Health Security se National Security Cess Bill 2025 levies cess on paan masala units to fund defence and public health

Exam-focused facts from the 8 December 2025 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The Lok Sabha passed the Health Security se National Security Cess Bill 2025 to levy a cess on machines or processes used to manufacture paan masala and similar goods.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that the cess proceeds will be shared with states as public health is a state subject.
The Bill aims to raise resources for national security and public health expenditure.