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....ceeding 65 mm but not exceeding 70 mm 110 370 Filter not exceeding 65 mm 70 215 Filter exceeding 65 mm but not exceeding 70 mm 70 260 Filter exceeding 70 mm but not exceeding 75 mm 110 370 Other 180 560 3) The Clean Energy Cess is being renamed as Clean Environment Cess. Also, the Tenth Schedule to the Finance Act, 2010 dealing with Clean Energy Cess is being amended so as to increase the Scheduled rate of Clean Energy Cess from ₹ 300 per tonne to ₹ 400 per tonne. The effective rate of Clean Energy Cess is being increased from ₹ 200 per tonne to ₹ 400 per tonne [Clause 232] 4) Infrastructure Cess is being levied on motor vehicles, of heading 8703, as under: b) Petrol/LPG/CNG driven motor vehicl....

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....ding allowing duty exemptions to importer/manufacturer based on self-declaration instead of obtaining permissions from the Central Excise authorities. Need for additional registration is also being done away with. The new Rules will be effective from 01.04.2016. 3) The Customs Baggage Declaration Regulations, 2013 is being amended so as to prescribe filing of Customs declaration only for those passengers who carry dutiable or prohibited goods. AMENDMENTS IN THE CENTRAL EXCISE RULES, 2002 AND THE CENVAT CREDIT RULES, 2004 1) The Central Excise Rules, 2002 are being amended so as to: (a) reduce the number of returns to be filed by a central excise assessee above a certain threshold from 27 to 13, that is, one annual and 12 monthly retur....

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....nvolving duty of less than rupees five lakh and pending for more than fifteen years. 4) The existing Central Excise (Removal of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable and Other Goods) Rules, 2001 are being substituted with the Central Excise (Removal of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable and Other Goods) Rules, 2016, so as to simplify the rules, including allowing duty exemptions to importer/manufacturer based on self-declaration instead of obtaining permissions from the Central Excise authorities. AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS S. No. Amendment Clause of the Finance Bill, 2016 1. THE FINANCE ACT, 2001 (i) To amend the Seventh Schedule which provides for levy on NCCD of excise on spec....