Paddy to rice conversion isn't "manufacture" per Section 2(f) of the Central Excise Act, 1944; de-husking doesn't qualify.

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....De-husking - Whether the conversion of paddy into rice amounts to manufacture u/s 2(f) of CE Act, 1944 - The test of manufacture has been failed as the goods are not manufactured goods - AT....