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Livelihood

Tobacco is an extremely important commercial crop in India, generating enormous socio-economic benefits in terms of agricultural employment, farm incomes, revenue generation and foreign exchange earnings.

Tobacco Industry provides livelihood to 45.7 million people in the country

TypeMillionsSource
Farmers622nd Report of the Parliamentary Committee on Subordinate Legislation (10th Lok Sabha)
Farm Labour20
Bidi/Factory workers8.5Reply to Lok Sabha starred question no.180 dated August 19, 2013; Industry estimates
Tendu Leaf Pluckers4 *M.P. Govt. Ad. (TOI, June 8, 2000)
Trade/Retailers7.2A.C. Nielsen Retail Census – 2014
Total45.7

* While the M.P. Govt. referred in the source estimated the number of Tendu Leaf Pluckers at 2.2 million, the latest Industry estimates put the number at 4 million.

In addition to the 45.7 million people who directly depend on tobacco Industry, there are millions who indirectly earn their livelihood from the Tobacco Industry such as people engaged in packaging, warehousing, flavour & fragrance, paper, jute, mentha, areca nut, transporters etc.

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    Cigarette and Tobacco Bill Draconian, says Industry [The Economic Times]

  • 29 Dec
    2020

    Gold, drones, cigarettes worth Rs 47.8 lakh seized at Chennai airport; one arrested [ZeeNews]

  • 29 Dec
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    ‘DRI seized illicit cigarettes worthRs.45 cr & gold worth Rs.275 cr in last 9 months’ [Milennium Post]

  • 27 Dec
    2020

    Contraband worth over Rs 4.84 cr seized under NFR this year [UNI]

  • 24 Dec
    2020

    Cigarettes worth Rs 38.4 lakh seized [The Hindu]

  • 23 Dec
    2020

    Customs seizes foreign cigarettes worth more than Rs. 2 crore [Dainik Jagran]

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