Import licence fee obligations clarified, listing exemptions and circumstances where fees deposited are non refundable. Applications for an import licence must be accompanied by the fee prescribed in the Schedule and deposited by the mode specified therein. Exemptions from the fee include Central or State Governments and their departments, local authorities for bona fide official imports, educational/charitable/missionary institutions for their use, and importers of goods for personal non commercial use. Fees once received are not refundable except where deposited in excess, deposited without an application, or paid in error by an exempt applicant.