NTF. NO. 31/2022-CE, DT. 30/09/2022

G.S.R. (E). –In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), and in supersession of notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue),No. 01/2022-Central Excise, dated 1st February, 2022, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R.90(E), dated the 1stFebruary, 2022,the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 11/2017-Central Excise, dated the 30thJune, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i),videnumber G.S.R. 793(E), dated the 30thJune, 2017, namely:-

In the said notification,-

I.in the Table, -

(i) against Sl. No. 2,in column (3),after item (ii),the followingproviso shall be inserted, namely:-

“Provided that, with effect fromthe 1stday of November, 2022, nothing contained in this Sl. No.shall apply to motor spirit, commonly known as petrol, which is intended for retail sale to consumers,not so blended with ethanol or methanol as conforming to Bureau of Indian Standards specifications from time to timefor blended motor spirit.”;

(ii) after Sl. No. 2 and the entriesrelatingthereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted,namely: -
 

(iii) against Sl. No.3, in column (3), after item (ii), the following proviso shall beinserted, namely:-

“Provided that, with effect from the 1stday of April, 2023, nothing contained in this Sl. No.shall apply to High Speed Diesel (HSD), which is intended for retail sale to consumers, not so blended with alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids obtained from vegetable oils, commonly known as bio-diesels as conforming to Bureau of Indian Standards specifications from time to timefor blended diesel.”;

(iv) after Sl. No.3and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:-
 

II. Afterthe Table, the following provisoshall be inserted, namely: -

“Provided that nothing contained in this notification shall apply to-

(a) the goods specified against serial number2A of theTable above before the 1stday of November, 2022;

(b) the goods specified against serial number3A of theTable above before the 1stday of April, 2023”.

[F. No.190354/295/2021-TRU]
 

(Vikram Wanere)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note: -The principal notification No. 11/2017-Central Excise, dated the 30thJune, 2017 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide,number G.S.R. 793(E), dated the 30thJune, 2017 and last amended by notification No.16/2022-Central Excise,datedthe15thJuly, 2022published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide,number G.S.R. 579(E), dated the 15thJuly, 2022.