Increase Basic Excise Duty on Unblended Petrol and Diesel

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

Notification No. 01/2022 -Central Excise

New Delhi, the 1^st February, 2022

G.S.R.90(E). – 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, 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. 11/2017-Central Excise, dated the 30^th June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 793(E), dated the 30^th June, 2017, namely:-

In the said notification, in the Table, –

(i) against Sl. No. 2, in column (3), after item (ii), the following proviso shall be inserted with effect from the 1^st day of October, 2022, namely:-

“Provided that nothing contained in this Sl. No. shall apply to motor spirit, commonly known as petrol, which is intended for retail sale to consumers, not so blended with ethanol or methanol as conforming to Bureau of Indian Standards specifications from time to time for blended motor spirit.”;

(ii) after Sl. No. 2 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, with effect from the 1^st day of October, 2022 namely: –

(iii) against Sl. No. 3, in column (3), after item (ii), the following proviso shall be inserted, with effect from the 1^st day of October, 2022 namely:-

“Provided that nothing contained in this Sl. No. shall apply to High Speed Diesel (HSD), which is intended for retail sale to consumers, not so blended with alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids obtained from vegetable oils, commonly known as bio-diesels as conforming to Bureau of Indian Standards specifications from time to time for blended diesel.”;

(iv) after Sl. No. 3 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, with effect from the 1^st day of October, 2022 namely: –

[F. No. 334/01/2022-TRU]

(Vikram Vijay Wanere)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note:- The principal notification No. 11/2017-Central Excise, dated the 30^th June, 2017 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide, number G.S.R. 793(E), dated the 30^th June, 2017 and last amended by notification No.1/2021-Central Excise, dated the 1^st February, 2021 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide, number G.S.R. 83 (E), dated the 1st February, 2021.