Officer rank mapping: Additional Assistant Director designated equivalent to Superintendent enabling specified Central Excise powers.
The Board amends Notifications Nos. 38/2001-Central Excise (N.T.) and 28/2008-Central Excise (N.T.) to revise mappings between officers of specified Directorates and Central Excise officer ranks, explicitly adding "Additional Assistant Director" across several Directorate entries and substituting certain designations so that Additional Assistant Director is equated with the Central Excise rank of Superintendent; the changes take effect on publication in the Official Gazette.

Special Additional Excise Duty for fuel exports amended; a per litre duty prescribed, effective from mid February.
Prescribes a revised rate for Special Additional Excise Duty on exports of petrol and diesel by substituting the entry at Serial No. 2, column (4) in the Table of Notification No. 04/2022 Central Excise, enacted by ministerial notification and declared effective from 16 February 2023 as a further amendment to the principal notification of 30 June 2022.

Excise duty amendment revises rates for petroleum crude and aviation turbine fuel, altering statutory notification entries and taking effect imminently.
The Central Government amends Notification No. 18/2022-Central Excise to substitute the table entries: for S. No. 1, column (4) is replaced with Rs. 4,350 per tonne; for S. No. 2, column (4) is replaced with Rs. 1.50 per litre, the amendment being made under section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 read with section 147 of the Finance Act, 2002 and coming into force the day after publication.

Special Additional Excise Duty rate change for petrol and diesel exports alters export taxation and duty liability under excise law.
Amendment prescribes a revised Special Additional Excise Duty rate for exports of petrol and diesel by substituting the prior entry against the specified serial number in Notification No. 04/2022 Central Excise; the amendment is effected under the Central Excise Act and the Finance Act and takes effect on the stated commencement date, thereby changing the excise chargeable on exported petrol and diesel.

Special Additional Excise Duty on petroleum crude and aviation turbine fuel amended with substituted rates effective in early February.
The notification amends Notification No. 18/2022-Central Excise by substituting the Table entries for S. No. 1 and S. No. 2, revising the Special Additional Excise Duty applicable to production of petroleum crude and to export of aviation turbine fuel. The amendment is effected under section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 read with section 147 of the Finance Act, 2002, and takes effect on the fourth day of February, 2023.

CNG blended with biogas exempted from excise to the extent of tax on the biogas, subject to recordkeeping and quarterly reconciliation.
The notification exempts Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) blended with Biogas or Compressed Biogas (CBG) from excise duty to the extent of tax paid on the Biogas/CBG contained in the blended fuel, subject to manufacturer compliance: maintain detailed blending records at registered premises, submit quarterly reconciliation statements certified by the statutory auditor to the jurisdictional Commissioner by the 10th of the month following each quarter, and pay any short-paid duty with applicable interest after reconciliation.

Special Additional Excise Duty rate for diesel amended, substituting prior tariff entry and taking effect 17 January 2023.
The notification substitutes the column (4) entry for S. No. 2 in the tariff table to amend the Special Additional Excise Duty applicable to diesel, issued under section 5A of the Central Excise Act read with the Finance Act, and takes effect on 17 January 2023 as a further amendment to Notification No. 04/2022-Central Excise.

Special Additional Excise Duty reduction on petroleum crude and aviation turbine fuel; substituted rates now in force.
Notification amends the Special Additional Excise Duty entries in the principal notification by substituting the column (4) entries to state Rs. 1,900 per tonne for petroleum crude and Rs. 3.50 per litre for aviation turbine fuel, exercising powers under the Central Excise Act and the Finance Act and stating that the substituted rates shall come into force on 17 January 2023.

Special Additional Excise Duty adjustment for diesel modifies export duty rate under central excise notification, effective immediately.
Notification No. 02/2023 further amends Notification No. 04/2022 by substituting the entry in the Table against S. No. 2, column (4) with "Rs. 5 per litre", thereby altering the Special Additional Excise Duty applicable to the specified export tariff item; the amendment is made under the Central Excise Act and Finance Act and comes into force on the 3rd of January, 2023.

