Seeks to amend Notification 12/2012-Customs, dated 17-03-2012, regarding the withdrawal of duty exemption in respect of goods required for initial setting up or substantial of Mega/ Ultra mega power projects. - 49/2012 - Customs -Tariff

TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)] GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) New Delhi, the 10 th September, 2012 Notification No. 49/2012-Customs G.S.R. 675(E).- 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. 12/2012- Customs , dated the 17 th March, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 185(E), dated the 17 th March, 2012, namely:- In the said notification, - (A) in the Table, - (i) against S. No. 507, in the entries under column (3), for the words 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 , the words, figures and letters Mega Power Project specified in List 32A, so certified by an officer not below the rank of a Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Power before the 19 th day of July, 2012 shall be substituted; (ii) against S. No. 508, for the entry in column (3), the following entry shall be substituted, namely :- Goods required for the expansion of Mega Power projects, namely, Vindhyachal STPP Stage -V (Expansion Unit)- 500 MW (NTPC Ltd.) and UNOSUGEN CCPP, Gujarat (An expansion unit of Sugen CCPP of 1147.5 MW)- 382.5(1) (M/s. Torrent Power Ltd.), so certified by an officer not below the rank of a Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Power before the 19 th day of July, 2012. Explanation . - For the purposes of this entry, Mega Power Project means a project as defined in S. No 507 ; (B) in the ANNEXURE, after List 32 and the entries relating thereto, the following List and entries shall be inserted, namely:- List 32A (See S. No. 507 of the Table) 1 Parbati-II, Himachal Pradesh - 4x200=800 MW (NHPC) 2 Teesta- V, Sikkim - 3x170=510 MW (NHPC) 3 Sipat-II, Chhattisgarh - 2x500=1000 MW (NTPC) 4 Vindhyachal-III, Madhya Pradesh - 2x500=1000 MW (NTPC) 5 Talcher-II, Orissa - 4x500=2000 MW (NTPC) 6 Rihand-II, Uttar Pradesh - 2x500=1000 MW (NTPC) 7 Sipat-I, Chhattisgarh - 3x660=1980 MW (NTPC) 8 Kahalgaon-II Phase-I II Bihar - 3x500=1500 MW (NTPC) 9 Barh, Bihar - 3x660=1980 MW (NTPC) 10 Koldam, Himachal Pradesh - 4x200=800 MW (NTPC) 11 Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu- 2x500=1000 MW (NLC) 12 Parbati-III, Himachal Pradesh - 4x130=520 MW (NHPC) 13 Jhanor Gandhar CCPP-II, Gujarat - 2x650=1300 MW (NTPC) 14 Kawas CCPP-II, Gujarat - 2x650=1300 MW (NTPC) 15 RGPPL, Maharashtra - 2150 MW (JV of NTPC/ GAIL/ Govt. of Maharashtra) 16 Tapovan Vishnugad HEP, Himachal Pradesh - 4x130=520 MW (NTPC) 17 Simhadri-II, Andhra Pradesh - 2x500=1000 MW (NTPC) 18 Indira Gandhi STPP-JV project, Haryana - 3x500=1500 MW (NTPC) 19 Bongaigaon, Assam - 3x250=750 MW (NTPC) 20 Barh-II, Bihar - 1320 MW (NTPC) 21 Koderma TPS St-I, Jharkhand 1000 MW (DVC) 22 Durgapur Steel TPS, West Bengal - 2x500=1000 MW (DVC) 23 Tehri Pump Storage Project 4x250=1000 MW (THDC) 24 Mauda, Maharashtra 2x500=1000 MW (NTPC) 25 Rihand- III, Uttar Pradesh - 2 x 500=1000 MW (NTPC) 26 Nabinagar- JV with Railways, Bihar - 4 x 250=1000 MW (NTPC) 27 Vallur Stage- I Phase I II, Tamil Nadu - 3 x 500=1500 MW (NTPC-Tamil Nadu Energy Co. Ltd.) 28 Raghunathpur TPS Phase 1, West Bengal - 2 x 600=1200 MW (DVC) 29 Tanda- II, Uttar Pradesh-2 x 660=1320 