The Courier-Mail

One million drivers lose demerit points for good behaviour

More than 1 million drivers across the state have been rewarded after remaining offence free over the last 12 months, by getting demerit points scrubbed from their licence. From January 17 last year ...

New tax coming for demerit goods like cigarettes and not for essential goods: FM Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the new Health and National Security Cess will primarily focus on demerit goods, ...
Business Today

Ministers’ Panel on compensation cess holds first meeting, considers recategorising luxury goods under the 28% GST bracket

The GoM panel in its first meeting earlier this month discussed treatment of GST compensation cess post-March 2026, when the current regime ends. The panel debated extending the cess as a levy or tax ...
The Financial Express

Include bidi in demerit goods under GST regime, oncologists urge PM Narendra Modi

Oncologists from 108 cancer centres, led by Tata Memorial Centre, pleaded with Modi in a letter to end the serious anomaly of low tax on bidis in the Goods and Services Tax as bidi smoking alone kills ...
Deccan Chronicle

Demerit Goods to Face Health, Security Cess: Nirmala Sitharaman

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that proposed health and national security cess will be levied ...
Deccan Herald

Parliament Winter Session: Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025 in Lok Sabha, new levies to keep ‘sin goods’ price high

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to introduce Central Excise Amendment Bill, 2025, and Health Security se National ...

National security cess not on essential goods, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Thursday that the proposed Health and National Security Cess will be levied ...