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Twenty fourth February of every year is celebrated as Central Excise Day and different programmes are organized by different formations to mark the day Board vide its letter of even number dated 6.2.2014 had listed certain suggested activities that could be organized to celebrate the day.
It has been brought to the notice of the Board that in some instances, the summons under Section 14 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 have been issued by the field formations to the top senior officials of the companies in a routine manner to call for material evidence/ documents.
(a) against serial number 16 relating to Visakhapatnam, in column (3), for the word Vijaywada, the word Visakhapatnam shall be substituted
Central Government vide Notification No. 03/2015-CE dated January 16, 2015 has increased the Excise duty on Petrol (both branded as well as unbranded) and Diesel (both branded as well as unbranded) by Rs. 2 per Litre. The new rates shall be effective from January 17, 2015.
Attention is invited to Circular No 984/08/2014-CX dated 16th September, 2014 on the captioned subject. While para 6 of this Circular laid down the procedure and manner of refund, para 7.2 clearly directed that the Commissionerates should maintain a database of the record of deposits made so as to facilitate seamless verification of the deposits at the time of processing the refund claims made in case of favourable order from the Appellate Authority.
In order to fund the ambitious infrastructure development programme of the Government, particularly the building of 15000 kms of roads, during current and next financial year, the Government has decided to increase basic excise duty on petrol and diesel (both branded and unbranded) by Rs. 2 per litre. Allocation of these resources to the road sector will also spur economic activity and employment generation arising from the road construction sector.
Reference has been received in the Board from field that cases which are admitted in the Settlement Commission should be allowed to be transferred to Call-book in addition to the three category of cases prescribed by Board, for inclusion in Call Book, vide Circular No. 162/73/95-CX dated 14.12.1995 issued vide F. No. 101/20/93-CX.3 read with Circular No. 53/90-CX dated 06.09.1990.
Your attention is invited to Instruction of even number dated 20.10.2010 modified vide Instruction dated 17.8.2011 by which the Board had fixed monetary limits below which appeal shall not be filed in the Tribunal/Courts by the Department. As stated in the Instruction dated 17.8.2011, the present monetary limits are Rs 5 lakhs/ Rs 10 lakhs/ Rs 25 lakhs respectively for appeal to be filed in the Tribunal/High Courts and the Supreme Court.
Grants exemption from Basic Excise Duty to goods donated or purchased out of cash donations for the relief and rehabilitation of people affected by the floods in the State of Jammu and Kashmir
the manufacturer shall produce a certificate from an officer not below the rank of Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare at the time of clearance of the said Goods to the Jurisdictional Assistant Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise to the effect that the said goods are required