MW (NTPC) 30 Meja, Uttar Pradesh - 2 x 660=1320 MW (NTPC) 31 Vindhyachal-IV, Madhya Pradesh - 2 x 500=1000 MW (NTPC) 32 Solapur STPP, Maharashtra - 2x660=1320 MW (NTPC) 33 Nabinagar STPP, JV with Bihar, Bihar-3x660=1980 MW (NTPC) 34 Mouda STPP-II, Maharashtra- 2x660= 1320 MW (NTPC) 35 Raghunathpur TPS (Ph-II), West Bengal- 2x660=1320 MW (DVC) 36 North Karanpura STPP, Jharkhand- 3x660=1980 MW (NTPC) 37 Kudgi STPP stage-I, Karnataka- 3x800=2400 MW (NTPC) 38 Darlipalli STPP, Stage-I Orissa- 2x800=1600 MW (NTPC) 39 Barethi STPP, Madhya Pradesh- 6x660=3960 MW (NTPC) 40 Lara STPP, Chhattisgarh -2x800=1600 MW (NTPC) 41 Gajmara STPP Stage-I - 2x800= 1600MW (NTPC) 42 Rajiv Gandhi CCPP Stage- II Phase-I, Kerala- 3x350 =1050 MW (NTPC) 43 Gidderbha STPP, Punjab - 4x660= 2640 MW (NTPC) 44 Khargone Super TPP, M.P. - 2x660= 1320 MW (NTPC) 45 Gadarwara Super TPP, M.P. - 2x660= 1320 MW (NTPC) 46 Katwa Super TPP, West Bengal - 2x800= 1600 MW (NTPC) 2 [ 47 Bilhaur STPP, Uttar Pradesh -2x660= 1320 MW (NTPC) ; and ] 48 Talcher STPP Stage-III, Orissa - 2x660=1320 MW (NTPC) 49 Khedar (Hissar), Haryana - 1000 (+200) MW (HPGCL) 50 Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh - 2x500= 1000 MW (MPPGCL) 51 Gas based CCPP Pragati-III, Delhi-1371.6 MW (Pragati Power Corp. Ltd.) 52 Sri Damodaran Sanjeevaiah, Nellaturu, Andhra Pradesh - 2x800=1600 MW (APPDCL) 53 Chandrapur Expansion, Maharashtra- 2x500= 1000 MW (MSPGCL) 54 Koradi Expansion, Maharashtra- 3x660= 1980 MW (MSPGCL) 55 Bhusawal Expansion, Maharashtra- 2x500= 1000 MW (MSPGCL) 56 Supercritical TPP at STPS Stage-V at Suratgarh, Rajasthan- 2x660)= 1320 MW (RRVUNL) 57 Supercritical TPP at Chhabra, Rajasthan - 2x660= 1320 MW (RRVUNL) 58 North Chennai, Tamil Nadu-2x600=1200 MW (TNEB) 59 Purulia Pump Storage Hydel Project, West Bengal- 4x225= 900 MW (State Sector) 60 Sagardighi TPP Ext. Unit 3 4, West Bengal-2x500=1000 MW (WBPDCL) 61 Shree Singaji TPP-2x660 (MP Power Generating Company Ltd MW (MPPGCL) 62 Krishnapatnam UMPP, Andhra Pradesh- 6x660= 3960 MW (Coastal Andhra Power Ltd.) 63 Mundra UMPP, Gujarat- 5x800= 4000 MW (Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd.) 64 Sasan, Madhya Pradesh- 6x660= 3960 MW (Sasan Power Ltd.) 65 Tilaiya UMPP, Jharkhand- 5x800= 4000 MW (Jharkhand Integrated Power Ltd.) 66 Orissa UMPP, Orissa- 5x800= 4000 MW 67 Chhattisgarh UMPP, Chhattisgarh- 5x800= 4000 MW 68 Cheyyur UMPP,- 5x800= 4000MW 69 Raigarh TPP, Chhattisgarh- 4x250= 1000 MW (M/s. Jindal Power Ltd.) 1 [ 70 Akhakhol GBPP, Gujarat- 3x382.5= 1147.5 MW (M/s. Torrent Power Ltd.) ] 71 Udupi (Nagarjuna) Power Project, Karnataka- 2x600= 1200 MW (M/s. Udupi (Nagarjuna) Power Corp. Ltd.) 72 IPP project Haryana- 2x660= 1320 MW (M/s. Jhajjar Power Ltd.) 73 726 MW CCGT being developed by ONGC-Tripura Power Company Ltd. (OTPC) at Palatana, Tripura-(2x250)(2x113.3)= 726 MW 74 Salaya TPP, Gujarat- 2x600= 1200 MW (M/s. Essar Power Gujarat Ltd.) 75 Tiroda TPP, Maharashtra-5x660=3300 MW (M/s. Adani Power Maharashtra Ltd.) 76 Kawai TPP, Rajashtan - 2x660=1320 MW (M/s. Adani Power Rajasthan Ltd.) 77 Teesta-VI, Sikkim - 4x125= 500 MW (M/s. Lanco) 78 Teesta-III Sikkim- 6x200= 1200 MW (M/s. Teesta Urja Ltd.) 79 KSK Mahanadi Power Company Ltd.(U-3 4) Janjgir- Champa, Chhathisgarh-2x600=1200 MW (M/s KSK Mahanadi Power Co Ltd.) 80 Rajpura TPP in the State of Punjab- 2x700= 1400 MW (M/s. Nabha Power Ltd.) 81 Talwandi Sabo power project at Banawala, Punjab.