Exemption for writing and printing paper supplied under specified textbook purchase orders permits duty-free use when declared for educational textbook printing.
Exemption applies where writing and printing paper supplied directly from the manufacturer is delivered against a purchase order placed by a State textbook publication corporation/board, a designated senior State officer, or the National Council for Educational Research and Training, and the purchase order declares the paper will be used for printing educational textbooks; waste not further usable in such printing may be used for other purposes without payment of duty.

Tariff specification amendment updates exempted tyre size entries, adding an additional tyre designation under central excise notification.
The Government, under powers conferred by section 5A(1) of the Central Excise Act, 1944, amends the Table to Notification No. 8/96-Central Excise by substituting the bracketed tyre size descriptors in column (3), item (VII) for Reference No. 40.6, thereby inserting an additional tyre designation into the listed series for that entry.

Exemption from excise duties for goods donated for cyclone relief in Andhra Pradesh, subject to certification and delivery conditions.
Exemption from excise duties and additional duties is provided for excisable goods donated for relief and rehabilitation of cyclone affected persons in Andhra Pradesh, subject to conditions: manufacturer certification on clearance documents of intended donation, direct dispatch from factory or warehouse to the Central or State Government or approved relief agencies, and production before the Assistant Commissioner of a District Collector's certificate evidencing actual donation within the prescribed period or any extension allowed by the Assistant Commissioner.

Amendment to excise notification updates cross-reference in conditions, substituting an earlier notification reference and effective duty rate.
Central Government, exercising delegated authority under the Central Excise Act, amends Notification No. 8/96-C.E. by substituting the figures, letters and words cited in item (2) of the Conditions below the Table with a different notification reference, thereby updating the cross-reference that determines the effective rate of duty for specified goods.

Excise exemption: pure henna powder classified at Nil duty after tariff table amendment under delegated exemption power.
An amendment inserts a new tariff table entry classifying henna powder, not mixed with any other ingredient at Nil duty. The government, exercising its delegated exemption power under the Central Excise legislative framework and invoking public interest satisfaction, adds this entry after the existing table reference to effect a miscellaneous exemption for unmixed henna powder.

Rescission of additional duty notification under section 5A: central government revokes prior tariff notification in public interest.
The Central Government, exercising the power under sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944, rescinds Notification No. 16/96-Central Excises, which had prescribed the effective rate of additional duty for specified goods of Chapters 15 to 96, on the ground that such rescission is necessary in the public interest.

Additional duty withdrawal for specified goods: government amends notification to omit certain tariff entries, altering duty applicability.
The government amends Notification No. 17/96-Central Excises (23 July 1996) to withdraw the effective rate of additional duty for certain goods of Chapters 17, 24, 55, 58 and 60 by omitting S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 11 and their related table entries, under statutory powers and in the public interest.

Effective rate of duty amended to exempt pencil sharpeners by inserting a Nil-rated entry in the tariff schedule.
The Government amends Notification No. 8/96-C.E. by Notification No. 29/96-C.E., inserting after reference 82.2 a new reference 82.3 that prescribes a Nil duty entry for pencil sharpeners, effectuating a change in the effective rate of duty for goods covered by Chapters 5 to 96 under the delegated power to alter excise duties in the public interest.

Effective rate of duty amended for specified goods, adding tariff substitutions, branded medicine distinctions and conditional exemptions.
The notification amends the tariff schedule to insert, substitute and omit entries across multiple headings, specifying nil or reduced rates for named goods (including Seviyan, certain rosins, coir machinery supplied under a development project, carded wool for captive use, shoddy yarns and specified paper products), clarifies branded versus unbranded medicinal preparations with a defined Brand name, and adds conditional exemptions excluding beneficiaries of an earlier exemption and imposing quantity-based limits for first clearances, with excluded clearances not counted for computing those limits.

Additional duty rates adjusted for specified goods; Notifications 9/96 and 17/96 amended and take effect from early September.
Amendments revise additional duty rates for specified goods of Chapters 17, 24 and 50-60 by substituting revised numerical entries and ad valorem percentages in the Tables of Notification Nos. 9/96-C.E. and 17/96-C.E.; the Central Government acts under section 5A of the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944 and section 3(3) of the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957, and prescribes the effective commencement date in the notification.

