Excise Duty Update: Ballpoint Pens Now at Nil Rate, Serial No. 4 Removed per Amendment to Notification No. 83/90.

The Central Government has amended Notification No. 83/90-Central Excises, dated March 20, 1990, under the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944. This amendment, made in the public interest, affects specified goods under Chapter 96. The amendment substitutes the entry for Serial No. 3 in the notification's table with a new entry for ballpoint pens, including refills and parts, assigning them a nil excise duty rate. Additionally, Serial No. 4 and its related entries have been removed from the notification.

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