Budget 2014:What's cheaper and what's dearer

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today spared the common man from price hikes by keeping dutieson commonly used day-to-day items unchanged but made it costlier for smokers and tobacco consumers with a steep increase in excise rate in tax proposals in Budget 2014-15.To reduce the consumption of tobacco by people,tobacco taxes were increased uniformly for all products with the excise on cigarettes being increased from 60 to 70%. Similarly, excise on gutka and other tobacco products was also increased. Following is a list of what will be cheaper and costlier: CHEAPER CRT television, LED/LCD TVs especially below 19 inch, Footwear priced between Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 per pair, Soaps, E-book readers, Desktop, laptops and tablet