Central Excise amendment revises tariff classifications and product descriptions, and omits specified entries, effective on the stated commencement date.
Amends the schedule of Notification No. 49/2008-Central Excise (N.T.) by substituting tariff codes and descriptions for specified serial entries, omitting one serial entry, and updating a tariff heading; these modifications to the notification's product list and classification take effect from the stated commencement date and are issued under the authority of the Central Excise Act.

Tariff schedule amendments update excise classifications and rates, substituting entries and inserting units, effective as notified.
Exercise of power under section 5(1) of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 amends the First Schedule by omitting and substituting specified tariff items and entries across Chapters 29, 38, 44, 55 and 94, standardising units of quantity as "kg." or "u" and applying an excise rate of 12.5% to the listed items; the notification takes effect on the notified date.

Tariff amendments update excise classification codes and exemption entries, altering headings and HS codes with specified commencement.
Amendments revise multiple Central Excise notifications by substituting, inserting or omitting tariff classifications and related entries in exemption schedules, altering commodity descriptions and Harmonized System code references. The changes are detailed against specific serial entries, replacing tariff numbers, adding bracketed exclusions, and removing exceptions in tables and annexures, thereby modifying which goods qualify under the affected exemption or specified categories. The notification prescribes a commencement date for the amended entries and requires reliance on the substituted schedule entries.

Branded coin exemption expanded to include high-purity gold and silver coins bearing brand names when duties are paid.
Amendment substitutes the Table entry at serial number 200 to exempt branded precious metal wares and branded high-purity gold and silver coins manufactured from metal on which appropriate customs or excise duty has been paid. The exemption covers articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares bearing a brand name and branded coins of high purity produced from duty-paid metal. The explanation defines "brand name" broadly to include registered or unregistered trade names, marks, symbols and invented words, and excludes jeweller or job worker identities known as "house mark" from the definition.

Excise exemption for Point of Sale devices and their components introduced with a built in sunset limitation.
Amendment adds tariff entries exempting Point of Sale (POS) Devices and all goods used in their manufacture from central excise duty by inserting serial entries 256A and 256B with nil duty rates into the Central Excise notification, and introduces a sunset proviso limiting the exemption's applicability after the terminal date specified in the proviso.

Central Excise jurisdiction updated under rules, revising district and office allocations for specified Madhya Pradesh areas.
Amendment revises territorial and administrative allocations under the Central Excise notification by substituting entries in Table II(A) to list Bhopal with constituent cities (Bhopal, Indore, Raipur, Ujjain, Bilaspur, Jabalpur), in Table III(B) to identify Ujjain and specify constituent Madhya Pradesh districts (including Dewas, Jhabua, Ratlam, Mandsaur, Shajapur, Ujjain, Guna, Rajgarh excluding Tehsil Narsingarh, and others), and in Table IV to list Audit-I, Audit-II, Appeal-I, Appeal-II at Bhopal and the same cities as administrative localities.

Audit, issue of Show Cause Notice and Adjudication amended to substitute entries in central excise notification.
The Board amends Notification No. 30/2014-Central Excise (N.T.) by substituting, in the TABLE, column (4) entries against serial numbers 1-7 with the operative description Audit, issue of Show Cause Notice and Adjudication, thereby consolidating the procedural measures applicable to those entries under the notification.

Surety or security amendment clarifies acceptable guarantee forms for concessional removal rules of goods under duty concession scheme.
Amendment inserts the words "or security" after "surety" in rule 4(5) of the Central Excise (Removal of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable and Other Goods) Rules, 2016, thereby broadening the allowable forms of guarantee for removals under the concessional duty regime without changing other provisions of the Rules.

Service Tax Certificate for Rail Transportation now qualifies as the prescribed documentary evidence for CENVAT credit.
Substitutes clause (fa) in rule 9(1) of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 to provide that a Service Tax Certificate for Transportation of goods by rail issued by the Indian Railways shall serve as the qualifying documentary evidence for CENVAT credit in respect of rail transportation.

Duty drawback declaration revised to require explicit non claim when CENVAT or diesel procurement exemptions apply.
Amendments to Form A.R.E. 2 require exporters to declare they will either not claim the total drawback shown under 'Drawback when Cenvat facility has not been availed' or will not claim drawback as rebate of duty on diesel procured or claimed under specified Central Excise Rules, and revise central excise and customs officer certification texts to verify manufacturer declarations on non availment of CENVAT credit, diesel procurement status, and whether exports fall under the Duty Drawback Scheme or certain Advance License obligations.