- 3x660=1980 MW (M/s. Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd. (TSPL)) 82 TPP at Nandgaonpeth, MIDC, Amravati Dist,. Maharashtra.- 5x270= 1350 MW (M/s. Indiabulls Power Ltd.) 83 TPP at Karachhana, Allahabad, UP- 2x660 = 1320 MW (M/s. Sangam Power Gen Company Ltd.) 84 TPP at Bara, Allahabad, UP. -3x660=1980 MW (M/s. Prayagraj Power Gen. Company Ltd.) 85 TPP at Surguja, Chhattisgarh- 2x660 = 1320 MW (M/s. IFFCO Chhattisgarh Power Ltd.) 86 TPP at Dhenkanal, Orissa-3x350=1050 MW (M/s. GMR Kamalanga Energy Ltd.) 87 GMR Chhattishgarh Energy Ltd. Raipur, Chhattisgarh-2x685 MW 88 KSK Mahanadi Power Corporation Ltd. (U-2 5) Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh-2x600 MW 89 KSK Mahanadi Power Corporation Ltd. (U-1 6) Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh-2x600 MW 90 Thermal Powertech Corporation Ltd. Pynampuram Andhra Pradesh- 2x660 MW 91 KVK Neelanchal Power Pvt. Ltd Cuttak, Orissa-3x350 MW 92 East-Coast Energy Pvt. Ltd Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh.-2x660 MW 93 Monnet Power Corporation Ltd. Malibrahmani, Orissa-2x525 MW 94 Hinduja National Power Corporation Ltd. Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh-2x520 MW 95 Corporate Power Ltd. Chandwa, Jharkhand-4x270 MW 96 Lanco Power Ltd. (U-3,4) Pathadi, Chhattisgarh-2x660 MW 97 Lalitpur Power Generation Company Ltd. Lalitpur, U.P.-3x660 MW 98 Lanco Vidarbha Thermal Power Ltd. Wardha, Maharashtra-2x660 MW 99 Lanco Babandh Power Ltd. Dhenkanal, Orissa-2x660 MW 3 [ 100 DB Power Ltd. Vadodarha TPP Janjgir Champa Chattisgarh-2x600 MW ] 101 Athena Chhattisgarh Power Ltd. Singhitarai TPS Janjgir-Champa, Chattisgarh- 2x600 MW 102 Essar Power Jharkhand Ltd. Tori, Jharkhand- 2x600 MW 103 MB Power (MP) Ltd. Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh-2x600 MW 104 RKM Powergen Pvt. Ltd. Uchpinde TPP Janjgir- Champa, Chattisgarh-4x360 MW 105 IL FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Ltd. Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu-2x600 MW 106 Meenakshi Energy Pvt. Ltd Thamminapatanam, Andhra Pradesh-Ph-1:2x 150 Ph-II 2x350 MW 107 SKS Power Generation (Chhattisgarh) Ltd. Binj Kote TPP Raigarh, Chhattisgarh-4x300 MW 108 Jindal India Thermal Power Ltd. Angul, Orissa- 2x600 MW 109 NCC Power Projects Nellore AP-2x660 MW 110 Samalkot Power Ltd. Samalkot, Andhra Pradesh-2400 MW 111 Torrent Energy Ltd. Dahej, Gujarat-1200 MW . [F.No. 354/78/2010-TRU(Pt-1)] (Rajkumar Digvijay) Under Secretary to the Government of India Note .- The principal notification No. 12/2012-Customs , dated the 17 th March, 2012 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 185(E), dated the 17 th March, 2012 and was last amended vide notification No. 47/2012-Customs , dated the 21 st August, 2012, published vide number G.S.R. 644(E), dated the 21 st August, 2012. ------------------- Notes:- 1. Corrected vide Corrigendum No. 354/78/2010-TRU(Pt-1), dated 17/10/2012 , before it was read as:- 70 Akhakhol GBPP, Gujarat- 3x382.5= 1147.5 MW (M/s. Jindal Power Ltd.) 2. Corrected vide Corrigendum No. [354/78/2010-TRU(Pt-1)], dated 21/11/2012 , before it was read as:- 47 Bilhapur STPP, Uttar Pradesh -2x660= 1320 MW (NTPC) , 3. Corrected vide Corrigendum No. [354/78/2010-TRU(Pt-1)], dated 21/11/2012 , before it was read as:- DB Power Ltd. Vadodarha TPP Janjgir Champa Chattisgarh-2x660 MW