Road and Infrastructure Cess
on Petrol and Diesel Raised by Rs 8 per litre to Rs 18 from Rs. 10 per litre
[Notification No. 21/2020-Customs dated
5 May 2020]
Seeks to amend notification
No. 18/2019-Customs dated 6th July, 2019 so as to increase effective rate of
Road and Infrastructure Cess (RIC) collected as
additional duty of customs on petrol and diesel by Rs.
8 per litre.
G.S.R.
(E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by section 111 of Finance Act, 2018
(13 of 2018), read with sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962
(52 of 1962), 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.
18/2019-Customs, dated the 6th July, 2019, published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i),
vide number G.S.R. 475 (E), dated the 6th July, 2019, namely:-
In
the said notification, in the Table,-
(i) against Sl. No. 1, for the entry in column (4), the entry “Rs. 18 per litre”
shall be substituted;
(ii)
against Sl. No.
2, for the entry in column (4), the entry “Rs. 18 per litre” shall be substituted;
2. This
notification shall come into force with effect from the 6th May, 2020.
[F. No. 354/123/2014 –TRU
(Pt-1)]