From headphones to umbrellas: What will get cheaper, what’s costlier in Budget 2022

From headphones, umbrellas, imitation jewelry, to cocoa beans, and minimize and polished diamonds, costs of varied commodities will see an increase or dip following Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget on Tuesday.
While imported gadgets, together with umbrellas and unblended gas will see an increase in costs from April when the Budget comes into impact, chargers and cameras for telephones, wearable tech like smartwatches, listening to aids, gems and diamonds, farming instruments and good meters, metal scraps and chemical substances for petroleum refining will get cheaper.

“Electronic manufacturing has been growing rapidly and customs duty rates are being calibrated to provide a graded rate structure to facilitate local manufacturing of wearable devices, hearable devices, and electronic smart meters,” the Finance Minister had mentioned in her speech.
Following is an inventory of imported gadgets that may change into costlier
Umbrella
Imitation Jewellery
Single or a number of loudspeakers
Headphones and earphones
Smart meters
Solar cells
Solar modules
X-ray machines
Parts of digital toys

However, sure items will change into cheaper as the federal government has slashed the customs obligation and they’re:
Frozen mussels
Frozen squids
Asafoetida
Cocoa beans
Methyl alcohol
Acetic acid
Cut and polished diamonds
Camera lens for mobile cell phone.