Ethanol blended petrol exemption: fuel meeting specified motor spirit and ethanol composition and BIS standards exempted from central excise duty.
Amendment inserts an exemption for ethanol blended petrol that conforms to Bureau of Indian Standards specification 2796, explaining that "appropriate duties of excise" means duties under the First and Second Schedules to the Central Excise Tariff Act and specified additional and special additional duties, read with any relevant exemption notification; the duty rate for the specified ethanol blended petrol is set to Nil.

Excise exemption for ethanol-blended petrol conditional on payment of appropriate duties and compliance with standards.
Exempts from the additional duty of excise a petrol blend of 90% motor spirit and 10% ethanol where appropriate duties have been paid on both components and the blend conforms to Bureau of Indian Standards specification; defines "appropriate duties of excise" to include duties under the Central Excise Tariff schedules, the additional duty under the Finance (No.2) Act, 1998, and the special additional duty under the Finance Act, 2002, and equates "appropriate" central, State, Union territory and integrated taxes to the respective GST enactments.

Excise duty exemption for petrol used in ethanol-blended petrol where sale is between unrelated parties and price is sole consideration.
Exempts Motor Spirit manufactured and cleared from an oil refinery or registered warehouse from excise duty to the extent the duty exceeds what would have been leviable if sold by the manufacturer for delivery at or near removal, where the petrol is intended for ethanol blended petrol (ninety percent motor spirit and ten percent ethanol conforming to BIS 2796) and the manufacturer and buyer are not related with price as the sole consideration.

Excise refund rules for disaster relief construction updated to specify sanctioning criteria and a higher island cap.
Amendment adjusts the excise refund procedure for cement and steel used in construction of houses in tsunami-affected areas: the excise officer must verify use and production of duty payment evidence, completion and consolidated consumption certificates from the approved construction agency, and sanction a refund at the prescribed percentage of construction cost subject to a per-house maximum, with a distinct higher cap for houses in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; the scheme's cut-off date is extended by substituting the earlier expiry date with a later one.

Effective Rate of Duty caps excise on listed tariff items at specified ad valorem rates and unit charges.
Exempts specified goods from central excise to the extent that duty exceeds the effective rate of duty specified for each listed tariff item; rates in the table are ad valorem unless otherwise stated. The table assigns effective rates (including entries at five percent, ten percent and twenty-two percent) and, for certain items, prescribes additional per unit or per chassis charges. Several entries were omitted or substituted by later notifications and the notification was subsequently rescinded.

Excise duty reduction: central notifications amended to lower specified duties and substitute reduced percentage rates and per unit charges.
Notification No. 58/2008 directs amendments to multiple prior Central Excise notifications by substituting entries in their tariff tables to reduce excise duties and related specific charges. The changes replace higher ad valorem percentages with lower percentages, convert some rates to nil, and reduce specified per unit and per tonne charges; substituted entries also clarify that goods value is to be determined in accordance with the Central Excise valuation provision.

Excise duty exemption for specified confectionery and sugar products now prescribed as nil under a tariff amendment.
Amendment inserts a new tariff entry into the Central Excise exemption schedule describing Bura, makhana, mishri, hardas or battasa (patashas) and prescribing a nil rate of duty for those goods, thereby modifying Notification No. 3/2005-Central Excise and its table of exempted items.

Exemption for goods from specified northeastern states expanded by amending input output entries, altering eligible final products and inputs.
Amendment revises the table in paragraph 2A of the Central Excise notification exempting goods cleared from units in specified northeastern States by substituting and inserting serial entries that map eligible final goods to their qualifying inputs. Substitutions create separate rows for cement and cement clinker linked to limestone and gypsum inputs; modify the entry for modified starch or glucose to specify maize/maize starch or tapioca starch inputs; and insert entries for fatty acids or glycerine tied to specified crude oils and for ferro alloys tied to chrome ore or manganese ore, thereby redefining exemption eligibility under the notification.

Exemption for goods produced in specific areas updated to reclassify tariff entries and insert additional exempted items.
Amends the original notification's paragraph 2 TABLE by substituting certain serial entries and inserting new ones to reclassify goods and their linked inputs for exemption, including revised entries for cement and its raw materials, cement clinker and limestone, modified starch or glucose and starch sources, and newly inserted entries for fatty acids or glycerine tied to specified crude oils, and for ferro alloys tied to specified ores.

Excise notification amendment revises area-based table entries and inserts entries for clinker, starch and fatty acids.
The notification amends paragraph 2 of Notification No.56/2003 by substituting S.No.12 to list Cement with Limestone and adding S.No.12A for Cement clinker with Limestone; substituting S.No.13 to list Modified starch or Glucose from maize, maize starch or tapioca starch; and inserting S.No.15A for Fatty acids or Glycerine from crude palm kernel, coconut, mustard or rapeseed oil and S.No.15B for Ferro alloys from chrome ore or manganese ore.

