Exemption for captive intermediate goods reduces excise on inputs used to make exempt final products within the factory. Exemption for specified intermediate goods captively consumed within the factory of production in the manufacture of final products that qualify for Area Based Exemption in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand; goods listed in the Annexures to earlier notifications are exempted from excise duty to the extent specified in the Table, subject to tariff classifications in the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act; the notification identifies two Annexure-based categories and notes its subsequent rescission.