[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. 9/2026-Central Excise
New Delhi, the 26th March, 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 147 of Finance Act, 2002 (20 of 2002), the Central Government,
being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts Aviation Turbine
Fuel, falling under the Heading 2710 of the Fourth Schedule of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of
1944) from the whole of the Special Additional Excise Duty leviable thereon under section 147 of the
Finance Act, 2002 (20 of 2002).

2. Nothing contained in this notification shall apply to the goods cleared for export, other than
exports by Public Sector Oil Companies to Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

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

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