[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II,
SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
NOTIFICATION
No. 23/2014 – Central Excise
New Delhi, the 21
st
November, 2014
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), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the
public interest so to do, hereby exempts the goods mentioned in column (2) of the Table below
of the description specified in column (3) of the said Table from the whole of the duty of excise
leviable thereon which is specified in the Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of
1986), subject to the condition that the manufacturer shall produce at the time of clearance of the
said goods, before the Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise or Deputy Commissioner of
Central Excise having jurisdiction, as the case may be, a certificate from an officer not below the
rank of Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare to the effect that the said goods are required for the Intensified Malaria Control Project
(IMCP)-II under the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), funded by
Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM):-
Table
Sl.No. Category Description of goods
(1) (2) (3)
1. Anti-Malarial drugs 1. Artemisinin based Combination Therapy(ACT) for
adults and pediatric use (Artemether 20mg +
Lumefantrine 120 mg co-formulated tablet)
2. Artesunate Injection Kit (Injectable Artemisinin
Derivatives )
2. Diagnostics and
Medical Products
1. Bivalent Rapid Diagnostic Test Kit (Pf and Pv
specific)
2. Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLIN)
2. Nothing contained in this notification shall have effect on or after the first day of October,
2015.
[F.No.354/194/2014 –TRU]
(Akshay Joshi)
Under Secretary to the Government of India