NEW DELHI: Sports utility vehicles, imported cars and motorcycles, high-end mobile phones, eating out at air-conditioned restaurants and cigarettes will become costlier with finance minister
P Chidambaram deciding to impose higher taxes on these items.
The FM also proposed to increase the duty free limit on gold to Rs 50,000 in case of male and Rs 100,000 in case of female.
Here is a look at what goes up and what goes down.
What goes up Cigarettes
Cigars
Cheroots High-end mobile phones
Imported luxury cars
High-end motor vehicles
Sports Utility Vehicles
Imported yatch and motorboats
Marbles for flooring
Set-top boxes Dining in air conditioned restaurants
Silk clothes
Homes and flats
Parking fees
What goes down Jewellery
Precious stones
Cotton garments
Branded apparels
Carpets
Textile floor
Agricultural testing procedures
Imported hazel nuts
Dehulled oat grain
Truck chasis
Sabudana
Ships and vessels
Cinema and films
Machinery for manufacturing of leather goods
Electric hybrid vehicles
Branded non-allopathic medicines
Ready-made garments
Home furnishing products