Excise ATF for Regional Connectivity Cut to 2% from 8% Till 25 Aug 2019

· Scheme Extended to All Operators including Cargo

[Excise Notification No. 32 dated 26^th August 2016]

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 makes the following further amendments in the notification of the 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 G.S.R.163(E) dated the 17^th March, 2012, namely: -

In the said notification, in the Table, -

(A) in the opening paragraph, after the sixth proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

“Provided also that nothing contained in this notification shall apply to the goods specified against serial number 77 of the said Table after the 25th day of August, 2019;”;

(B) for serial number 77 and entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be substituted, namely :-

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
“77	2710 19 20	Aviation Turbine Fuel drawn by operators or cargo operators from the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) airports	2%	-”.

[F.No.354/102/2015–TRU (Pt.-1)]