The CBEC was imposed the duty on textile article under Notification No.30/2004-C.E. dated 09.07.2004 and on other article under Notification No.01/2011-C.E. dated 01.03.2011 by notification no.34/2015-C.E. and 35/2015-C.E. both dated 17.07.2015 substituting proviso in that original notifications.
Now the CBEC has restore exemption by issuing notification no.37/2015-C.E., 38/2015-C.E. both dated 21.07.2015 clarifying includes of nil duty in appropriate duty. In this regard, CBEC has also issued circular no.1005 dated 21.07.2015. Para 7 of the said circular is reproduced below:
7. It may, therefore, be noted that the domestically manufactured goods covered under these notifications/entries continue to be exempt from excise duty or subject to concessional rate of excise duty, as the case may be, as they were prior to 17th July, 2015.
This is a major relaxation for the textile industry.