A viral video of an Indian vendor cooking "Vimal Shikanji" with pan masala sparked debate online. Scroll down to know more.
The Compensation Cess was supposed to end on June 30, 2022, five years after the introduction of the single tax on July 1, 2017, but the Indian government extended it until March 31, 2026.
Mahesh Babu was recently in the limelight for his 'Bollywood can't afford me' remark and now it seems that the 'Sarkaru Vaari Paata' actor has caught everyone's attention again. Twitter is filled with mockery tweets for Mahesh for promoting a pan masala brand.
Akshay Kumar has recently backed off from promoting a tobacco brand after a huge social media outcry. Ajay Devgn, on the other hand, defended his choice in a press interaction.
Now, the sale of tobacco and nicotine products like pan masala and gutkha in Haryana will be considered illegal till September 2022.
The firm was evading the payment of Goods and Services Tax (GST) by manufacturing and clandestinely supplying gutkha/pan masala/tobacco products without any registration and payment of duty, it said.
The Delhi government on Thursday extended the ban on manufacture, storage, sale and distribution of gutkha and pan masala for one more year. Food Safety Commissioner D N Singh issued a notification on the ban of these products.
The GST Council may consider at the next meet levying cess on commodities like pan masala and bricks at the manufacturing stage itself, a move aimed at checking tax evasion and shoring up revenues.
A Pakistani man has been arrested by Central GST intelligence officials for illegally selling pan masala worth crores of rupees in parts of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and neighbouring states even during the lockdown period, officials said on Thursday.
Uttar Pradesh: Commissioner Food Safety and Drug Administration Anita Singh has issued the order saying that the exemption is for plain paan masala. The ban on the manufacture, storage and sale of tobacco and nicotine-free pan masala/gutkha in the state will continue unchanged.
The ban on pan masala and gutkha was directed by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs Administration, Haryana, who has directed all districts to comply and implement his orders strictly.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday banned manufacture and sale of pan masala, saying the move will help stop the spread of coronavirus. The ban imposed on the first day of the nationwide lockdown is for an indefinite period.
The Assam government has banned the manufacture, distribution, and sale of gutka and pan masala containing tobacco and nicotine for a period of one year with immediate effect.
Production, storage, distribution and sale of these products will not be allowed in the state.
The major move, reportedly, came after 20 samples of pan masala of different brands -- collected from different districts in the state -- were found to contain magnesium carbonate as an ingredient in them.
The Delhi government has extended the ban on the manufacture, storage, sale or distribution of gutkha, pan masala and any other tobacco products for one year in the national capital.
Mahesh Kumar from Ahmedabad's eastern suburb of Naroda, was caught spitting on CCTV near the Sardar Patel Statue Road. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) fined him Rs 100 for doing so.
The Delhi government had recently issued a show-cause notice to Brosnan and asked the pan masala group why appropriate punitive action be not initiated against its directors and office-bearers.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today directed government officials to stop chewing pan, pan masala when in office.
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