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Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts capital goods specified in the First Schedule and the Second Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), when cleared against a Status Holder Incentive Scheme duty credit scrip issued to a Status Holder by the Regional Authority in accordance with paragraph 3.16 of the Foreign Trade Policy (hereinafter referred to as the said scrip) from,-
(i) the whole of the duty of excise leviable thereon under the First Schedule and the Second Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) (ii) the whole of the additional duty of excise leviable thereon under section 3 of the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957)
central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts capital goods specified in the Table annexed hereto, when cleared against an Agri. Infrastructure Incentive Scrip duty credit scrip issued to an exporter by the Zonal Office, Central Licensing Area, New Delhi in accordance with paragraph 3.13.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy (hereinafter referred to as the said scrip) under Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana (Special Agriculture and Village Industry Scheme) from,-
central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the goods specified in the First Schedule and the Second Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), when cleared against a Focus Market Scheme duty credit scrip issued to an exporter by the Regional Authority in accordance with paragraph 3.14 of the Foreign Trade Policy (hereinafter referred to as the said scrip) from,-
(i) export oriented units or electronic hardware technology parks or biotechnology parks which are availing direct tax benefits or exemption (ii) Export of imported goods covered under Para 2.35 of the Foreign Trade Policy
Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 12/2012-Central Excise, dated the 17th March, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 163(E), dated 17th March, 2012, namely:-
Keeping in view the difficulties pointed out by the Members of Bar Associations CESTAT as also of the Departmental Representatives, the Hon’ble President has been pleased to partially modify the Circular dated 30/3/2012 to the extent indicated below:- It is directed that Appeals Stay and Misc. Applications received by hand in the Registry, if not under objection, shall be listed before the Respective Benches latest by the fourteenth day of the receipt of Appeals, Stay and Misc. Applications after issued notice to the Parties.
Notification No.28/2012-Central Excise (N.T) Central Government, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the CENVAT Credit (Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2012. (2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of July, 2012.
Safeguards, conditions and limitations.- Refund of CENVAT Credit under rule 5 of the said rules, shall be subjected to the following safeguards, conditions and limitations, namely:-
Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has made additions/amendments in the existing formats of Application, Annexures, check-lists and drafts of the Excise Duty Exemption Certificate (EDEC) and Concessional Customs Duty Certificate (CCDC).
