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dk s var e sa tkMs k+ tkrk gS% ÞrFkkfi dkbs Z Loh—fr ftldh oS/krk 31 ekpZ] 2020 rd c<+kbZ xb Z gS vFkok okLrfod oS/krk 29 tuw ] 2020 rd gS dk s 30 tuw ] 2020 rd oS/k ekuk tk,xkA 1654 GI/2020 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART I—SEC. 1] 4- iSjk 3-15¼d½ d s var e sa fuEufyf[kr okD; tkMs +k tkrk gS% ÞrFkkfi mi;qZDr iSjk 3-15¼d½ ¼i½ d s lca /a k e sa f”kfixa fcy ftudh ekU; fu;kZr dh frfFk 01-02-2019 l s 31-05-2019 dh vof/k d s nkSjku vkrh gS rk s vkons u 12 ekg dh vof/k dh ctk, 15 ekg dh vof/k d s vna j Hkj s tk ldr s gSAß 5- iSjk 3-15¼[k½ d s var e sa fuEufyf[kr okD; tkMs +k tkrk gS% ÞrFkkfi] foÙkh; o’kZ 18&19 gsrq ,lbZvkbZ,l vkons uk sa dk s Hkju s dh vfare frfFk 31-12-2020 gkxs hAß 6- iSjk 3-20¼d½ d s var e sa mfYyf[kr “kCn ^Qkby djuk* d s ckn fuEufyf[kr okD;k”a k dk s tkMs +k tkrk g%S ÞvFkok fnukda 31-03-2021] tk s Hkh ckn e sa gkAs ß 7- iSjk 4-12¼6½ e sa igy s okD; e sa mfYyf[kr Þ31-03-2020ß dk s Þ31-03-2021ß l s izfrLFkkfir fd;k tkrk gSA 8- iSjk 4-41¼?k½ d s ckn fuEufyf[kr mi&iSjk tkMs +k tkrk gS% Þ¼M-½lHkh vfxze izkf/kdkj i=k sa ftue sa vk;kr dh oS/krk fnukda 01-02-2020 vkSj 31-07-2020 d s chp lekIr gk s jgh gS] budh o/S krk Lor% bld s lekIr gkus s dh frfFk l s Ng ekg rd c<+kbZ tkrh gSA izkf/kdkj&i=k sa ij fdlh vyx l”a kk/s ku@i`’Bkda u dh vko”;drk ugh a gSA bl iSjk d s varxZr vkx s oS/krk dk s c<+ku s dk fodYi bu izkf/kdkj i=k sa d s fy, mudh ik=rk d s vuqlkj miyC/k jgxs kAß 9- iSjk 4-42¼t½ d s ckn fuEufyf[kr mi&iSjk tkMs +k tkrk gS% Þ¼>½ lHkh vfxze izkf/kdkj&i=k sa gsrq tgk a fu;kZr nkf;Ro vof/k fnukda 01-02-2020 vkSj 31-07-2020 d s chp lekIr gk s jgh gS] mudh fu;kZr nkf;Ro vof/k Lor% bld s lekIr gkus s dh frfFk l s Ng ekg rd c<+kbZ tkrh gSA bl iz;kts u d s fy, l;a kts u “kqYd] l”a kk/s ku vFkok i`’Bkda u d s lkFk fdlh vyx vkons u dh vko”;drk ugh a gSA bl iSjk d s varxZr oS/krk dk s vkx s c<+ku s dk fodYi bu izkf/kdkj&i=k sa gsrq ik=rk d s vuqlkj miyC/k jgxs kAß 10- iSjk 4-59¼M-½ d s ckn fuEufyf[kr mi&iSjk tkMs +k tkrk gS% Þ¼p½ iqu% izkfIr izkf/kdkj i= vkons uk s gsrq tgk a vkosnu Hkju s dh vfare frfFk fnukda 01-02-2020 vkSj 31-07-2020 d s chp vkrh gS] mudh vfare frfFk Ng ekg rd c<+kbZ tkrh gSAß 11- iSjk 4-75¼x½ vkSj 4-77¼x½ d s var e sa fuEufyf[kr okD; dk s tkMs +k tkrk gS% Þmu ekeyk sa d s fy, tgk a bl iSjk d s varxZr fu;kZr dh vfare frfFk 01-02-2020 vkSj 31-07-2020 d s chp vkrh gS] vfare frfFk Ng ekg rd c<+kbZ tkrh gSAß 12- iSjk 4-80 d s var e sa fuEufyf[kr dk s tkMs +k tkrk gS% ÞfVIi.kh% o s lHkh ekey s tgk a vfare frfFk dh x.kuk mi;qZDr iSjk 4-80 d s fofHkUu mi&iSjk sa d s varxZr mfYyf[kr vof/k;ksa d s vuqlkj dh tkrh gS vkSj ok s 01-02-2020 vkSj 31-07-2020 d s chp lekIr gk s jgh gS] mudh vfare frfFk Ng ekg rd c<+kbZ tkrh gSA ble sa iquizkfIr] ukfer vfHkdj.kk sa d s lkFk cqfdxa gsrq le;kof/k vkSj iqu% vk;kr gsrq vuqer le;kof/k esa o`f) djuk “kkfey gkxs kA rFkkfi fczdh l s /ku izkfIr d s izR;koruZ l s NVw dh vof/k vuqer vof/k e sa Ng ekg d s tkMs + d s cjkcj vFkok vkjchvkbZ d s fn”kkfunsZ”kk sa d s v/khu gkxs h tk s Hkh de gkAs 13- iSjk 4-85 d s ckn fuEufyf[kr iSjk dk s tkMs +k tkrk