GOVERNANCE
health tobacco ban
It’s easy to say that there
should be a ban on tobacco. But, till the farmers get an equally profitable
option, it is a difficult step to take
- Annual loss of over Rs. 25,000
crore (over Rs. 19,000-crore excise duty
and around Rs. 6,000-crore worth of
foreign exchange) which accrue to the national exchequer on account of
excise duty and export of raw tobacco and tobacco products.
- Loss of gainful employment to over 30 million farmers growing
flue-cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and
farmers growing beedi tobacco in Gujarat.
- Closure of around three dozen government offices belonging to
the Indian Tobacco Board and Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI),
employing around a thousand employees.
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