[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. 07/2026-Central Excise
New Delhi, the 26th March, 2026

G.S.R...(E)..WHEREAS, in exercise of powers under Section 3B of Central Excise Act
1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government is satisfied that the Special Additional Excise Duty be
levied under section 147 of the Finance Act, 2002 (No. 20 of 2002) on Aviation Turbine Fuel falling
under heading 2710 of the Fourth Schedule to the Central Excise Act 1944 (1 of 1944), and that
circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action.
NOW, therefore, in pursuance of section 147 of the Finance Act, 2002, the Central
Government, hereby directs that the Eighth Schedule to the said Finance Act, 2002, shall be amended
in the following manner, namely: -

In the Eighth Schedule to the Finance Act, 2002, after Item No. 2 and the entries relating
thereto, the following Item S. No. and entries shall be inserted, namely: -

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

[F. No. 190349/13/2026-TRU]
(Dheeraj Sharma)
Under Secretary to the Government of India