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Budget 2019: Gold and cigarettes to be more expensive

Mobile chargers will be cheaper

The Telegraph New Delhi Published 05.07.19, 01:07 PM
Precious metals will be more costly.

Precious metals will be more costly. iStock photo

What will be cheaper

  • Mobile charger
  • Set Top box
  • Electric vehicles
  • Wool fibres
  • Fuels for nuclear power plant
  • Parts of artificial kidney and disposable sterilised dialyser
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What would be dearer

  • Gold and other precious metals
  • Petrol and Diesel
  • Tobacco products

Dearer because of customs duty

  • Electronic items made in India
  • Books
  • Palm stearin (palm oil solids used for making soaps), fatty oils
  • Cashew kernels
  • PVC and plastics
  • Newsprint
  • Vinyl flooring and tiles
  • Stainless steel products
  • Metal fittings
  • Split air conditioners
  • Loudspeakers
  • Digital video recorders
  • CCTV and IP camera
  • Optical fibre cable
  • Automobiles and auto parts
  • Plugs, sockets and switches
  • Defence equipment not manufactured in India

What would be dearer and what cheaper, according to the budget. Take a look.

Split air conditioners are going to be more expensive.

Split air conditioners are going to be more expensive. iStock photo

Mobile chargers will become cheaper.

Mobile chargers will become cheaper. iStock

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