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Popcorn finally pops into one GST slab: Now 5% across the board

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    30% ReliableAverage

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    -4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    50% Positive

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27% Positive

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48% : ALSO READ: FMCG sector set to gain as soaps, noodles, shampoo shift to 5% GST slab Three types of popcorn, one tax In its last GST Council meeting in December 2024, the GST Council had announced different tax rates for the popular movie snack: * 5 per cent on non-branded salted popcorn * 12 per cent on pre-packaged branded variants * 18 per cent on caramel popcorn, treated as sugar confectionery ALSO READ: Shopping from Zara, H&M to get costlier: Impact of GST 2.0 on textiles Caramel popcorn triggers meme war The backlash was swift.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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