The Centre has hiked basic customs duty on laboratory chemicals from 10% to 150%, eliciting alarm among scientists, The Hindu reported on Wednesday. The announcement was made in Budget documents made ...

Three digits have thrown scientists across the country into a tizzy. Budget documents, made public earlier this week, show that the Basic Customs Duty on laboratory chemicals, a critical component of ...

India's recent budget decision to increase customs duty on laboratory chemicals from 10% to 150% has impacted research centres and labs, significantly straining their financial resources. Academic ...

The Finance Ministry on Wednesday offered relief for researchers and academicians by carving out a new section for the use of lab chemicals for R&D purposes. The ministry also reduced customs duty on ...

New Delhi: The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has restored a concessional 10% import duty on chemicals imported for lab use by modifying a duty hike announced in the Union budget ...

Basic chemicals are generally developed in large quantities and are essential products that have important uses in the industrial as well as consumer sectors. Inorganic chemicals are essential ...

Imported chemicals, reagents, and enzymes come under the category of laboratory chemicals and are vital to experimental research across nearly every domain of scientific research. They comprise ...

India's heightened customs duty on lab chemicals, from 10% to 150%, has disrupted research budgets nationwide. With research labs relying on standardized chemicals from certified suppliers, the new ...