Certificate as proof of Central Excise duty payment extended to all industries to facilitate trade and simplify compliance. The facility to issue a certificate evidencing payment of Central Excise duty, previously available to Small Scale Industry, is extended to the entire industry as a trade facilitation measure. The Board directs that the benefit of the earlier circular be applied industry-wide, field formations and trade be informed, and implementation difficulties reported to the Board; the circular takes effect from 1 March 2016.