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Can the tax rate on cigarettes go up to as much as 70%?

Shares in tobacco major ITC have been pressured following a government panel that proposed a three-tier GST structure that recommended a "sin tax" rate of 40 percent on select items such as tobacco products.

first published: Dec 8, 2015 09:27 am

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