SSI Exemption from Excise Duty - Conditions and Other Provisions Changed
NOTIFICATION NO. 30/2003-CE
DATED 01/04/2003
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), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby directs that each of the notifications of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance and Company Affairs (Department of Revenue), specified in column (2) of the Table below, shall be amended in the manner specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table.
TABLE
S.No. |
Notification No. and date |
Amendments |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
1. |
8/2003-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2003 |
In the said notification,
(i) for paragraph 3, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely:-
3. For the purposes of determining the first clearances upto an aggregate value not exceeding one hundred lakh rupees made on or after the 1st day of April in any financial year, mentioned against serial no.1 of the said Table, the following clearances shall not be taken into account, namely:-
(a) clearances, which are exempt from the whole of the excise duty leviable thereon (other than an exemption based on quantity or value of clearances) under any other notification or on which no excise duty is payable for any other reason;
(b) clearances bearing the brand name or trade name of another person, which are ineligible for the grant of this exemption in terms of paragraph 4;
(c) clearances of the specified goods which are used as inputs for further manufacture of any specified goods within the factory of production of the specified goods;
(d) clearances of strips of plastics used within the factory of production for weaving of fabrics or for manufacture of sacks or bags made of polymers of ethylene or propylene.
3A. For the purposes of determining the aggregate value of clearances of all excisable goods for home consumption, mentioned in clause (vii) of paragraph 2 of this notification, the following clearances shall not be taken into account, namely:-
(a) clearances of excisable goods without payment of duty-
(i) to a unit in a free trade zone; or
(ii) to a unit in a special economic zone; or
(iii) to a hundred percent. export-oriented undertaking; or
(iv) to a unit in an Electronic Hardware Technology Park or Software Technology Park; or
(v) supplied to the United Nations or an international organization for their official use or supplied to projects funded by them, on which exemption of duty is available under notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.108/95- Central Excise, dated the 28th August, 1995, vide number GSR. 602 (E), dated the 28th August, 1995.
(b) clearances bearing the brand name or trade name of another person, which are ineligible for the grant of this exemption in terms of paragraph 4;
(c) clearances of the specified goods which are used as inputs for further manufacture of any specified goods within the factory of production of the specified goods;
(d) clearances of strips of plastics used within the factory of production for weaving of fabrics or for manufacture of sacks or bags made of polymers of ethylene or propylene.
(ii) in the Annexure, after serial No. (xx) and entries relating thereto, the following serial No. and entry shall be inserted, namely:-
(xx-i) terry towels falling under Chapter 63 of the said First Schedule; |
2. |
9/2003-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2003 |
In the said notification,
(i) for paragraph 3, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely:-
3. For the purposes of determining the first clearances upto an aggregate value not exceeding one hundred lakh rupees made on or after the 1st day of April in any financial year, mentioned against serial no.1 of the said Table, the following clearances shall not be taken into account, namely:-
(a) clearances, which are exempt from the whole of the excise duty leviable thereon (other than an exemption based on quantity or value of clearances) under any other notification or on which no excise duty is payable for any other reason;
(b) clearances bearing the brand name or trade name of another person, which are ineligible for the grant of this exemption in terms of paragraph 4;
(c) clearances of the specified goods which are used as inputs for further manufacture of any specified goods within the factory of production of the specified goods;
(d) clearances of strips of plastics used within the factory of production for weaving of fabrics or for manufacture of sacks or bags made of polymers of ethylene or propylene.
3A. For the purposes of determining the aggregate value of clearances of all excisable goods for home consumption, mentioned in clause (vii) of paragraph 2 of this notification, the following clearances shall not be taken into account, namely:-
(a) clearances of excisable goods without payment of duty
(i) to a unit in a free trade zone; or
(ii) to a unit in a special economic zone; or
(iii) to a hundred percent. export-oriented undertaking; or
(iv) to a unit in an Electronic Hardware Technology Park or Software Technology Park; or
(v) supplied to the United Nations or an international organization for their official use or supplied to projects funded by them, on which exemption of duty is available under notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.108/95- Central Excise, dated the 28th August, 1995, vide number GSR. 602 (E), dated the 28th August, 1995.
(b) clearances bearing the brand name or trade name of another person, which are ineligible for the grant of this exemption in terms of paragraph 4;
(c) clearances of the specified goods which are used as inputs for further manufacture of any specified goods within the factory of production of the specified goods;
(d) clearances of strips of plastics used within the factory of production for weaving of fabrics or for manufacture of sacks or bags made of polymers of ethylene or propylene.
(ii) in the Annexure, after serial No. (xx) and entries relating thereto, the following serial No. and entry shall be inserted, namely:-
(xx-i) terry towels, falling under Chapter 63 of the said First Schedule; |
[F. No. B3/4/2003-TRU]
Footnote:
(1) The principal notification No.8/2003-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2003 was published in the Gazette of India vide number G.S.R. 138 (E), dated the 1st March, 2003.
(2) The principal notification No.9/2003-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2003 was published in the Gazette of India vide number G.S.R. 139 (E), dated the 1st March, 2003.
(For further amendment in Ntf. No. 08/2003 & 09/2003, please refer Ntf. No. 67/2003-CE, Dt. 11/08/2003)