Goods for 'Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) System' exempted from customs duty - Again
IN 2006, the government exempted aircraft and their parts, aircraft engines and their parts, radars, machinery, equipment, computer hardware and software, accessories and consumables etc, required for the Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) System Programme of Ministry of Defence. This was to be valid till 1.1.2012. Later they extended it till 5.4.2014 and then 5.10.2014. And now it is extended till 1.1.2016. Strangely these exemptions are by different entries in the Notification No. 39/96-Customs, dated the 23rd July, 1996.
The entries 31, 31A and now 31B of the notification are all almost identical.
Notification No. , Dated: April 9, 2015