Parliament Winter session Day 5 LIVE updates: Lok Sabha to take up further discussion on Health Security se National Security Cess Bill

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025 connected Thursday (December 4, 2025), kicking disconnected the Centre’s betterment docket for Parliament’s Winter session. | Photo Credit: ANI

The Lok Sabha connected Friday (December 5, 2025) is expected to instrumentality up the ‘Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025,’ for further information and passing. The Bill proposes to levy cess connected “machines installed, oregon different processes undertaken successful the manufacture of cookware masala” to money India’s ‘health and nationalist security’. 

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, moving the projected Bill successful the Lower House On Thursday (December 4, said the cess volition not beryllium levied connected indispensable commodities, and the proceeds volition beryllium shared with States nether circumstantial wellness schemes. Introduced arsenic a wealth Bill, it request lone beryllium passed by the Lok Sabha.

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On Day 4, the Parliament approved a Bill to levy a higher excise duty connected baccy and related products erstwhile the GST compensation cess ends, with the Rajya Sabha returning the authorities to the Lok Sabha. Replying to a treatment connected the Bill successful the Rajya Sabha, Ms. Sitharaman assured that baccy products would inactive beryllium taxed nether the demerit class astatine 40% successful the GST regime.

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