Updated On: 01 December, 2025 04:24 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025, and the National Security Cess Bill, 2025, in Lok Sabha to levy a cess on tobacco products and manufacturing processes. Opposition MPs from AITC and DMK opposed the bills, calling them ambiguous and burdensome

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at Parliament on the first day of Winter Session. Pic/PTI
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on the first day of the Parliament winter session, presented two bills in Lok Sabha on Monday. Both the bills introduced by the Union Finance Minister aimed at levying a cess on tobacco products and their manufacturing.
Finance Minister Sitharaman introduced the Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025, and National Security Cess Bill, 2025, in Lok Sabha soon after the Parliament convened after a brief adjournment till noon, reported ANI.