Central Excise Exemption Notified for High-Ethanol Petrol Blends (E22 to E30)

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Central Excise Exemption Notified for High-Ethanol Petrol Blends (E22 to E30)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

Notification
No. 29/2026-Central Excise

New Delhi, the 10th June, 2026

G.S.R. ...(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) read with section 125 of the Finance Act, 2021 (13 of 2021), the Central Government, 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. 3/2021-Central Excise, dated the 1st February, 2021, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 85(E), dated the 1st February, 2021, namely:-

In the said notification, in the TABLE, after S. No. 3B and the entries relating thereto, the following S. Nos. and entries shall be inserted, namely:-

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
3C.	2710 12	22% ethanol blended petrol that is a blend,- (i) consisting, by volume, of 78% motor spirit, (commonly known as petrol), on which the appropriate duties of excise have been paid and of 22% ethanol on which the appropriate Central tax, State tax, Union territory tax or Integrated tax, as the case may be, have been paid; and (ii) conforming to the Bureau of Indian Standards specification IS 19850.	Nil
3D.	2710 12	25% ethanol blended petrol that is a blend,- (i) consisting, by volume, of 75% motor spirit, (commonly known as petrol), on which the appropriate duties of excise have been paid and of 25% ethanol on which the appropriate Central tax, State tax, Union territory tax or Integrated tax, as the case may be, have been paid; and (ii) conforming to the Bureau of Indian Standards specification IS 19850.	Nil
3E.	2710 12	27% ethanol blended petrol that is a blend,- (i) consisting, by volume, of 73% motor spirit, (commonly known as petrol), on which the appropriate duties of excise have been paid and of 27% ethanol on which the appropriate Central tax, State tax, Union territory tax or Integrated tax, as the case may be, have been paid; and (ii) conforming to the Bureau of Indian Standards specification IS 19850.	Nil
3F.	2710 12	30% ethanol blended petrol that is a blend,- (i) consisting, by volume, of 70% motor spirit, (commonly known as petrol), on which the appropriate duties of excise have been paid and of 30% ethanol on which the appropriate Central tax, State tax, Union territory tax or Integrated tax, as the case may be, have been paid; and (ii) conforming to the Bureau of Indian Standards specification IS 19850.	Nil