What’s up & what’s down

FE Team | Published: June 08, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

Prices of a number of items may be influenced by the budgetary measures such as tax, import duty and value-added tax according to the budget proposals for 2007-08 fiscal, reports bdnews24.com.
The costs of soft drinks, mineral water, toilet soap, mobile SIM card, telephone, computer and computer accessories, courier service, tele-printers, telex, fax or internet services, ornamental fish, cinema halls tickets, water supplied by WASA, insurance services, tickets for cultural programmes, attended by foreign artists are likely to increase.
The prices of textile machinery, telecommunication equipment, all pumps including those used in agriculture, imported metal framed furniture, imported CNG-driven CBU bus, imported auto disposable syringe, raw sugar may also fly.
The charges at specialised doctors, lawyers and dental clinics, photo lab, and air-conditioned bus services, restaurants, warehouse, ports, land developers, building construction companies are also expected to go up.
Engineering firms and chartered planes or helicopter rental companies will also face a rise in cost. Besides, charges in coaching centres, English medium schools, private medical and engineering colleges and private universities is set to rise.
The prices of chocolate milk, mango milk, banana milk, tomato paste, LP gas, paper, MS products, nail wares, chillers, electric transformers, human hauler, mechanised boats and ship scraps are also expected to go up as the adviser proposed to make tariff values consistent with the current market price in respect of these items.
On the other hand, the costs of edible oil and lentils, reconditioned cars, newsprint, credit card, local plastic products, imported electronic cash registers, insulin, first aid box, hearing aid, shadow-less operation lamps and CNG trucks are likely to go down.
Besides, others such as rice, wheat, onion, 'matar dal' and 'chola dal', life-saving insulin and fertiliser prices will remain unaffected by the fiscal measures.