gS% iSjk 4-85 d mu ekeyk sa d s fy,] tgk a iSjk 4-82] 4-83] 4-84 vkSj iSjk 4-85 d s fofHkUu mi&iSjk d s rgr x.kuk d s vuqlkj cgqeYw ; /kkrq dk fu;kZr@iqu% ifwrZ@vk;kr@vkgj.k gsrq vfare frfFk fnukda 01-02-2020 l s 31-07-2020 d s chp e sa lekIr gksrh gS] ,slh vfa re frfFk Ng ekg d s fy, c<+kbZ xb Z gSA rFkkfi] n”s k&izR;koruZ @fon”s kh eqnzk olyw h gsrq vof/k e as NVw ;Fkk vuqer tkMs + Ng ekg] ;k vkjchvkbZ d s fn”kkfunsZ”kk sa d s vuqlkj] tk s Hkh de gS bl vof/k d s leku gkxs hA[भाग I—ख(cid:2) ड 1] भारत का राजप(cid:12) : असाधारण 3 14- iSjk 4-95¼V½ ¼d½ e]s nkoksa dk s vkWuykbu Qkby dju s gsrq vfare frfFk dk s fnukda 30-06-2020 d s LFkku ij 31-12-2020 d s :Ik e sa l”a kkfs/kr djd s i<+k tk,Aa 15- iSjk 5-04¼d½ e]sa izFke okD; d s ckn] fuEufyf[kr okD; dk s “kkfey fd;k tkrk gS% ÞrFkkfi] ;fn Ng ekg dh vof/k fnukda 1 Qjojh] 2020 l s 31 tqykbZ] 2020 d s nkSjku lekIr gk s tkrh gS] rk s laLFkkiu izek.k i= izLrqr dju s gsrq vof/k eyw n;s frfFk l s vkx s Ng ekg d s fy, c<+kbZ tkrh gSA 16- iSjk 5-14¼?k½ d s ckn fuEufyf[kr mi&iSjk dk s tkMs +k tkrk g%S Þ¼M-½ rFkkfi] iSjk 5-14¼d½] ¼x½ vkSj ¼?k½ d s rgr “kkfey izkf/kdkj i= gsrq ;fn CykWd&okj fu;kZr nkf;Ro vof/k fnukda 1 Qjojh] 2020 l s 31 tqykbZ] 2020 d s nkSjku lekIr gk s tkrh gS] rk s ,slh vof/k bld s lekIr gkus s dh frfFk l s vkxs Ng ekg ds fy, Lor% c<+kbZ xbZ] ,slk ekuk tk,xkA 17- iSjk 5-17¼?k½ d s ckn] fuEufyf[kr mi&iSjk dk s tkMs +k tkrk g%S Þ¼M-½ rFkkfi iSjk 5-17¼d½] ¼[k½ vkSj ¼x½ d s rgr “kkfey izkf/kdkj i= gsrq ;fn CykWd&okj fu;kZr nkf;Ro vof/k fnukda 01 Qjojh] 2020 l s 31 tqykb]Z 2020 d s nkSjku lekIr gk s tkrh gS] rk s ,slh vof/k bld s lkekIr gkus s dh frfFk l s vkx s Ng ekg d s fy, Lor% c<+kbZ xbZ] ,slk ekuk tk,xkA 18- iSjk 6-01¼[k½ ¼ii½ e]sa Þvkx s dk foLrkj] ;fn vko”;d g S rk s ckMs Z d s vuqekns u l s inz ku fd;k tk,xkß bl okD; d s ckn] fuEufyf[kr okD; dk s “kkfey fd;k tkrk gS% ÞlHkh ,sl s ,yvkis h@,yvksvkbZ ftudh eyw ;k foLrkfjr o/S krk tk s fnukda 1 ekpZ] 2020 dk s ;k bld s ckn lekIr gk s tkrh gS] dk s fnukda 31 fnlEcj] 2020 rd o/S k ekuk tk,xkAß 19- iSjk 6-06¼x½ ¼ii½ e]sa var e sa fuEufyf[kr okD; dk s tkMs +k tkrk gS% Þ;fn fu;kZr nkf;Ro vof/k fnukda 1 ekpZ] 2020 l s 30 tuw ] 2020 d s nkSjku lekIr gk s tkrh gS] rk s bl s fnukda 30 flrEcj] 2020 rd o/S k ekuk tk,xkß 20- iSjk 7-05¼d½ e]sa okD; l[a ;k 2 d s ckn fuEufyf[kr okD; dk s “kkfey fd;k tkrk gS% Þ,sl s lHkh ekeyk sa e]sa tgka mi;qZDr frfFk fnukda 1 ekpZ] 2020 dk s ;k bld s ckn vk jgh gS] VhbMZ h@MªkcSd d s fjQUM gsrq vkons uk sa dk s Qkby dju s dh frfFk fnukda 30 flrEcj] 2020 rd c<+kbZ xbZ] ,slk ekuk tk,xkAß 21- iSjk 7d- 01¼?k½ e]sa var esa fuEufyf[kr okD; dk s tkMs +k tkrk gS% Þ31 ekpZ] 2019 vkSj 30 tuw ] 2019 dk s lekIr frekgh gsrq ,sl s nkok sa d s fjQUM gsrq vkons u dk s fnukda 30 flrEcj] 2020 rd Qkby fd;k tk ldrk gSAß 22- iSjk 9-02 e]sa var e sa fuEufyf[kr okD; dk s tkMs +k tkrk gS% Þfoyca dVkSrh d s iz;kts u gsrq vkons u dk s izLrqr dju s dh vfare frfFk dk s fnukda 31 ekpZ] 2020 dh lkotZ fud lpw uk l-a 67@2015&20 }kjk foLrkfjr d s :Ik e sas fy;k tk,xkAß [k- ifjf’k"V vkSj vk;kr fu;kZr izi= eas% (i) ifjf”k’V&6M- d s [kMa 6 e]sa var e sa fuEufyf[kr okD; dk