A tamping assembly for a capsule filling machine is provided. The tamping assembly comprising a dosing disc provided with a plurality of sets of through vertical passages placed equidistantly around the periphery thereof； a bottom plate disposed below the dosing disc to close the vertical passages at the bottom thereof, the bottom plate having an open region aligned with a carousel of the capsule filling machine disposed adjacent to the tamping assembly； and a set of apertures aligned with at-least one set of through vertical passages of the dosing disc； plurality of sets of top tamping plungers disposed above the dosing disc, the set of top tamping plungers aligned with each set of through vertical passages of the dosing disc and configured to be driven downwards for pressing a powdered product in the passages from the top； and at-least one set of bottom tamping plungers disposed below the bottom plate, the set of bottom tamping plungers provided to close each set of apertures of the bottom plate and/or corresponding vertical passages of the dosing disc, and configured to be driven upwards for pressing the powdered product in the vertical passages from the bottom.
