Project import for setting up of any Mega Power Project - Amendment to Notification No. 20/99-Cus. - 63/99 - Customs -Tariff

Project import for setting up of any Mega Power Project - Amendment to Notification No. 20/99-Cus. Notification No. 63/99-Cus. Dated 13-5-1999 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, 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. 20/99-Customs, dated the 28th February, 1999, namely :- (1) in the said notification, - (I) in the Table, after serial number 288 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:- (1) (2)  (3) (4) (5) (6) "288A 98.01 Goods required for setting up of any Mega Power Project specified in List 33, if such Mega Power Project is - Nil Nil 82"; (a) an inter-state thermal power plant of a capacity of 1500 MW or more; or (b) an inter-state hydel power plant of a capacity of 500 MW or more, - as certified by an officer not below the rank of a Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Power. (II) in the Annexure, after condition number 81 and the entries relating thereto, the following condition number and entries shall be inserted, namely :- Condition No. Conditions "82. (a) If an officer not below the rank of a Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Power certifies that- (i) the power purchasing State has constituted the Regulatory Commission with full powers to fix tariffs; (ii) the power purchasing State undertakes, in principle, to privatise distribution in all cities, in that State, each of which having a population of more than one million within a period to be fixed by the Ministry of Power; and (iii) the power purchasing State has agreed to provide recourse to that State's share of Central Plan allocations and other devolutions towards discharge of any outstanding payment in respect of purchase of power; (b) In the case of imports by a Central Public Sector Undertaking, the quantity, total value, description and specifications of the imported goods are certified by the Chairman and Managing Director of the said Central Public Sector Undertaking; and (c) In the case of imports by a Private Sector Project, the quantity, total value, description and specifications of the imported goods are certified by the Chief Executive Officer of such project." (2) For the List 28 appended to the said notification, the following List shall be substituted, namely :- "List 28 (See S. No. 174 of the Table) 1. Apparatus for carrier current line systems or digital line systems, namely, HDSL System"; (3) After List 32 appended to the said notification, the following List shall be inserted, namely :- "List 33 (See. S. No. 288A of the Table) Thermal Projects : 1. Kahalgaon Stage II - 1500 MW 2. North Karanpura STPP - 2000 MW 3. Barh STP - 2000 MW 4. Cheyyur - 1500 MW 5. Hirma - 3960 MW 6. Krishnapattanam - 1500 MW 7. Pipavav - 2000 MW Hydel Projects : 1. Koel-Karo (Bihar) - 710 MW 2. Teesta-V (Sikkim) - 510 MW 3. Koldam (Himachal Pradesh) - 800 MW 4. Parvati (Himachal Pradesh) - 800 MW".