s tkMs +k tkrk gS% ÞekpZ] 2020 vkSj] tuw ] 2020 dk s lekIr frekgh gsr q D;iw hvkj vkSj fnukda 31-03-2020 dk s lekIr foÙkh; o’kZ gsrq ,ihvkj dk s fnukda 30 flrEcj] 2020 rd Qkby fd;k tk ldrk gSAß (ii) ifjf”k’V 6M- d s [kMa 6¼d½ e]sa var e sa fuEufyf[kr okD; dk s tkMs +k tkrk gS% ÞQjojh] 2020 l s tuw ] 2020 rd lekIr ekg gsrq ekfld fjikVs Z dk s fnukda 31 tqykbZ] 2020 rd Qkby fd;k tk ldrk gSAß4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART I—SEC. 1] (iii) ifjf”k’V 6t d s [kMa ¼viii½ e]sa var e sa fuEufyf[kr okD; dk s tkMs +k tkrk gS% ÞrFkkfi] 30 flrEcj] vkSj 31 fnlEcj 2019 dk s lekIr frekgh d s nkok sa gsrq lh,lVh d s fjQUM gsrq vkons uk sa dk s Qkby dju s dh vfare frfFk fnukda 30 flrEcj] 2020 rd c<+kbZ xbZ gSAß (iv) Vh,e, Ldhe dh o|S rk fnukda 31-03-2021 rd c<+ku s d s lca /a k e]sa okf.kT; foHkkx dh fnukda 17-03-2020 dh vf/klpw uk l-a 17@03@2018&bZih ¼—f’k V½ ¼;Fkk lya Xu½ dk s ifjf”k’V&7 ¼d½d e sa tkMs +k tkrk gSA bl lkoZtfud lwpuk dk izHkko% ektS nw k izfØ;k iqLrd] 2015&2020 dh oS/krk dk s fnukda 31 ekpZ] 2021 rd c<+k;k tkrk gAS fofHkUu vU; l”a kk/s ku vfxze vkSj bZihlhth izkf/kdkj i= d s ekey s e sa fu;kZr nkf;Ro vof/k esa foLrkj] Lrj izek.k i=k sa dh oS/krk vof/k e sa foLrkj] fofHkUu vkons uk sa vkSj fjVuZ Qkby dju s dh frfFk;k sa e sa foLrkj vkfn dju s d s fy, fd, x, gSAa vfer ;kno] Ekgkfun's kd] fon's k O;kikj ,o a inus vij lfpo MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Department of Commerce) (DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE) PUBLIC NOTICE New Delhi, the 31st March, 2020 No. 67/2015-2020 F. No. 01/75/171/00001/AM20/FTP Cell.—In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-2020, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes, with immediate effect, the following amendments: A. In the Handbook of Procedures (HBP), 2015-20: 1. In para 1.01, the phrase “shall remain in force until 31st March, 2020” is substituted by the phrase “shall remain in force until 31st March, 2021.” 2. In para 2.54(d) (v) (ii), the date “31st March 2020” is substituted by “30th September 2020” and the date “1st April, 2020” is substituted by “1st October, 2020”. 3. In para 2.55(d), the following sentence is added at the end: “However, any recognition which has extended validity upto 31st March, 2020 or original validity upto 29th June, 2020, would deem to be valid upto 30th June 2020.” 4. The following sentence is added at the end of para 3.15(a): “However with respect to para 3.15(a)(i) above, for the shipping bills where the Let Export (LEO) date falls during the period 01.02.2019 to 31.05.2019, applications may be filed within a period of 15 months instead of 12 months.” 5. The following sentence is added at the end of para 3.15(b): “However, the last date for filing SEIS applications for FY 18-19 shall be 31.12.2020.” 6. The following phrase is added after the word ‘filed’ appearing at the end of para 3.20(a): “or 31.03.2021, whichever is later.” 7. In para 4.12(vi), the date “31.03.2020”, as appearing in the first sentence is substituted by “31.03.2021.”