Highlights | Cheaper Costlier Items In Budget 2024: No Major Announcements

LIVE UPDATES | List Of Costlier Items, Budget 2024: Atma Nirbharta

Strategy to be developed for Atma Nirbharta for oilseeds production: FM Sitharaman.

Live Updates | Cheaper Costlier Items In Budget 2024: Proactive Inflation Management

During her address, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that proactive inflation management has helped keep inflation within a manageable level. She further added the government's vision in the coming year.

Cheaper Costlier Items in Budget 2024 Live Updates: FM Addressing Budget

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman started her budget speech in the house. FM is hailing the current government's schemes. She is also highlighting the future strategy of the Modi-led government.  

Cheaper Costlier Items in Budget 2024 Live Updates: What Became Cheaper And Pricier In The 2023-2024 Budget

Things That Got Cheaper: Televisions, smartphones, compressed gas, shrimp feed, lab-grown diamonds, and machinery used to make batteries for electric cars.

Things That Got Costlier: Cigarettes, bicycles, imitation jewelry, air travel, electric chimneys, copper scrap, textiles.

LIVE | List Of Cheaper Items, Budget 2024: Cheaper Items List

A year back on Feb 1, 2023, the last full-fledged budget was presented by FM Nirmala Sitharaman. In that budget, some commodities get price cut. The list includes television, smartphones, and many more.

LIVE | List of Costlier Items, Budget 2024: Price Of Commercial Cylinder

The cost of a 19 Kg commercial LPG cylinder has increased, and now it will be Rs 1,769.50 in Delhi. This means that if someone is buying a large LPG cylinder for commercial use, they will have to pay this new amount.

But, for those who use LPG cylinders at home for cooking, the prices will stay the same. The prices for home use LPG cylinders usually change on the first day of each month.

It's important to know that the cost of domestic LPG cylinders can differ in each state because of local taxes. The last change in the prices of home use LPG cylinders happened on March 1 this year.

LIVE | List of Cheaper Items, Budget 2024: Commercial Cylinders' Price Hiked

Ahead of the presentation of Interim Budget 2024, the price of commercial cylinders is hiked by Rs 14. The interim budget will be tabled at 11 AM in Parliament. While writing this content, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has arrived at the finance ministry. 

LIVE | Dearer, Cheaper Items: Things That Got Cheaper In 2023

- Televisions

- Smartphones

- Lab-grown diamonds

- Batteries for mobile phones

- Machines used to make batteries for electric vehicles

- Camera lenses

- Shrimp feed

Cheaper Costlier Items In Budget 2024 | Live Updates: Dearer Items

In 2023, the prices of some things went up. Here's a list of items that became more expensive:

- Fake or imitation jewelry

- Silver blocks, bars, and objects

- Bicycles

- Electric kitchen chimneys

- Compounded rubber

- Imported vehicles and electric cars (EVs)

- Things made of gold and platinum.

LIVE | List Of Costlier Items, Budget 2024: Major Announcements In 2022

Sitharaman shared some changes in taxes in 2022. She increased the tax on electric kitchen chimneys and items made from gold bars. The tax on cigarettes went up by 16 percent. On the other hand, the tax on crude glycerin used to make epichlorohydrin was reduced from 7.5 percent to 2.5 percent.

Cheaper Costlier Items In Budget 2024 Live Updates: Last Year Announcements

In the past year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made some adjustments to the rates of customs duties. These changes had an impact on the prices of different things. The government also decided to continue the exemption from customs duty for bringing in machines and equipment needed to produce lithium-ion cells for the batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs).

Budget 2024-25, Cheaper Costlier Items LIVE Updates: Interim Budget

This interim budget is like a temporary plan to manage money until a new government is chosen in the Lok Sabha elections. People are curious to know what things will get cheaper or more expensive this year. Stay connected with Zee News English for the latest and live updates.