Excise duty exemption expanded to add and redefine specific manufactured goods and their linked raw-material inputs.
Substitutes and inserts table entries in paragraph 2 of the Jammu & Kashmir units exemption notification to redefine goods and their allowable inputs: it restructures cement and cement clinker entries linked to limestone/gypsum inputs, revises modified starch or glucose entries tied to maize or tapioca inputs, and inserts fatty acids or glycerine linked to crude vegetable oils and ferro alloys linked to chrome or manganese ore as newly exempted items.

Excise notification amendment updates exempted goods list, altering cement, starch, fatty acids and ferro alloys entries.
Revises the notification's schedule by substituting the cement entry to distinguish cement and cement clinker with their inputs, substituting the modified starch or glucose entry to specify eligible raw materials, and inserting new entries for fatty acids or glycerine and for ferro alloys together with their respective input materials, thereby updating the list of finished goods and inputs eligible under the exemption framework.

Excise exemption: notification revises eligible goods and inputs for relief in specified production areas under central excise law.
Amendment revises paragraph 2 of the principal notification by substituting specified table entries and inserting new serial entries to redefine goods and their allowed inputs that qualify for excise relief in the designated area. It replaces prior entries for cement and related inputs, updates the entry for modified starch or glucose with prescribed raw materials, and inserts new entries for fatty acids or glycerine and for ferro alloys together with their specified ores, effectuating the change under the cited excise and additional duties provisions.

Excise exemption amendments update eligible outputs and linked inputs for factories in the North East, altering entitlement scope.
The notification amends the excise-exemption table for factories in specified North East states by substituting S.No.12 (now listing cement and its inputs) and S.No.13 (modified starch or glucose with specified starch inputs), adding S.No.12A for cement clinker and limestone, and inserting S.No.15A (fatty acids or glycerine with specified oils) and S.No.15B (ferro alloys with chrome or manganese ore), thereby updating eligible outputs, their inputs and chapter classifications under Notification No. 33/99-Central Excise.

Exemption for goods produced in specified industrial areas extended by substituting tariff entries and inserting new goods categories.
Amendment substitutes and inserts entries in paragraph 2A of Notification No. 32/99-Central Excise to specify exempt manufactured goods and corresponding inputs: cement and cement clinker with limestone and gypsum; modified starch or glucose with maize, maize starch or tapioca starch; fatty acids or glycerine with crude palm kernel, coconut, mustard or rapeseed oil; and ferro alloys with chrome ore or manganese ore.

Excise duty exemption for flood relief: donated goods exempt from excise subject to manufacturer certification and delivery conditions.
Goods in the Central Excise Tariff Schedule donated or purchased from cash donations for Bihar flood relief are exempt from excise duty subject to: manufacturer certification on clearance documents that goods are donated without charge; direct dispatch from factory or warehouse to the Central or State government or approved relief agencies; and production within six months (or extended period allowed) of a District Magistrate's certificate to the jurisdictional Deputy/Assistant Commissioner confirming donation and use for relief and rehabilitation.

Exemption for branded packing materials now subject to an overall cap for the remainder of the financial year.
Amends Notification No. 8/2003 to include specified branded packing materials - printed cartons of paper or paper board, metal containers, HDPE woven sacks, adhesive tapes, stickers, PP caps, crown corks and metal labels - within the small scale exemption, and adds paragraph 4B restricting the exemption for those goods to an overall cap for the remaining part of the financial year 2008-09.

Exemption for power project equipment permits central excise duty nil where procurement is tariff-based bidding and conditions met.
The notification adds a tariff entry granting nil Central Excise duty for goods required to set up an ultra mega super critical coal thermal power project with power procurement tied through tariff based competitive bidding, subject to Condition No. 26 which requires (a) corresponding customs duty exemptions on import, (b) certification by a Chief Engineer of the Central Electricity Authority specifying quantity and description, and (c) an undertaking by the project CEO that goods will be used only for the project and that duties will be paid on any non compliance.

Excise exemption for enriched boron compounds conditioned on production at specified heavy water and atomic facilities.
Inserts a new tariff entry exempting enriched KBF4 (enriched potassium fluoroborate) and enriched elemental boron by prescribing a Nil effective rate of duty for those goods, conditional on their production or processing at specified heavy water plants, atomic research centres, and the public-sector entity supplying the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam.

Rescission of notification ends optional compounded levy scheme for pan masala under Central Excise rules.
The Central Government, under Rule 15 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, rescinds Notification No.38/2007-Central Excise with immediate effect, thereby terminating the optional compounded levy scheme applicable to pan masala and similar tobacco substitutes.