No COVID-cess but agri infra cess will hike prices of fuel, imported alcohol

Feb 1, 2021

By: Prabhjote Gill

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

Budget 2021: Senior citizens exempted from ITR filing, no change in Income Tax slabs