Dahanu Port in Maharashtra - For import of Coal by Reliance Infrastructure
IN 1929, a company by name Bombay Suburban Electric Supply Limited (BSES) was established in Bombay to generate and distribute electricity. What has that got to do with DDT?
Well, in 1998, the Government added Sl. No.8 to the list of Customs Ports in Maharashtra in Notification No. 62/94-Cus-NT dated 21.11.1994, by which Dahanu was appointed as a port for "unloading of duty paid coal imported by M/s BSES Ltd".
In 2003, Bombay Suburban Electric Supply Limited became Reliance Energy Ltd.
In 2005, the CBEC amended Notification No. No. 62/94-Cus-NT dated 21.11.1994, to change the port for "unloading of imported coal by M/s Reliance Energy Ltd".
In 2008, the name of the Company was changed from Reliance Energy Ltd to Reliance Infrastructure Ltd.
And the Board had to change the name of the Company in the notification also, which they have now done. Now Sl. No. 8 of the Notification No. 62/94-Cus-NT dated 21.11.1994, mentions Dahanu port for "unloading of imported coal by M/s Reliance Infrastructure Ltd".
So, what was happening all these days from 2008 - was there no unloading of imported coal as the name was not changed to M/s Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. or does this notification have a retrospective effect?
Notification No. , Dated: December 14, 2012