Zero Duty on Pulses Import Extended Indefinitely, Expiry Date of 30 September 2015 Removed

Lentils (Mosur), Chickpeas Import Duty Free Till 1 January 2016

[Ref: Notification No.48/2015-Customs dated 30 September 2015]

In exercise of the powers conferred by 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.12/2012-Customs, dated the 17th March, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 185(E), dated the 17th March, 2012, namely:-

In the said notification,-

(A) in the Table,-

(i) against serial number 21, -

(a) for the entry in column (2), the entry “0713 except 0713 20 00 and 0713 40 00” shall be substituted;

(b) for the entry in column (3), the entry “Pulses except chickpeas (garbanzos) and lentils” shall be substituted;

(ii) after serial number 21A and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and the entries shall be inserted, namely:-

21B

0713 40 00

Lentils

Nil

-

-”.

(B) after the Table, in the proviso,-

(i) clause (a) shall be omitted;

(ii) in clause (ab) for the figures, letters and words “1st  day of October, 2015”, the figures, letters and words “1st  day of January, 2016” shall be substituted;

(iii) after clause (ac), the following clause shall be inserted, namely,-

“(ad) the goods specified against serial number 21B of the said Table on or after the  1st day of January, 2016”;

[F. No. 354/15/2010-TRU]