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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday presented the Union Budget 2016-17, his third after taking over the helm of the Finance Ministry under the PM Modi-led NDA government.


Following the budget, a series of products such as cars, cigarettes, branded garments, air travel will become more expensive, while footwear, solar lamps and routers are slated to be cheaper following a host of changes in the tax structure in the Budget for 2016-17.


Following is a list of items that will turn costlier:


> Cars


> Cigarettes, cigar, tobacco, paper rolled beedis and gutaka


> All services like bill payments, eating out, air travel


> Ready made garments and branded apparel of more than Rs 1,000


> Gold and Silver; jewelery articles excluding silver


> Water including mineral water, aerated water containing added sugar or sweetening matter


> Goods and services above Rs 2 lakh in cash


> Aluminum foil


> Air Travel


> Plastic bags and sacks


> Ropeway, cable car rides


> Imported imitation jewellery


> Industrial solar water heater


> Legal services


> Lottery tickets


> Traveling by hiring stage carriage


> Hiring of packers & movers


> E-reading devices


> Instruments for VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)


> Imported Golf Cars


> Gold bars


Following is a list items that will turn cheaper:


> Footwear


> Solar lamp


> Router, broadband modems and set top boxes, Digital video recorder and CCTV cameras


> Hybrid electric vehicles


> Sterilised dialyser


> Low cost houses with less than 60 sq mt carpet area


> Hiring of folk artists for performance


> Refrigerated containers


> Pension plans


> Microwave ovens


> Sanitary pads


> Braille paper


 


With PTI Inputs