CENVAT credit remains available for input services; endowment and ULIP policies not deemed 'exempted' u/r 2(e), CENVAT Rules 2004.

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....CENVAT Credit - non-reversal of proportionate credit - From application of the definition of ‘exempted services’ in rule 2 (e) of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, to the facts leading to the impugned order, there are no doubt that the amendments in section 65 (105) of Finance Act, 1994 in relation to ‘endowment policies’ and ‘unit linked insurance plan (ULIP) policies’ cannot be held to have established ‘exempted services’ warranting any restriction on availment of CENVAT credit of ‘input services’ as provided for in the rule 6 of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004. - AT....