Budget 2019: Cigarettes, ACs, gold to get pocket heavy

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New Delhi, July 5:A large number of items including petrol, diesel, gold, silver, cigarettes, fully-imported cars and split air conditioners (ACs) will become more expensive due to hike in taxes, as proposed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget for 2019-20.

At the same time certain items such as electric vehicle components, camera module and charger of mobile phones and set-top boxes will become cheaper.

Following is a list of items that will become costlier:

Petrol and diesel

Cigarettes, hookah and chewing tobacco  

Gold and silver

Fully-imported cars

Split air-conditioners

Loudspeakers

Digital video recorders

Imported books

CCTV cameras

Cashew Kernels

Imported plastics

Raw materials for manufacture of soap

Vinyl flooring, tiles

Optical fibre

Ceramic tiles and wall tiles

Imported stainless steel products

Imported auto parts

Newsprint and paper for newspaper and magazines 

Marble slabs

Mountings for furniture

Following is the list of items that will become cheaper: 

Electric vehicle components

Camera module and charger of mobile phones

Set top box

Import of defence equipment, not manufactured in India. — PTI