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Notification No- 13/2006-CE dated 1.3.2006
Exempts the goods - Annexure - Ministry of Environment and Forests, in the Doon Valley area of the State of Uttranchal

G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) read with sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957) and sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Additional Duties of Excise (Textiles and Textile Articles) Act, 1978 (40 of 1978), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 50/2003-Central Excise, dated the 10th June, 2003, which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number G.S.R. 472(E), dated the 10th June, 2003, namely:-

In the said notification, for ANNEXURE-I, the following ANNEXURE-I shall be substituted, namely:-

“ANNEXURE-I

SI.No. Good or Activity not to be exempted Excise classification Chapter/ Heading / Sub-heading /tariff item Sub-class under NIC classification 1998
(1) (2) (3) (4)
1. Tobacco and tobacco products including cigarettes and pan masala 2401 to 2403 and 2106 1600
2. Thermal Power Plant (coal and oil based)   40102/40103
3. Coal washeries or dry coal processing    
4. Inorganic chemicals excluding medicinal grade oxygen (28044010), medicinal grade hydrogen peroxide (28470000), compressed air (28510030) 28  
5. Organic chemicals excluding Provitamins or vitamins, hormones (2936 or 2937ides (2938), sugars (29400000) Sugar reproduction by synthesis not allowed as also downstream industries for sugar 29 24117
6. Tanning and dyeing extracts, tanins and their derivatives, dyes, colours, paints and varnishes, putty, fillers and other mastics, inks 32 24113/24114
7. Marble and mineral substances not classified elsewhere 25020000, 2503 to 2522, 2525 to 2530 14106/14107
8. Flour mill or rice mill 11010000 15311
9. Foundries using coal    
10. Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; Bituminous substances: Mineral waxes 27  
11. Synthetic rubber products 4002 24131
12. Cement clinkers and asbestos, raw including fibre 25231000, 2524  
13. Explosive (including industrial explosives, detonators and fuses, fireworks, matches, propellant powders and other goods of heading No.36.01 to 36.06) 3601 to 3606 24292
14. Mineral and chemical fertilizers 3102 to 3105 2412
15. Insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and pesticides (basic manufacture and formulation) 3808 24211/24219
16. Fibre glass and articles thereof 7019 26102
17. Manufacture of pulp-wood pulp, mechanical or chemical (including dissolving pulp) 47 21011
18. Branded aerated water or soft drinks (non-fruit based) 22011020, 22021010 15541/15542
19. Paper 4801 21011 to 21019
Writing or printing paper for printing of educational textbooks 4802  
Paper or paperboard, in the manufacture of which,-

(i) the principal process of lifting the pulp is done by hand; and

(ii) if power driven sheet forming equipment is used, the Cylinder Mould Vat does not exceed 40 inches
4802  
Maplitho paper supplied to a Braille press against an indent placed by the National Institute for Visually Handicapped, Dehradun 4802  
Newsprint, in rolls or sheets 4801  
Kraft paper supplied to a Braille press against an indent placed by the National Institute for Visually Handicapped, Dehradun 4804  
Sanitary towel and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar sanitary articles 4818  
Cigarette paper, whether or not cut to size or in the form of booklets or tubes 4813  
Grease -proof paper 48062000  
Toilet or facial tissues and other goods 4803  
Paper and paper board, laminated internally with bitumen, tar or asphalt 4807  
Carbon or similar copying paper 480910  
Products consisting of sheets of paper or paperboard, impregnated, coated or covered with plastics and other goods of tariff item 48114100, 48114900, 48115100 or 48115900 48114100, 48114900, 48115100, or 48115900  
Paper and paper board, coated, impregnated or covered with wax and other goods of tariff item 48116000 48116000  
20. Plastics and articles thereof 3909 to 3915  
21. Industries, notified under the Doon Valley notification [S.O. 102(E), dated the 1st February, 1989] as amended from time to time, issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, in the Doon Valley area of the State of Uttranchal.”.    

[F.No. 334/3/2006-TRU]

(Ajay)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note:- The principal notification No. 50/2003-Central Excise, dated the 10th June, 2003, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 471(E), dated the 10th June, 2003 and was last amended by notification No. 27/2005-Central Excise, dated the 19th May, 2005 [G.S.R.325 (E), dated the 19th May, 2005].