Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
New Delhi
Public Notice No. 23/2015-2020-DGFT
Dated 5th August, 2019
Subject: Provision for claiming additional benefits under MEIS for HS Codes for which rates were enhanced with a retrospective effect.
In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendments in Appendix 3B, Table 2 as notified vide Public Notice 02 dated 01.04.2015.
2. The para 9.03 is amended as below:
| Existing Para 9.03 (as amended vide Public notice 16 dated 28.06.2018) | Amended Para 9.03 |
| 9.03 Supplementary Claims
Wherever any application for supplementary claim is received, within specified time limits, such application may also be considered after imposing a cut @2% on the entitlement. However, no supplementary claims for scrips under chapter 3 of the FTP 2015-20 would be admissible |
9.03 Supplementary Claims
(i) Wherever any application for supplementary claim is received, within specified time limits, such application may also be considered after imposing a cut @2% on the entitlement. (ii) Supplementary claims would be admissible under MEIS, only for certain HS Codes, for which rates under MEIS have been enhanced with a retrospective effect based on guidelines issued in this regard. In such cases, the supplementary cut @2% as in 9.03 (i) above shall not be applied. (iii) Supplementary claim under chapter 3 of the FTP 2015-20 for any other reason would not be admissible. |
Effect of Public Notice: A provision enabling issue of additional benefits under MEIS for HS Codes, for which enhanced rates under MEIS were notified with a retrospective effect, has been incorporated in the Handbook of Procedure, 2015-20.
(Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft@nic.in
(Issued from File No. 01/61/180/ 65/AM19/PC-3)
