Seeks to extend the exemption from Integrated Tax and Compensation Cess upto 31.03.2021 on goods imported against AA/EPCG authorizations. - 18/2020 - Customs -Tariff

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) Notification No. 18/2020- Customs New Delhi, the 30th March, 2020 G.S.R. 227 (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) , the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in each of the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), specified in column (2) of the Table below, in the manner as specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table, namely :- Table S. No. Notification number and date Amendments (1) (2) (3) 1. 16/2015-Customs, dated the 1st April 2015 [vide number G.S.R. 252(E), dated the 1st April, 2015] In the said notification, in the opening paragraph, in the proviso to clause (iii), for the figures, letters and word 31 st March, 2020 , the figures, letters and word 31 st March, 2021 shall be substituted. 2. 18/2015-Customs, dated the 1st April 2015 [vide number G.S.R. 254 (E), dated the 1st April, 2015] In the said notification, in the opening paragraph, in condition (xiii), for the figures, letters and word 31 st March, 2020 , the figures, letters and word 31 st March, 2021 shall be substituted. 3. 20/2015-Customs, dated the 1st April, 2015 [vide number G.S.R. 256 (E), dated 1st April, 2015] In the said notification, in the opening paragraph, in condition (xiv), for the figures, letters and word 31 st March, 2020 , the figures, letters and word 31 st March, 2021 shall be substituted. 4. 22/2015-Customs, dated the 1st April, 2015 [vide number G.S.R. 258 (E), dated the 1st April, 2015] In the said notification, in the opening paragraph, in condition (xiii), for the figures, letters and word 31 st March, 2020 , the figures, letters and word 31 st March, 2021 shall be substituted. 5. 45/2016-Customs, dated the 13th August 2016 [vide number G.S.R. 795(E), dated the 13th August, 2016] In the said notification, in the opening paragraph, in condition (xii), for the figures, letters and word 31 st March, 2020 , the figures, letters and word 31 st March, 2021 shall be substituted. [F. No. 605/52/2017-DBK Vol-II] (Gopal Krishna Jha) Director (Drawback) Note: (1) The principal notification No. 16/2015-Customs, dated the 1st April, 2015 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R.252 (E), dated the 1st April, 2015 and was last amended by notification No. 08/2019-Customs, dated the 25th March,2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 236(E), dated the 25th March,2019. (2) The principal notification No. 18/2015-Customs dated the 1st April, 2015 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) ,vide number G.S.R. 254 (E), dated the 1st April, 2015 and was last amended by notification No. 08/2019-Customs, dated the 25th March,2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 236(E), dated the 25th March,2019. (3) The principal notification No. 20/2015-Customs dated the 1st April, 2015 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 256 (E), dated the 1st April, 2015 and was last amended by notification No. 08/2019-Customs, dated the 25th March,2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 236(E), dated the 25th March,2019. (4) The principal notification No. 22/2015-Customs dated the 1st April, 2015 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 258 (E), dated the 1st April, 2015 and was last amended by notification No. 08/2019-Customs, dated the 25th March,2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 236(E), dated the 25th March,2019 . (5) The principal notification No. 45/2016-Customs dated the 13th August, 2016 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 795 (E), dated the 13th August, 2016 and was last amended by notification No. 08/2019-Customs, dated the 25th March,2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 236(E), dated the 25th March,2019.