Effective duty rates adjusted for specified goods, substituting notified rate entries and raising ad valorem duties effective early September.
The notification amends Notification Nos. 8/96-C.E. and 16/96-C.E. by substituting specified table entries: several column (3) figures "25" are replaced by "30" and certain column (4) ad valorem rates are increased (including substitutions from "4% ad valorem" to "4.8% ad valorem" and from "10% ad valorem" to "12% ad valorem"). The amendments are made under section 5A(1) of the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944 and take effect from the 4th day of September, 1996.

Amendment of excise notifications alters effective dates for specified tariff exemptions under excise law provisions.
The Central Government directed amendments to four central excise notifications by substituting the stated effective dates in their provisos or paragraph 2 with later dates under its delegated powers, stating the changes are necessary in the public interest; the amendments are limited to temporal substitutions and do not change the substantive scope of the original tariff exemption provisions.

Effective date adjustment: Central Excise notifications' commencement shifted from August to September for specified exemptions.
The Central Government, exercising statutory amendment powers under the excise enactments, directs substitution of date expressions in four specified Central Excise notifications so as to postpone their commencement dates: three notifications replace the first day of August with the first day of September, and one notification replaces the thirty-first day of July with the thirty-first day of August, limited to date substitutions in the provisos and specified paragraph.

Excise exemption for cotton sewing thread limits duty to a specified ad valorem rate, reducing excess tariff burden.
Cotton sewing thread not containing synthetic staple fibre is exempted from that part of excise duty which exceeds the amount calculated at an ad valorem rate of 5%, effected by exercising statutory powers to limit duty leviable under the Central Excise Tariff to that prescribed rate for the specified goods.

Exemption for inputs used to manufacture fabrics: excise and additional duty not leviable when consumed within the factory.
Exemption applies to inputs manufactured and used within the producing factory in or in relation to the manufacture of specified fabrics, relieving such inputs from the whole excise duty and additional excise duty leviable under the Tariff Act and the Special Importance Act, with the Table specifying fabrics as final products and eligible inputs as all goods within the Tariff Schedule.

Exemption for captive consumption of Chapter 24 goods extends exemption to Chapter 24 inputs used in Chapter 24 final products.
The amendment to Notification No. 121/94-C.E. substitutes the Table to provide that all goods of Chapter 24 are exempt when captively consumed, listing Chapter 24 as the classification for both final products and inputs so that Chapter 24 inputs used for Chapter 24 final products qualify for exemption when consumed internally.

Tariff notification amendment adjusts central excise coverage for cotton and man-made fabrics, specifying exclusions by sub heading.
The Central Government directs amendment of Notifications No. 67/95-C.E. and 214/86-C.E. under section 5A(1) of the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944, to specify covered goods: (i) goods under Chapter 24; (ii) goods under headings 36.05 or 37.06; (iii) cotton or man-made fibre fabrics in Chapters 52, 54 or 55; and (iv) cotton or man-made fibre fabrics in headings 58.01, 58.02, 58.06 (excluding sub heading 5806.20) and 60.01 or 60.02 (excluding sub heading 6002.10).

Rescission of Central Excise notifications: government revokes specified exemption notifications, with retroactive effect for select earlier entries.
The Central Government, exercising its statutory rescission power under the Central Excises and Salt statute and, where relevant, the Additional Duties enactment, hereby withdraws the listed miscellaneous exemption notifications by reference to an annexed Table, and declares that rescission of specified entries shall be treated as effective from an earlier stated date.

Exemption from additional excise duty for specified textile goods granted, reducing effective duty on listed tariff headings.
The Central Government, invoking statutory powers, exempts specified tariff headings within Chapters 50 to 60 from the whole of the additional duty of excise levied under the Additional Duties of Excise (Textiles and Textile Articles) Act, thereby altering the effective rate of duty for the listed textile goods as set out in the annexed Table.

Effective additional duty rates set; excess excise duty exempted for specified tariff items under notified table.
Notification fixes effective additional duty rates for specified tariff items by exempting those goods from any portion of statutory additional excise duty that exceeds amounts calculated at the Table's prescribed unit or ad valorem rates; the Table identifies tariff headings and sub headings and states specific per quantity rates, ad valorem percentages, or Nil, thereby limiting excise incidence on the listed goods to the declared effective rates.