The amount of excise duty collected from chewing tobacco Including Kara Masala, Kimam etc. during 2008-09 and 2009-10 is Rs. 916.63 crore and Rs. 1062.05 crore respectively. The excise duty collections from other tobacco varieties and products like cigarettes, bidis, cigars for the years 2008-09 and 2009-10 is Rs. 9798.75 crore and Rs. 10045.35 crore respectively.
The total excise collections from all the tobacco in the years 2008-09 and 2009-10 is Rs. 13300.31 crore and Rs. 13853.29 crore respectively.
Excise duty is a levy on manufacture and tobacco farmers are not subject to this levy. There is no proposal to extend cash subsidies to growers to meet input and labour cost.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri S.S. Palanimanickam in a written reply to an Unstarred Question raised in Rajya Sabha today.
