5 Year Excise Free Holiday for Units in Kutch District of Gujarat - 039/2001 - Central Excise - Tariff

Excise exemption for Kutch manufacturing units allows duty relief tied to value addition, subject to certification and procedural safeguards.

Exemption provides an excise-duty holiday for goods cleared from new manufacturing units in Kutch district, substituting duty payment with refund or account credit equivalent to duty attributable to value addition as determined by specified presumptive rates in the Table or by a Commissioner-fixed special rate. Relief is subject to certification of new unit status and original investment, utilization of CENVAT credit prior to exemption where applicable, monthly statements, verification, and recovery with interest if investment declarations are inaccurate; the exemption is time limited and excludes listed goods.