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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman hiked customs duty on laboratory chemicals from 10% to 150% in the Union Budget 2024. Owing to this, university research centres are seeing cancelled work orders.

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 ...

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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 ...

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