The Finance Ministry has raised customs duty on some electronic items including television, mobile phone, projector and water heater in order to boost domestic manufacturing. <br/><br/>As per a government notification, customs duty on television set has been increased to 15 per cent from the existing 10 per cent. <br/><br/>Similarly, the duty on monitors and projectors has been doubled to 20 per cent, said the notification issued by Department of Revenue of the ministry.<br/><br/>For the push button telephone or mobile, the duty has been raised to 15 per cent from nil while water heater and<br/>hair dressing instrument duty has been doubled to 20 per cent.<br/><br/>Customs duty on some other items like electric filament and discharge lamps was also tweaked.
News On AIR | December 15, 2017 1:59 PM
Govt raises customs duty on electronic items including TV, mobile phone, projector & water heater