NAME OF LIFE SAVING DRUGS EXEMPTED FROM CENTRAL EXCISE DUTY IF ANY

[nandankumar roy]

Dear Sir,

Please help regarding name of life saving drugs which is exempted from excise duties (Schudule 1) if any.

Regards ,

Nandan Roy

[Surender Gupta]

There are many items which are exempt from duty of excise, you see notification no. 12/2012 as amended

[Vijay kumar]

pl refer to the following lists under Nofn.12/2012-CE dt.17.3.2012 which are exempted subject to conditions specified against the respective serial numbers:

LIST 1

(See S. Nos. 105, 106 and 120)

(1) Streptomycin

(2) Isoniazid

(3) Thiacetazone

(4) Ethambutol

(5) Sodium PAS

(6) Pyrazinamide

(7) Dapsone

(8) Clofazamine

(9) Tetracycline Hydrochloride

(10) Pilocarpine

(11)Hydrocortisone

(12)Idoxuridine

(13)Acetazolamide

(14)Atropine

(15) Homatroprn

(16) Chloroquine

(17) Amodiaquine

(18) Quinine

(19) Pyrimethamine

(20) Sulfamethopyrezine

(21) Diethyl Carbamazine

(22) Arteether or formulation of artemisinin.

LIST 2

(See S.No.106)

(1) Meta Aminophenol

(2) Para Nitrochlorobenzene (PNCB)

(3) Picolines

(4) Novaldiamine

(5)Ethoxy methylene diethyl-malonate

(6) Hydrazine Hydrate

(7) DL-2 Amino-1 butanol

(8) Guanidine Nitrate

(9) Citric Acid

(10) 4,7-DCQ (Dichloroquinoline)

(11) N-methyl Piperazine

(12) D-2-Aminobutanol (O-Aminobutanol)

(13) Diethyl Carbamyl Chloride

(14) 4-Cyanopyridine

(15) Isonico-tinic acid

(16) Thiosemicarbazide

(17) 1-Nitropropane

(18) 4-Amino-4 Nitrodiphenyl sulphide

(19) N-(4-Chlorophenyl)-O-Phenylene diamine

(20) 5-Iodouracil

(21) l-Acetyl-5-Iodouracil

(22) 2-Amino-5-Mercapto-1,2,4-Thiadiazole

(23) 2-Amino-5-Amino-Sulfomyl-l,3,4-Thiadiazole

(24) 2-Acetylamino-5-Mercapto-l,3,4 Thiadiazole

(25) Tetra Urea Complex.

LIST 3

(See S.No.114)

(1)   Insulin

(2) Lamivudine

(3) Ritonavir

(4) Saquinavir

(5) Zidovudine.

(6) Atazanavir

AI Summary

Excise exemption for life-saving drugs: Notification-specified lists exclude listed essential medicines from central excise duty. Notification No. 12/2012 CE exempts named life saving drugs, certain pharmaceutical intermediates, and specified antiviral medicines from central excise duty, subject to the conditions specified against the respective serial numbers; List 1 covers active drugs and formulations (antituberculars, antimalarials, antibiotics, steroids, artemisinin formulations), List 2 covers chemical intermediates and reagents, and List 3 covers insulin and specified antiretrovirals.