New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday in his budget proposal made a few products and services cheaper while others have become more expensive for the common people.
Things which will become dearer:
** Various tobacco products other than beedi by about 10 to 15 percent
** Luxury cars above Rs.10 lakh
** Jewellery articles, excluding silver jewellery, other than studded with diamonds and some other precious stones
** Imported imitation jewellery
** Gold bars (countervailing and excise duties increased to 8.75 and 9.5 percent respectively from 8 and 9 percent respectively)
** Branded readymade garments and made up textile articles with a retail sale price of Rs.1,000 and above
** Bill payments and eating out (due to additional levy of Krishi Kalyan cess on all services)
** Air travel
** Ropeway, cable car rides
** Lottery tickets
** Legal services
** Electronic reading devices
** Goods and services above Rs.2 lakh in cash
Things which will become cheaper:
** Service Tax on service of life insurance business provided by way of annuity under the National Pension System
** Service Tax on low cost houses up to a carpet area of 60 square metres in a housing project of a government scheme
** Braille paper
** Solar lamps
** Router, broadband modems
** Digital video recorders
** Set top boxes, CCTV cameras
** Microwave ovens
** Sanitary pads
** Footwear
