Public health experts and anti-tobacco activists have criticised the GST Council’s decision to cut GST on bidis from 28% to 18%, even as taxes on cigarettes and cigars were raised to 40%. Experts warn this undermines India’s tobacco control efforts.
Warangal: Task Force police team has arrested two persons on charges of manufacturing counterfeit beedis and fake stickers and seized properties worth Rs 13,32,800 from them on Saturday. The accused persons were Banda Sadanandam of Abbanikunta and Kethi Mahesh of Shivanagar. They were manufacturing and selling the counterfeit products in the name of different branded […]
