all of those budgets. Looking to the severe side affects on consuming tobacco and tobacco products, taxes on the related items are stiffly increased during all budget exercises to discourage their consumption. The new Income Tax Rules will certainly give relief to those at higher tax slabs. more

Feb 08

Praveen Kumar

Please vote again for this govt.- they are only ruining the economy. The middle class is the worst hit. more

Feb 05

Asis Kumar Das

This budget has not satisfied any sector of the economy except Foreign investors. Nothing for the Real estate, nothing for the education, nothing for the manufacturing industries, nothing for the individual taxpayers (as the IT rate cut is subject to waiver of deductions, making it more complicated, but the earlier rate cut in Coporate tax was made without any binder), bad for haircutters (as everything from comb to hairdryer to curler is going to be more expensive), nothing for jobless youths and so on. Only a wishlist was showcased. The effect was evident on the Hon'ble FM herself who was so sick with her own wish list that she could not finish her speech even. more

Feb 04

Udai Shanker

हम सिर्फ़ बचाने की ही बात क्यूँ सोचते है बढ़े हुए टैक्स ही देशहित में है more

Feb 03

Asis Kumar Das

Hum kewal tax hi bharte rahe taki desh ki netaon ki pet badte rahe? Hum sab cheez par zyada tax de, taki rajnetaon ne 2 rupaye mein Biriyani khate rahe? Bah bhai bah! Kya vichar hai aapka! more

Feb 04

Vinita Agarwal

The budget exercise was supposed to be a booster to the economy. The taxes were supposed to be reduced. Instead there is an increase in taxes all round affecting the amount of money the middle income hasin their hands. How canthisboost soendingabd revive the economy more

Feb 03

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