Mega Power Project

Inter State Condition Dropped on Mega Power Projects

· Compulsory Privatisation of Distribution Condition Dropped – Ministry of Power to Stipulate Case by Case Conditions

· Inputs for Mega Power Project Duty Slashed to 2.5% with Exemption of CVD, SAD and Education Cess

[Customs Notification No. 137 dated 11th December 2009]

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 21/2002- Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002, which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number G.S.R. 118(E), dated the 1st March, 2002, namely:-

In the said notification, -

A. in the Table,

(i) against S.No.400, for the entry in column (3), the following entry shall be substituted, namely:-

“Goods required for setting up of any Mega Power Project, so certified by an officer not below the rank of a Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Power, that is to say-

(a) a thermal power plant of a capacity of 700MW or more, located in the States of Jammu and Kashmir, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura; or 

(b) a thermal power plant of a capacity of 1000MW or more, located in States other than those specified in clause (a) above; or

(c) a hydel power plant of a capacity of 350MW or more, located in the States of Jammu and Kashmir, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura; or

(d) a hydel power plant of a capacity of 500MW or more, located in States other than those specified in clause (c) above”;

(ii) after S. No. 400 and the entries relating thereto, the following S. No. and entries shall be inserted, namely:-

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
“400A.	9801	Goods required for the expansion of any existing Mega Power project so certified by an officer not below the rank of a Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Power. Explanation: For the purposes of this exemption, Mega Power project means a project as defined in S. No. 400 above.	2.5%	Nil	86”;

B. in the Annexure, in Condition No. 86, for sub-clause (ii) of clause (a), the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“(ii) the power purchasing states shall undertake to carry out distribution reforms as laid down by Ministry of Power.”.

[F. No. 354/104/2003-TRU (Pt-II)]