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What is Excise Duty

Excise Duty

About Excise Duty

What is Excise Duty

Excise duty is a form of tax imposed on goods for their production, licensing and sale. An indirect tax paid to the Government of India by producers of goods, excise duty is the opposite of Customs duty in that it applies to goods manufactured domestically in the country, while Customs is levied on those coming from outside of the country.
 
At the central level, excise duty earlier used to be levied as Central Excise Duty, Additional Excise Duty, etc. However, the Goods and Services Tax (GST), introduction in July 2017, subsumed many types of excise duty. Today, excise duty applies only
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Alcohol firms seek clarity as Maharashtra hikes excise duty on spirits

Maharashtra's new excise policy raises spirits prices and introduces grain-based liquor; industry groups await clarity while brewers welcome beer tax exemption

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Updated On : 11 Jun 2025 | 11:13 PM IST

UBL to Radico Khaitan: Alcohol stocks decline after excise duty hike report

United Spirits and Allied Blenders led a selloff in alcohol beverage makers on reports that the Maharashtra government approved a hike in excise duty

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Updated On : 11 Jun 2025 | 10:08 AM IST

Maharashtra hikes excise duty on liquor, introduces new category: Details

Maharashtra hikes excise duty on Indian-Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and country liquor, introduces new Maharashtra-Made Liquor category; state expects ₹14,000 crore in revenue boost

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Updated On : 11 Jun 2025 | 9:55 AM IST

Haryana revises excise policy: No liquor shops in small villages, new rules

The Haryana government has decided to increase excise duties on Indian-Made Foreign Liquor and country liquor by 5 per cent to 10 per cent

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Updated On : 06 May 2025 | 12:07 PM IST

Excise policy case: Delhi HC to hear on Monday Kejriwal, Sisodia's pleas

The petitions, filed in 2024, are listed for hearing before Justice Ravinder Dudeja

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Updated On : 04 May 2025 | 4:50 PM IST

Govt hikes excise duty on petrol, diesel by ₹2/ltr; retail prices unchanged

The excise duty on petrol was increased to Rs 13 per litre and that on diesel to Rs 10, according to an official order

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Updated On : 07 Apr 2025 | 9:44 PM IST

NOC to be made mandatory for liquor vends in housing societies: Ajit Pawar

Ajit Pawar also told the legislative assembly that no permission to open new liquor shops has been given in the state since 1972

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Updated On : 11 Mar 2025 | 11:44 PM IST

Competition watchdog seeks official documents in Pernod Ricard probe

In the Delhi antitrust case, Pernod has been accused of asking retailers in 2021 to ensure 35 per cent of their stock consisted of the French company's brands

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Updated On : 24 Jan 2025 | 2:02 PM IST

Delhi Assembly polls: More than 500 cases of MCC violations lodged

Over 500 cases of alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct have been registered so far ahead of the assembly elections in the national capital, an official said on Thursday.

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Updated On : 23 Jan 2025 | 2:36 PM IST

CNG price may go up Rs 4-6 on supply cut, excise duty reduction to ease

Gas from legacy fields used to meet 90 per cent of the demand for CNG in May 2023 and has progressively fallen

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Updated On : 20 Oct 2024 | 11:16 AM IST

SC to hear bail plea of businessman in Delhi excise policy scam on Monday

On March 20, the top court noted that the businessman had been in custody for 18 months and directed his release on interim bail for five weeks

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Updated On : 13 Oct 2024 | 3:32 PM IST

Delhi govt begins trial of 'e-Abkari' to replace excise information system

After the agreement of the government with the IT firm ended, the ESCIMS was being operated by the Excise department itself

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Updated On : 04 Oct 2024 | 7:06 AM IST

Excise policy scam: Court extends Delhi CM Kejriwal's custody till Sep 25

The court granted bail to AAP leader Durgesh Pathak in the corruption case related to the alleged excise scam, being probed by the CBI, but extended Kejriwal's custody

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Updated On : 11 Sep 2024 | 7:07 PM IST

Supreme Court defers hearing on Kejriwal's plea for bail till Sept 5

According to the CBI and the ED, irregularities were committed while modifying the excise policy and undue favours extended to licence holders

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Updated On : 23 Aug 2024 | 12:40 PM IST

Excise duty collections from petroleum sector decline 4.8% in FY24

Overall tax contribution of the petroleum sector rose marginally to Rs 7.51 trillion

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Updated On : 16 Aug 2024 | 8:18 PM IST

Excise case: Court extends Manish Sisodia's judicial custody till July 26

Special Judge Kaveri Baweja passed the order after Sisodia was produced before the court on expiry of his judicial custody granted earlier

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Updated On : 22 Jul 2024 | 5:38 PM IST

Excise policy case: Court issues production warrant for Arvind Kejriwal

Special judge Kaveri Baweja has directed that Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal be physically produced in court on Friday, following the submission of the ED's seventh supplementary chargesheet

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Updated On : 09 Jul 2024 | 4:37 PM IST

Excise policy case: CM Kejriwal moves Delhi HC against his arrest by CBI

The Rouse Avenue Court of Delhi on Saturday sent Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to Judicial custody in connection with Excise policy case

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Updated On : 01 Jul 2024 | 3:56 PM IST

Money laundering: ED files fresh chargesheet in Delhi excise policy case

The sources said a fresh and the ninth prosecution complaint (charge sheet) was filed before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court

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Updated On : 28 Jun 2024 | 5:44 PM IST

Court sends Delhi CM Kejriwal to 3-day CBI custody in excise policy case

Special Judge Amitabh Rawat passed the order on an application moved by the CBI. The probe agency formally arrested Kejriwal on Wednesday after getting permission from the court

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Updated On : 27 Jun 2024 | 1:05 AM IST