Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tabled the Union Budget 2018 in the Parliament on Thursday (Feb 1). Here is the…
Full list of what’s getting costlier as per Union Budget 2018:
1. Footwear
2. Vegetable and fruit juices, including orange and cranberry
3. Sunglasses
4. Miscellaneous food preparations other than soya protein
5. Perfumes and toilet waters
6. Coloured gemstones
7. Diamonds
8. Imitation jewelry
9. Smart watches/wearable devices
10. LCD/ LED TV panels
11. Cars and motorcycles
12. Mobile phones
13. Silver
14. Gold
15. Sunscreen, suntan, manicure, pedicure preparations
16. Preparations for oral dental hygiene, denture fixative pastes and powders; dental floss
17. Pre-shave, shaving or after-shave preparations,
18. Deodorants, bath preparations, depilatories, perfumery
19. Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays
20. Truck and Bus radial tyres
21. Silk Fabrics
22. Furniture
23. Mattresses
24. Lamps
25. Wrist watches, pocket watches, clocks
26. Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars, wheeled toys, dolls’ carriages, dolls, toys, puzzles of all kinds
27. Video game consoles
28. Articles and equipment for sports or outdoor games, swimming pools and paddling pools
29. Cigarette and other lighters, candles
30. Kites
31. Edible/vegetable oils such as olive oil, groundnut oil
Full list of what’s getting cheaper as per Union Budget 2018:
1. Raw cashew nuts
2. Solar tempered glass or solar tempered glass used for manufacture solar panels/modules
3. Raw materials, parts or accessories used in making cochlear implants
4. Select capital goods and electronics such as ball screws, linear motion guides and CNC systems for manufacture of all types of CNC machine tools
5. Articles of stone containing magnesite, dolomite or chromite
6. Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals or of similar siliceous earths
7. Motor spirit commonly known as petrol (decreases to Rs 4.48 per litre from Rs 6.48 per litre)
8. High speed diesel oil (decreases to Rs 6.33 per litre from Rs 8.33 per litre)
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Sreya is based in Kolkata. She is a Senior Editor of Big Wire.
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