Tax non-virginia tobacco to earn upto Rs 40,000 cr revenue: SHG to FM

The NGO has appealed to the finance minister ahead of GST Council meet to bring smokeless and non-virginia tobacco under a taxation structure

Amid the demand for increasing GST cess on sin products and bringing more demerit goods under it, Shram, a self-help group working in collaboration with doctors and professionals working in the field of health and education, has appealed to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and health minister Harsh Vardhan to bring smokeless and other non-virginia tobacco under the taxation structure.

According to Shram, smokeless tobacco in India is currently used for unorganised manufacturing of chewing tobacco, gutka, pan masala variants, zarda and others.

These products are widely available and consumed by the poorer section in India due to their affordability and