TIOL-DDT 1903 · Wednesday, 18 July 2012 · story 3 of 7

Dabhol Power Plant takeover by Ratnagiri Gas and Power (P) Ltd - Amendment to Customs NT Notification

AS per Sl No 8 (1) of the Notification No 62/1994-Customs (N.T.), Dated : November 21, 1994, Dabhol Port was Notified for export/import activities relating to Dabhol Power Plant. Now that the Dabhol Power Plant has been taken over by Ratnagiri Gas and Power (P) Ltd, consequential amendments have been made to Sl No 8(1) of the Notification No 64/1994 Cus (NT).

Existing Notification

Amended Notification

Effect

(a) Unloading of machinery, equipment and fuel for Dabhol Power Project.

(a) Unloading of machinery and equipment for Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited Power Project.

Covered as Dabhol is now Ratnagiri

(b) Unloading of liquefied natural gas and naphtha.

Earlier it was fuel for Dabhol; Now it is LNG and Naphtha for everyone

(b) Loading of imported machinery and equipment for export, imported for Dabhol Project.

(c) Loading of imported machinery and equipment for export, imported for Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited Power Project.

Covered - Read Ratnagiri for Dabhol.

(c) unloading of goods for the manufacture and repairs of cargo ships, barges and similar vessels by M/s Bharati Shipyard Limited.

(d) Unloading of goods for the manufacture and repairs of ships, barges and similar vessels and rigs by M/s. Bharati Shipyard Limited.

Covered - Restriction of Cargo ships deleted.

e) Import of ships, barges and similar vessels and rigs by M/s. Bharati Shipyard Limited for repair.

New addition

(d) export by M/s Bharati Shipyard Limited of cargo ships, barges and similar vessels.

f) Export by M/s. Bharati Shipyard Limited of ships, barges and similar vessels and rigs."

Covered - “cargo” deleted

Is this notification issued a little late? It was in 2005 that Dabhol was taken over by Ratnagiri and it took them 7 years to issue this notification. And even this notification went into hiding; it took us 7 days to find it.

Notification No Dated: July 11, 2012

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