Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today spared the common man from price hikes by keeping duties on commonly used day-to-day items unchanged but made it costlier for smokers and tobacco consumers with a steep increase in excise rate in tax proposals in Budget 2014-15.
Following is a list of what will be cheaper and costlier:
CHEAPER
> CRT television
> LED/LCD TVs especially below 19 inch
> Footwear priced between Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 per pair
> Soaps
> E-book readers
> Desktop, laptops and tablets
> RO based water purifiers
> LED Lights, fixtures and lamps
> Pre forms of precious and semi-precious stones
> Sports Gloves
> Branded petrol
> Matchbox
> Life micro insurance policies
> HIV/AIDS drugs and diagnostic kits
> DDT insecticides
EXPENSIVE
> Cigarettes
> Aerated drinks with sugar
> Pan masala
> Gutka and chewing tobacco
> Jarda scented tobacco
> Radio Taxi
> Imported electronic products
> Portable X-ray machines
> Half cut/broken diamonds.
