The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide notification No. 16/2000-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2000 [G.S.R. 168 (E), dated the 1st March, 2000] and was last amended by Notification No. 142/2000 – Customs, dated the 21st November, 2000 [G.S.R. 881 (E), dated the 21st November, 2000].