Private Sector can also Import Defence Equipments and their Parts for Defence Forces at Zero Duty

[Notification No. 41/2022-Customs dated 13 July 2022]

G.S.R. (E)- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and sub-section (12) of section 3, of Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), the Central Government, on 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. 19/2019- 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. 476 (E), dated the 6th July, 2019, namely:-

In the said notification, in the opening paragraph, for the words “Ministry of Defence or the Defence forces, or the Defence Public Sector Units or other Public Sector Units”, the words “Ministry of Defence or the Defence forces, or the Defence Public Sector Units or other Public Sector Units or any other entity” shall be substituted.

2. This notification shall come into force on the 18th day of July, 2022.

[F.No. 190354/172 /2022-TRU]