Special Additional Excise Duty rates amended for petroleum crude and aviation turbine fuel, effective early January.
The Government, invoking section 5A of the Central Excise Act and section 147 of the Finance Act, substitutes the column (4) entry against S. No. 1 with a revised rate for petroleum crude and substitutes the column (4) entry against S. No. 2 with a revised rate for aviation turbine fuel; the amendment is effective from the 3rd day of January, 2023.

Special Additional Excise Duty on diesel adjusted to lower prescribed rate by amendment to notification, effective immediately.
Amendment of excise notification prescribes a revised Special Additional Excise Duty rate for diesel exports by substituting the column (4) entry against the specified serial number in the principal notification, thereby changing the SAED applicable to diesel exports; the government invoked its excise and finance powers citing public interest, and the amendment takes effect the day after notification publication as a further amendment to the earlier notification.

Special Additional Excise Duty reduction on petroleum crude and aviation turbine fuel lowers excise burdens from the amended notification.
The notification amends the principal notification by substituting the tariff table entries: the entry for petroleum crude at serial number 1 is replaced with a new per tonne rate and the entry for aviation turbine fuel at serial number 2 is replaced with a new per litre rate, thereby reducing the Special Additional Excise Duty applicable under the notification.

Special Additional Excise Duty rate for diesel revised, changing excise charge applicable to specified fuel exports.
Amends the tariff table of Notification No. 04/2022 Central Excise by substituting the entry in column (4) against the specified serial number with a revised per litre Special Additional Excise Duty rate, effected under statutory powers and coming into force on the stated commencement date.

Special Additional Excise Duty reduction on petroleum crude production and ATF export via amendment to central excise notification.
Amendment reduces the Special Additional Excise Duty on production of petroleum crude and export of aviation turbine fuel by substituting a revised entry in column (4) against the specified serial entry in the Table of Notification No. 18/2022 Central Excise; the change is made under statutory taxing powers and the notification specifies its commencement date.

Appointment of Central Excise appellate officers grants authority to decide post-cutoff appeals within specified territorial jurisdictions.
Any Commissioner of Central Excise and Service Tax (Appeals) posted within the territorial jurisdiction of a Principal Chief Commissioner or Chief Commissioner is appointed as a Central Excise officer and vested with powers under the Central Excise Act, the Finance Act and relevant rules to pass orders in appeal in respect of appeals filed after the stated cutoff within that territorial jurisdiction, as may be assigned, with effect from publication in the Official Gazette.

Special additional excise duty on diesel altered, replacing prior rate with a revised per litre charge effective immediately.
Amendment to Notification No. 04/2022-Central Excise substitutes the entry for S. No. 2 in the Table with a revised per litre charge for diesel, effected under section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 read with section 147 of the Finance Act, 2002, and coming into force on 17 November 2022.

Special Additional Excise Duty increase on petroleum crude production takes effect, amending the prior excise notification.
Amends Notification No. 18/2022-Central Excise by substituting the entry in column (4) against S. No. 1 in the Table to increase the Special Additional Excise Duty on production of petroleum crude; enacted under Central Excise and Finance Act authority and effective from 17 November 2022 as a further amendment to the principal notification.

Special Additional Excise Duty increase on diesel: rate amended and substituted, effective from early November.
Amendment increases the Special Additional Excise Duty on diesel by substituting the existing rate entry in the Table of Notification No. 04/2022 Central Excise. The change is effected under section 5A of the Central Excise Act read with section 147 of the Finance Act and comes into force on the second day of November, 2022, further amending the principal notification dated June 30, 2022.

Special Additional Excise Duty adjusted for petroleum crude and aviation turbine fuel, changing applicable levy rates.
The Government amends notification No. 18/2022-Central Excise by substituting in the Table the entry against S. No. 1, column (4) with "Rs. 9,500 per tonne" and the entry against S. No. 2, column (4) with "Rs. 5 per litre," with the amendment coming into force on 2 November 2022.

Special Additional Excise Duty on diesel increased, amending the excise notification and raising the applicable duty rate.
Amendment increases the Special Additional Excise Duty on Diesel by substituting the previous entry in the Table of Notification No. 04/2022-Central Excise with a revised per litre duty; the Central Government exercised powers under the Central Excise Act and the Finance Act and brought the change into force the day following notification.