Concessional aviation turbine fuel rate extended to specified regional connectivity routes, limited to listed routes and end dates.
The amendment inserts Sl. No. 7B to Notification No. 11/2017 to grant Aviation Turbine Fuel drawn by operators or cargo operators from Regional Connectivity Scheme airports a concessional rate of 2% for the RCS routes specified in the inserted Annexure, each route subject to its stated end date; the amendment is effective from 16 July 2022.

Exemption from Agriculture Infrastructure Development Cess extends to ethanol blended petrol variants and updates diesel blend definition.
The notification inserts Nil rate tariff entries exempting specified ethanol blended petrols from the Agriculture Infrastructure Development Cess where blends meet defined compositional criteria and applicable standards, and revises the diesel blend entry to clarify that diesel blended with a limited proportion of bio diesel remains predominantly high speed diesel with the bio diesel component subject to appropriate indirect taxes.

Ethanol blended petrol exempted from Road and Infrastructure Cess where blends meet specified composition and BIS quality.
Exempts specified ethanol blended petrol tariff items from the additional excise duty (Road and Infrastructure Cess) under section 112 of the Finance Act, 2018, where the blends meet the composition requirements and conform to Bureau of Indian Standards specification IS 17586; explanatory clauses define "appropriate duties of excise" and the relevant Central/State/Union territory/Integrated tax terminology.

Ethanol blended petrol exemption: notification inserts Nil-duty entries for specified ethanol blends and updates biodiesel blend treatment.
Inserts Nil-duty entries in Notification No. 28/2002-Central Excise for petrol blended with ethanol that meets specified volumetric composition and BIS specification 17586, defining appropriate duties of excise to include Fourth Schedule duties and enumerated additional excise levies, and defining applicable Central/State/Union territory/Integrated taxes as GST levies. Also substitutes the diesel entry to describe a blend with a dominant proportion of high speed diesel and a specified proportion of bio-diesel, requiring that component portions have the appropriate excise or GST levies paid.

Export clearance provision amended to include supplies as fuel to foreign-going aircraft under central excise exemption.
The corrigendum amends Notification No. 08/2022-Central Excise by replacing "when such goods are cleared for exports" with "when such goods are cleared for exports or supplied as fuel to foreign going aircraft", expanding the scope of the export-related exemption to include supplies of fuel to foreign-going aircraft.

Ethanol blended petrol duty exemption expanded to specified blends; high speed diesel with biodiesel blends included under exemption.
The notification inserts two nil duty entries for ethanol blended petrol blends that require specified volume composition of motor spirit and ethanol and conformity with BIS IS 17586, replaces the diesel blending entry with a formulation based description covering high speed diesel blended with bio diesel up to a defined proportion by volume requiring excise duties on diesel and applicable central/state/union territory/integrated tax on bio diesel, and updates the explanatory cross reference to include the new entries.

Export exemption clarified: central excise notification excludes goods cleared for export, narrowing the exemption scope.
The amendment adds a provision that nothing contained in this notification shall apply to the goods cleared for export, thereby excluding export consignments from the notification's benefit and narrowing the scope of miscellaneous exemptions under the principal central excise notification. The change is effected under statutory powers conferred by the Finance Act and the Central Excise Act and is given a stated commencement date.

Road and Infrastructure Cess exemption for exported petrol and diesel limits additional excise to specified nil rate.
Limits the Road and Infrastructure Cess on exported motor spirit (petrol) and high speed diesel oil by exempting them from any additional duty of excise in excess of the prescribed nil rate, with the exemption taking effect from the stated commencement date and subject to subsequent substitutions and amendments recorded in the notification notes.

Exemption of Aviation Turbine Fuel from Special Additional Excise Duty; exports excluded; effective from notified date.
Exempts Aviation Turbine Fuel under Heading 2710 from the whole of the Special Additional Excise Duty leviable under section 147 of the Finance Act, 2002 by exercising powers under section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944; does not apply to goods cleared for export; notification commenced from its notified date and is noted as later rescinded in the document.

Excise duty exemption for exported fuel removes basic excise and cess on petrol, diesel and ATF for exports.
Exempts Basic Excise Duty and Agricultural Infrastructure Development Cess on motor spirit (petrol), high speed diesel and aviation turbine fuel where such goods are cleared for export or supplied as fuel to foreign going aircraft; defines the cited duties and "export" by reference to the Central Excise Act and Finance Acts, and makes the exemption effective from 1 July 2022.

