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Health Ministry calls for hike in taxes on tobacco products [1]

Says current excise and VAT rates are not sufficient to increase the price

Publication Date: 
29/02/2016
Bindu Shajan Perappadan [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Tobacco [4], Health Effects [5], WHO [6], Ministry of Home Affairs [7], Right To Information (RTI) [8], Health [9]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/bindu-shajan-perappadan
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/who
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-home-affairs
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/right-information-rti
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health