**Policy Summary**
This notification, No. 28/2018-Customs, issued by the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Government of India, and dated March 1, 2018, amends the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. Specifically, it increases the import duty on goods falling under heading 0713 20 00 (presumably pulses, based on standard Harmonized System nomenclature) of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975). The amendment substitutes the entry in column 4, which specifies the duty rate, with "60". This effectively raises the import duty on these goods to 60%. The notification cites the necessity for immediate action and is issued under the powers conferred by subsection (1) of section 8A of the Customs Tariff Act. The F. No. (File Number) for this notification is 354368/2017-TRU. The issuing officer is Mohit Tewari, Under Secretary.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Finance: A department of the Government of India responsible for financial matters.
Department of Revenue: A department under the Ministry of Finance.
New Delhi: The location where the notification was issued. Union Territory and Capital of India.
Customs Tariff Act, 1975: An act of the Indian Parliament related to customs tariffs. (51 of 1975)
Central Government: The executive authority of the Union of India.
G.S.R. 199E: Government of India notification number
Mohit Tewari: Under Secretary who signed the notification.
Customs Tariff Act: An act related to customs tariffs.
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मोिहत ितवारी, अवर सिचव
1244 GI/2018 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 1st March, 2018
No. 28 /2018–Customs
G.S.R. 199(E).—Whereas the Central Government on being satisfied that the import duty leviable on
goods falling under heading 0713 20 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975),
should be increased and that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 8A of the said
Customs Tariff Act, the Central Government, hereby directs that the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff
Act, shall be amended in the following manner, namely:—
In the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, in Section II, in Chapter 7, against tariff items
0713 20 00, for the entry in column (4), the entry "60%" shall be substituted.
[F. No. 354/368/2017-TRU ]
MOHIT TEWARI, Under Secy.
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