Special Additional Excise Duty exemption for incremental crude production permits duty-free output exceeding prior year production.
Exempts Special Additional Excise Duty on crude petroleum (heading 2709) produced by a person in excess of that person's production in the preceding Financial Year; for 2022-23 the duty does not apply to the quantity produced immediately after exceeding prior-year production. The exemption came into force on the first day of July and was subsequently rescinded by a later notification.

Special Additional Excise Duty exemption for crude petroleum where production is below a specified annual threshold, with commencement noted.
Exempts crude petroleum under heading 2709 from the whole of the Special Additional Excise Duty leviable under the Finance Act when produced by a person whose annual production in the preceding financial year was below the notified production threshold; specifies statutory bases, commencement date, and later rescission by a subsequent notification.

Special Additional Excise Duty imposed on crude oil and aviation turbine fuel, amending the Eighth Schedule effective early July.
The Central Government amended the Eighth Schedule to the Finance Act to prescribe a Special Additional Excise Duty on Petroleum crude and Aviation Turbine Fuel by inserting new Schedule entries that set specified rates for each product; the amendment was made effective from 1 July 2022 and the notification was subsequently rescinded by a later central excise notification.

Exemption on Special Additional Excise Duty: petrol and diesel cleared for export exempted beyond prescribed rates.
The notification, issued under section 5A of the Central Excise Act read with section 147 of the Finance Act, exempts specified excisable goods in Chapter 2710-motor spirit (petrol) and high speed diesel oil-when cleared for export, by remitting that part of the Special Additional Excise Duty which is in excess of the rate specified in the Table. It distinguishes exports to Bhutan from exports to other countries, prescribes the effective rate for the exemption, and states commencement from 1 July 2022, with subsequent substitutionary notes and later rescission recorded.

Exemption for exports: amendment excludes goods cleared for export from the notification, narrowing its application.
Inserts a provision excluding exported goods from the operation of the principal central excise notification by providing that nothing in the notification shall apply to goods cleared for export, and includes a commencement provision specifying when the amendment takes effect.

Road and Infrastructure Cess reduced on petrol and diesel, imposing new lower per litre rates effective 22 May 2022.
Substitutes the Table entries in Notification No. 04/2019 Central Excise to reduce the Road and Infrastructure Cess on petrol and diesel by replacing the column(4) per litre entries with lower rates, under powers of the Finance Act, 2018 read with the Central Excise Act, 1944; effective 22 May 2022.

Excise duty increase on unblended petrol and diesel to promote fuel blending, imposing higher retail duties from specified date.
The notification amends the central excise schedule to exclude fuels blended to Bureau of Indian Standards specifications from increased duties and inserts separate tariff entries for retail motor spirit (petrol) and high speed diesel (HSD) when supplied not blended with prescribed bio-components, prescribing higher excise rates per litre for unbranded and branded retail supplies and specifying a future effective date for these amendments.

Tariff amendment adds HSN-aligned entries with specified central excise rate taking effect from the new schedule.
Inserts tariff lines 2404 11 00 and 2404 19 00 after serial number 26 of Notification No. 03/2019-Central Excise, describing both as "All goods" with an excise rate of 0.5%. The amendment aligns the schedule with HSN 2022 and takes effect from 1 January 2022 under section 5A(1) of the Central Excise Act, 1944.

Road and Infrastructure Cess reduction on petrol and diesel implemented, substituting prior per litre cess rates effective from early November.
Amends Notification No. 04/2019 Central Excise to substitute revised per litre Road and Infrastructure Cess entries for petrol and diesel in the Table, effected under powers conferred by the Finance Act and the Central Excise Act, with the substituted rates coming into force from the stated commencement date in early November 2021.

Substitution of legislative reference: replaces provisional Finance Bill citations with enacted Finance Act provision in central excise notifications to align references.
Replaces references to a provisional clause of the Finance Bill with a reference to the corresponding Finance Act provision across specified central excise notifications, applying the substitution wherever the provisional phrase occurs in certain instruments and, in one case, also replacing a cross reference phrase to the provisional clause with an explicit reference to the Finance Act provision, thereby aligning earlier notifications with the enacted statutory provision.