Liquor prices, power tariff to go up; what's costlier & cheaper after Kerala Budget

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Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal presented his fourth budget on Monday. Here's a list of items that got costlier and cheaper, respectively after this budget.

Price Up

  • Lease stamp duty rates
  • Liquor; Indian Made Foreign Liquor to cost Rs 10 more per litre
  • Duty on electricity; charges to be hiked as part of additional tax collection measure. Duty on those who generate own electricity for own consumption hiked from 1.2 paise to 15 paise; duty for the sale of electricity raised from 6 paise per unit to 10 paise 
  • Court-related fees: Fees for filing appeals set to increase

Price Down

  • Tax on registration of All India Tourist buses
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