GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification No. 61 /2008-Central Excise
New Delhi, the 24 th December, 2008.
G.S.R. (E) - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section
5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1of 1944), the Central Government hereby
exempts Motor Spirit (commonly known as petrol) (hereinafter referred to as said
goods), falling under heading No.27.10 of the First Schedule and the Second
Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) (hereinafter
referred to as said Schedules), manufactured in and cleared from an oil refinery
or cleared from a registered warehouse, intended for use in ethanol blended
petrol, that is, a blend,
- consisting, by volume, of 90% Motor spirit, (commonly known as petrol) and of
10% ethanol; and
- conforming to Bureau of Indian Standards specification 2796
from so much of the duty of excise leviable thereon under the said Schedules, as
is in excess of the duty that would have been leviable on such goods under the
said Schedules, if sold by the manufacturer for delivery at the time of removal
of such goods or at any other time nearest to the removal of such goods, where
the manufacturer and the buyer are not related and the price is the sole
consideration.
(Unmesh Wagh)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
[F .No. 354/62/2008-TRU]