CBIC destroys 49 lakh foreign cigarettes, 73 kgs of drugs under "Special Campaign 4.0"

Oct 25, 2024

These goods, valued at approx Rs 460 crores, were seized by the Customs Department for violation of the Customs Act, NDPS Act and the...

Rajasthan allows sale of tobacco products

May 25, 2020

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 26 : The Rajasthan government on Monday allowed the sale of paan, gutkha and tobacco for take away.

Centre defends provisions of PMLA act, petitioners question provisions of summoning

Nov 22, 2023

The Centre on Wednesday defended the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act before the Supreme Court and informed the top court that...

COTPA Act to ban hookah bar, tobacco products: Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao

Sep 19, 2023

Rao increased the minimum age for tobacco consumption. He proposed to revise the law for those above 18 years of age to buy tobacco....

Increase cess on tobacco products, tobacco eradication organisation urges govt

Aug 25, 2020

Panaji (Goa) [India], Aug 25 : Public health groups, doctors and economists have urged the GST council to increase the compensation cess on all...

Tamil Nadu tops in cases lodged under Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act: NCRB report

Aug 30, 2022

New Delhi [India], August 30 : The number of cases registered for environment-related offences has increased by four per cent as compared to the...