[भाग I—ख(cid:2) ड 1] भारत का राजप(cid:12) : असाधारण 5 8. The following sub-para is added after the para 4.41(d): “(e) For all Advance Authorisations where the validity for import is expiring between 01.02.2020 and 31.07.2020, the validity stands automatically extended by six months from the date of expiry. No separate amendment/endorsement is required on the authorisations. The option to avail further validity extensions under this para would remain available for these authorisations as per eligibility.” 9. The following sub-para is added after para 4.42(h): “(i) For all Advance Authorisations where the Export Obligation period is expiring between 01.02.2020 and 31.07.2020, the Export Obligation period stands automatically extended by six months from the date of expiry. No separate application with composition fee, amendment or endorsement is required for this purpose. The option to avail further validity extensions under this para beyond this period would remain available for these authorisations as per eligibility.” 10. The following sub-para is added after para 4.59(e): “(f) For the Replenishment Authorisation applications where the last date of filing the application falls between 01.02.2020 and 31.07.2020, the last date stands extended by six months.” 11. The following sentence is added at the end of paras 4.75(c) and 4.77(c): “For those cases where the last date of exports under this para falls between 01.02.2020 and 31.07.2020, the last date stands extended by six months.” 12. The following is added at the end of Para 4.80: “Note: In all those cases where the last date, calculated as per the durations mentioned under various sub-paras of para 4.80 above, is expiring between 01.02.2020 and 31.07.2020, the last date stands extended by six months. This will include extension in time for replenishment, booking with nominated agencies, and time allowed for re-import. However, the relaxation in repatriation of sale proceeds period would be equal to the period allowed plus six months, or as subject to RBI guidelines, whichever is less.” 13. The following para is added after para 4.85: “4.85 A For those cases, where the last date for exports/replenishment/imports/drawal of precious metal as calculated under various sub-paras of para 4.82, 4.83, 4.84 and para 4.85, expires between 01.02.2020 and 31.07.2020, such last date stands extended by six months. However, relaxation in the period for repatriation/forex realization would be equal to the period as allowed plus six months, or as per RBI guidelines, whichever is less.” 14. In para 4.95(k)(a), the last date for filing online claims is amended to read as 31.12.2020 in place of 30.06.2020. 15. In para 5.04(a), after the first sentence, the following sentence is inserted: “However, in case the period of six months expires during 1st February, 2020 to 31st July, 2020, the period for submission of Installation Certificate is extended by further 6 months from the original due date.” 16. After para 5.14(d), the following sub-para is added: “(e) However, for the authorisations covered under para 5.14 (a), (c) and (d), if the blockwise export obligation period expires during 1st February, 2020 to 31st July, 2020, such period is deemed to be automatically extended by further 6 months from the date of such expiry.” 