In addition to surveillance, manufacturers must disclose to excise authorities the number and capacity of packing machines, ...

Manufacturers of chewing tobacco, gutkha and similar products will have to install a functional CCTV system from February 1, ...

From February 1, manufacturers of chewing tobacco and gutkha must install CCTV systems covering packing machines and retain ...

Machine may also be confiscated Provision to be notified once states enact similar law CBIC had in January notified special procedure for registering packing machines and filing returns by pan masala ...

Manufacturers of pan masala, gutka, and similar tobacco products will face a penalty of up to Rs 1 lakh if they fail to register their packing machinery with the GST authorities. The Finance Bill, ...

For tobacco pouches priced up to Rs 2, excise output will be deemed at 1.12–3.36 crore pouches a month based on machine speed ...

From February 2026, India replaces GST compensation cess with excise and health cess on tobacco and pan masala, introducing ...

In a major policy shift, the Finance Ministry on Wednesday notified a comprehensive overhaul of the excise duty structure for tobacco products, marking the first substantive revision since the rollout ...

The government has notified February 1 as the date from which additional excise duty on tobacco products, and a health cess ...

The details of existing packing machines, newly-installed machines, along with the packing capacity of these machines, have to be furnished in Form GST SRM-I. However, there was no penalty notified ...