[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. 12/2016-Service Tax
New Delhi, the 1
st
March, 2016
G.S.R.---(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the
Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in
the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the
Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.32/2012-Service
Tax, dated the 20
th
June, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 474(E), dated the 20
th
June, 2012, namely:-
1. In the said notification,-
(1) in the opening paragraph,-
(a) after the words “Department of Science and Technology, Government of India”, the
following words shall be inserted, namely:-
“or bio-incubators recognized by the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance
Council, under Department of Biotechnology, Government of India,”;
(b) in conditions 1 and 2, after the words and letters “or the TBI”, the words “or the bio-
incubator” shall be inserted;
(2) in Format-I,-
(a) in the heading, after the word and letters “the STEP”, the words “or the Bio-
Incubator” shall be added;
(b) in item (a), after the word “Park”, the words and signs “/bio-incubator” shall be
inserted;
(3) in Format-II,-
(a) in the heading, after the letters “STEP”, the signs and words “/the Bio-Incubator”
shall be inserted;
(b) in serial number 4, after the letters, brackets and word “STEP (incubator)”, the signs
and words “/the bio-incubator” shall be inserted.
2. This notification shall come into force on the 1
st
of April, 2016.
[F. No. 334/8/2016-TRU]
(K. Kalimuthu)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Note.- The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
Section 3, Sub-section (i), by notification No. 32/2012 – Service Tax dated the 20
th
June,
2012 vide number G.S.R. 474(E) dated the 20
th
June, 2012.