TIOL-DDT 1607 · Thursday, 12 May 2011 · story 2 of 4

Customs – Exemption Notification 21/2002 - Bevacizumab inserted – AGAIN – Do they have a copy of updated Notification?

THE Government has amended Notification No. 21/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002. The amendment reads as:

In List 3, after item (174), the following shall be inserted, namely:-

“(175) Bevacizumab”;

The same very amendment was earlier made by Notification No. 31/2011-Customs, dated the 24th March, 2011, which also reads exactly the same as the present amendment.

In List 3, after item (174), the following shall be inserted, namely:-

“(175) Bevacizumab.”

Obviously they forgot about the amendment made just 40 days ago! And apparently they don't keep updated copies of their own notifications. Incidentally both the notifications were signed by the same Under Secretary, but it appears that the two amending notifications were issued from different files and hence, this unwarranted replication!

We have a CD which contains all the currently valid notifications with the latest updates. The Board can avoid such silly mistakes, if they have a look at it.

Notification No. , Dated : May 10, 2011

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