Zero Excise on
Anti-Malarial Drugs, Diagnostics and Medical Products Import upto 1 Oct 2015
[Central Excise Notification No. 23 dated 21st
November 2014]
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 exempts the goods
mentioned in column (2) of the Table below of the description specified in
column (3) of the said Table from the whole of the duty of excise leviable thereon which is specified in the Schedule to the
Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), subject to the condition that the
manufacturer shall produce at the time of clearance of the said goods, before
the Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise or Deputy Commissioner of Central
Excise having jurisdiction, as the case may be, 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 to the effect that the said goods are
required for the Intensified Malaria Control Project (IMCP)-II under the
National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), funded by Global Fund
to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM):-
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Table |
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Sl.No. |
Category |
Description
of goods |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
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1. |
Anti-Malarial
drugs |
1.
Artemisinin based Combination Therapy (ACT) for adults
and pediatric use (Artemether
20mg + Lumefantrine 120 mg co-formulated tablet) 2.
Artesunate Injection Kit (Injectable Artemisinin Derivatives) |
|
2. |
Diagnostics
and Medical Products |
1.
Bivalent Rapid Diagnostic Test Kit (Pf and Pv specific) 2.
Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLIN) |
2. Nothing
contained in this notification shall have effect on or after the first day of
October, 2015.
[F.No.354/194/2014
–TRU]