Colour TV, computers to be cheaper; cigarettes, gutka costlier

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today spared the common man from price hikes by keeping duties on commonly used day-to-day items unchanged but made it costlier for smokers and tobacco consumers with a steep increase in excise rate in tax proposals in Budget 2014-15.
Following is a list of what will be cheaper and costlier:
CHEAPER
CRT television
LED/LCD TVs especially below 19 inch
Footwear priced between Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 per pair

Soaps
E-book readers
Desktop, laptops and tablets
RO based water purifiers
LED Lights, fixtures and lamps
Pre forms of precious and semi-precious stones
Sports Gloves
Branded petrol

Matchbox
Life micro insurance policies
HIV/AIDS drugs and diagnostic kits
DDT insecticides
EXPENSIVE
Cigarettes
Aerated drinks with sugar
Pan masala
Gutka and chewing tobacco
Jarda scented tobacco
Radio Taxi
Imported electronic products
Portable X-ray machines
Half cut/broken diamonds.