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Bidi One Tobacco Product India Forgot To Tax Hurts Poorest
On February 1, the Indian government did something rare with its tobacco taxation policy: A complete overhaul. The reworked GST framework pushed cigarettes, pan masala, gutka and chewing tobacco into a 40 per cent slab, up from 28 per cent, and shifted the tax