Excise duty amendment extends the provisional effective rate applicability for high speed diesel to the next year. Amendment to Notification No. 11/2017-Central Excise substitutes the year reference in the proviso to the Table entry for Sl. No. 3, column (3), after item (ii), thereby extending the period applicable to the effective rate of excise for high speed diesel; promulgated under section 5A(1) of the Central Excise Act by Notification No. 15/2023-Central Excise.