Central Excise Amendment Notification – Revision to ₹31.5 per Litre Rate (Effective Immediately)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)

Notification No. 18/2026-Central Excise

New Delhi, the 11th April, 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 112 of the Finance Act, 2018 (13 of 2018), 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. 11/2026-Central Excise, dated the 26th March, 2026, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 210 (E), dated the 26th March, 2026, namely:-

In the said notification, in the Table, against serial number 2, in column (4), for the entry, the entry “Rs. 31.5 per litre” shall be substituted.
 

2. This notification shall come into force with immediate effect.

[F. No. 190349/13/2026-TRU]

(Dheeraj Sharma)
Under Secretary to Government of India

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