17. After para 5.17(d), the following sub-para is added: “(e) However, for the authorisations covered under para 5.17 (a), (b) and (c), if the export obligation period expires during 1st February, 2020 to 31st July, 2020, such period is deemed to be automatically extended by further 6 months from the date of such expiry.”6 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART I—SEC. 1] 18. In para 6.01(b)(ii), after the sentence “Further extension, if necessary, will be granted by the Board of Approval.”, the following sentence is inserted: “All such LOPs/LOIs whose original or extended validity expires on or after 1st March 2020, may be deemed to be valid up to 31st December, 2020.” 19. In para 6.06(c)(ii), the following sentence is added at the end: “In case the export obligation period expires during 1st March 2020 to 30th June 2020, it would deem to be valid upto 30th September, 2020.” 20. In para 7.05(a), the following sentence is inserted after sentence number 2: “In all such cases where the above dates fall on or after 1st March, 2020, the date of filing of applications for refund of TED/Drawback may be deemed to be extended up to 30th September, 2020.” 21. In para 7A.01(d), the following sentence is added at the end: “Application for refund of such claims for the quarter ending 31st March, 2019 and 30th June, 2019 may be filed up to 30th September, 2020.” 22. In para 9.02, the following sentence is added at the end: “Last date of submission of application, for the purpose of late cut, would be taken as that extended vide Public Notice No. 67/2015-20 dated 31st March, 2020.” B. In the Appendices & Aayat Niryat Forms: (i) In clause 6 of Appendix-6E, the following sentence is added at the end: “QPR for quarters ending March, 2020 and June, 2020 and APR for Financial year ending on 31.03.2020 can be filed up to 30th September, 2020.” (ii) In clause 6(A) of Appendix 6E , the following sentence is added at the end: “Monthly reports for months ending February, 2020 to June 2020 can be filed up to 31st July, 2020.” (iii) In clause (viii) of Appendix 6H, the following sentence is added at the end: “However, for the claims of quarters ending 30th September and 31st December 2019, the last date of filing applications for refund of CST is extended up to 30th September, 2020.” (iv) Notification No. 17/3/2018-EP (Agri.IV) dated 17.03.2020 of the Department of Commerce, extending validity of the TMA scheme upto 31.03.2021 is added to Appendix-7(A) A. Effect of this Public Notice: Validity of the existing Hand Book of Procedures, 2015-20 is extended upto 31st March, 2021. Various other amendments are also made providing extension in the export obligation period in case of Advance and EPCG Authorisations, extension in validity period of status certificates, extension in the dates of filing various applications and returns etc. AMIT YADAV, Director General of Foreign Trade & Ex-officio Addl. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.