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Overall Impact: Negative

Positive feature
Modvat credit allowed to cigarette manufacturers.

Negative feature
Excise duty revised upwards by 5 per cent on all categories of cigarettes.

(Rs per 1000 sticks)	FY 1999-2000	FY 2000-2001
Non Filter Cigarettes
Not exceeding 60mm in length	110	115
Exceeding 60 mm in length but not exceeding 70mm	370	390
Filter Cigarettes
Not exceeding 70mm in length	550	580
Exceeding 70 mm in length but not exceeding 75 mm	900	945
Exceeding 75 mm in length but not exceeding 85 mm	1200	1260
Exceeding 85 mm in length	1470	1545

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BUDGET IMPACT

The first cut

A matter of life and debt

On the MAT

How will your tax outgo change?

SECTOR IMPACT:

Automobiles | Banking | Cement | Computer hardware | Fertilisers
Housing | Paper | Pharmaceuticals | Software | Telecom | Tyres

PRELUDE TO THE BUDGET

What will Yashwant Sinha do?

How will personal taxes change?

Fiscal report card

PRE-BUDGET SECTOR ANALYSIS:

Automobiles | Cement | Cigarettes | Fertilisers | Hotels | Housing
Mutual funds | Paints | Paper | Petrochemicals | Pharmaceuticals
Power | Software | Steel | Tea and coffee

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