Government issued two notifications No. 05/2008- Central Excise  (N.T.) and No. 06/2008 - Central Excise (N.T.) both dated 24/01/2008, here today prescribing applicable rate of abatements, for the purpose of payment of central excise duty on the basis of retail sale price, on the following goods:  

Sl.No.	Central Excise Tariff	Description	Abatement as % of retail sale price
1	8443 31 00 or 8443 32	Printer whether or not combined with the functions of copying or facsimile transmission	25
2	8443 99 51	Ink cartridges, with print head assembly	25
3	8471 30	All goods	22.5
4	8471 60	All goods	25
5	8517 62 30	Modems (modulators - demodulators)	25
6	8517 69 60	Set top boxes for gaining access to internet	24
7	8528	Monitors of a kind solely or principally used in automatic data processing machine	25
8	8528 71 00	Set top boxes for television sets	24

These notifications issued by the Central Board of Excise and Customs, Ministry of Finance will come into force with effect from 25.01.2008.

Abatement rates for retail-sale-based central excise duty prescribed for specified electronic goods, effective from notification. Two Central Excise notifications prescribe abatement rates for retail-sale-based valuation of specified tariff items: printers and multifunction devices and ink cartridges with print head assembly (25%), certain computer goods and peripherals (22.5%-25%), modems (25%), set top boxes for internet and television (24%), and monitors for automatic data processing machines (25%); the notifications were issued by the Central Board of Excise and Customs and take effect from 25.01.2008.