Question : EXCISE DUTY COLLECTED FROM BEEDI INDUSTRY



(a) the total revenue of excise duty collected from Beedi industry during 2000-01;

(b) the percentage of revenue which was diverted as welfare cess from excise duty; and

(c) the revenue collection of West Bengal State during the said fiscal year?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI GINGEE N. RAMACHANDRAN)

(a) The total excise duty collected from Beedi industry during 2000-01 was Rs. 354 crore.

(b) The information is being collected.

(c) During the said fiscal year, the revenue collection from excise duty on beedis in respect of the Excise Commissionerates located in West Bengal, whose jurisdiction also extends to Sikkim and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, was of the order of Rs. 56 crore.