WHEREAS the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, has requested the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi to grant facility of VAT exemption/refund to High Commission of the Republic of Malawi in favour of official purchases as well as personal purchases of its diplomats and Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) in New Delhi on purchase of goods vide their letters No. D-II/451/12(52)/2007 dated 04/01/2014 and No.D-II/451/16(1 )/2010 dated 11/01/2014 respectively.

And, whereas, I, Prashant Goyal, Commissioner, Value Added Tax, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, am of the opinion that it is expedient in the public interest to do so.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of Section 103 of the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004 (Delhi Act 03 of 2005), I hereby make the following amendments in the Sixth Schedule of the said Act namely:

AMENDMENTS

In the Sixth Schedule appended to the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004 (Delhi Act 03 of 2005), in Entry No.1, in Part-A- List of Embassies, after entry A-144, and in Part-B- List of International Organisations, after entry B-30, the following entries shall be inserted, namely:-

This notification shall come into force with effect from 1st April, 2014.

(Prashant Goyal)

Commissioner,Value Added Tax