Excise exemption for specified jewellery inputs and precious stones expands duty relief for goldsmiths' supplies.
The amendment exempts specified goods from central excise duty: (I) non-branded articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares of precious metal or metal clad with precious metal; (II) gold strips, wires, sheets, plates and foils used in jewellery manufacture; and (III) precious and semi-precious stones, synthetic stones and pearls. The explanation defines "metal" to include certain alloys and sets a minimum gold-content threshold for inclusion, and defines "articles" of gold to include finished items (other than ornaments) and gold coins or broken pieces while excluding primary gold in unfinished or semi-finished forms.

Central Excise amendment changes a tariff table entry, altering the column five classification for a specified serial item.
Substitutes the entry in column (5) against S.No.215A in the Table of notification No.12/2012-Central Excise with the entry "2", under the authority of sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944, by notification No.33/2016 dated 2nd September 2016.

Concessional excise duty for aviation turbine fuel from regional connectivity scheme airports introduced with time-limited applicability.
Imposes a concessional basic excise duty rate on Aviation Turbine Fuel drawn by operators or cargo operators from Regional Connectivity Scheme airports by substituting the serial entry for the relevant tariff heading and inserts a proviso limiting the notification's application to that entry after a specified date; issued under the Central Government's statutory amendment powers and linked to prior amendments to the principal notification.

Secure storage requirement clarified: units must retain duty free goods on unit premises and rewarehousing references removed.
Amendment replaces references to bonded premises with premises of the unit, omits requirements and references to the rewarehousing procedure, substitutes condition (vii) to require a unit to have and declare a premises for secure storage of duty free procured goods and their final products, and removes all references to debonding, thereby prescribing on unit storage and a declaration obligation in lieu of bonded premises and rewarehousing arrangements.

Powers of Chief Commissioner delegated to Principal Commissioners with additional charge, enabling exercise of Chief Commissioner functions under notification.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs delegates the powers of the Chief Commissioner to Principal Commissioners who were given additional charge by specified office orders, authorising them to exercise the statutory powers and functions of the Chief Commissioner within the jurisdiction identified in the earlier notification, under the Board's authority conferred by the Central Excise Act and Central Excise Rules.

Commencement date specified for central excise amendment rules, bringing the identified clause and rule into force.
The Central Government specifies the seventeenth day of August, 2016 as the date on which clause (v) of rule 5 and rule 6 of the Central Excise (Amendment) Rules, 2016 notified earlier shall come into force, identifying the prior notification by Gazette reference and thereby operationalising those amended provisions from that date.

Cenvat credit withdrawal: credit for duty on molasses used to produce ethanol for OMC blending has been revoked.
Withdrawal of CENVAT credit entitlement for duty paid on molasses used to produce ethanol supplied to public sector OMCs for blending with petrol by omitting clause (ix) of sub rule (6) of rule 6 of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004; effected by notification under the Central Excise Act and the Finance Act and effective from publication in the Official Gazette.

Excise duty exemption withdrawal removes tax relief for ethanol from molasses supplied to public fuel companies for petrol blending.
Withdrawal of excise duty exemption on ethanol from molasses for supply to public sector oil marketing companies for petrol blending by omitting serial number 40A and its entries from the Table in Notification No.12/2012 Central Excise; amendment made under Section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 by Notification No.30/2016 Central Excise dated 10 August 2016.

Tariff corrigendum: renumbering of silver jewellery exemption entry alters column enumeration in notification for legal clarity
Corrigendum corrects the enumeration in column (3) of Notification No. 26/2016-CE by renumbering the entry describing Articles of silver jewellery, other than those studded with diamond, ruby, emerald or sapphire from "(II)" to "(III)"; published as G.S.R. 749(E), dated 29th July 2016, amending G.S.R. 728(E) of 26th July 2016.

Central Excise registration exemption clarified: jewellery under heading 7113 exempt up to full exemption limit; other goods face a raised threshold.
Amends notification No. 36/2001-Central Excise (N.T.) to redefine the specified limit for registration thresholds: for goods under heading 7113 (articles of jewellery and parts) the specified limit is the full exemption limit, exempting such manufacturers from central excise registration up to that limit; for other goods the specified limit is the full exemption limit reduced by a fixed threshold, thereby adjusting the registration trigger for non-jewellery manufacturers.