Jewellery is set to get a lot more expensive, as customs duty on precious metals, articles of gold, silver and platinum and costume jewellery has been increased in the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday.

To make matters worse, basic customs duty has been hiked on articles made from gold bars.
Apart from these, customs duty on electric kitchen chimneys, bicycles, toys, electric vehicles and cigarettes also increased.

“I also propose to increase the import duty on silver dore, bars and articles to align them with that on gold and platinum,” said FM in a budget speech in Parliament.

The centre did not raise import duty on gold as India had raised its import duty on gold in July 2022 to 12.5% from 7.5%. India meets most of its gold demand by importing the precious metal.

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