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Headphones, umbrella: What's cheaper, costlier
February 01, 2022

Here's how the budget impacts the pocket of the common man.

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The government on Tuesday proposed to increase the basic customs duty on import of commonly used items, including headphones and earphones, loudspeakers, smart meters, imitation jewellery, solar cells, solar modules to promote domestic manufacturing in the in the Union Budget for 2022-23.

However, imported cut and polished diamonds, frozen mussels, frozen squids, asafoetida, cocoa beans, methyl alcohol and acetic acid will become cheaper as a result of rationalisation in customs duties.

Here is a look at what has become cheaper and what has become expensive in the Budget:

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