No COVID-cess but agri infra cess will hike prices of fuel, imported alcohol
Feb 1, 2021
Not just imported alcohol but daily use veggies and other food items
They will be taxed from 2 February 2021
FM Nirmala Sitharaman levied agricultural infra development cess
On a slew of food and non-food items
Here’s a full list of imported items that are going to get more expensive in 2021
From the biggest tax hit to the smallest
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Diesel
Agricultural infrastructure cess - Rs-4/litre
Petrol
Agricultural infrastructure cess - Rs-2.5/litre
Alcoholic beverages
Agricultural infrastructure cess - 100 percent
Gold, silver and dore bars
Agricultural infrastructure cess - 2.5 percent
Kabuli Channa
Agricultural infrastructure cess - 30 percent
Peas
Agricultural infrastructure cess - 40 percent
Crude palm oil
Agricultural infrastructure cess - 17.5 percent
Lentils
Agricultural infrastructure cess - 20 percent
Bengal gram or chickpeas
Agricultural infrastructure cess - 50 percent
Cotton, not carded or combed
Agricultural infrastructure cess - 5 percent
Specified fertiliser (Urea and others)
Agricultural infrastructure cess - 5 percent
Crude soybean and sunflower oil
Agricultural infrastructure cess - 20 percent
Apples
Agricultural infrastructure cess - 35 percent
Coal, lignite & peat
Agricultural infrastructure cess - 1.5 percent