Mega Power Projects exemption - amendments made, new project included
SERIAL no. 338 of Notification , dated March, 17, 2012 grants exemption as under -
338 | Any Chapter | All items of machinery, including prime movers, instruments, apparatus and appliances, control gear and transmission equipments, power cables used within the power generation plant, auxiliary equipment (including those required for research and development purposes, testing and quality control), as well as all components (whether finished or not) or raw materials for the manufacture of aforesaid items and their components, supplied to mega power projects specified in List 11, from which the supply of power has been tied up through tariff based competitive bidding or a mega power project awarded to a developer on the basis of such bidding. Explanation. - For the removal of doubts, it is clarified that goods required for setting up of "mega power project" include the goods required for development of facilities such as ash disposal system including ash dyke, water intake including treatment and storage facilities and coal transportation facilities for such a project, notwithstanding the fact that such facilities are set up inside or outside the power plant's designated boundary. | Nil | 43 |
List 11 referred above lists 104 mega power projects.
The Central Government has made some changes to these as below -
+ Entries of this list viz. 45 & 46 have undergone a substitution inasmuch as for the figures, letters and words "2x660= 1320 MW" at serial no. 45, the figures, letters and words "2x800= 1600 MW" have been substituted & for the figures, letters and words "2x800= 1600 MW" at serial no. 46, the figures, letters and words "2x660= 1320 MW" have been substituted.
The entries before and after amendment read as under:
Before | After |
45 Gadarwara Super TPP, M.P. - 2x660= 1320 MW (NTPC) | 45 Gadarwara Super TPP, M.P. - 2x800= 1600 MW (NTPC) |
46 Katwa Super TPP, West Bengal - 2x800= 1600 MW (NTPC) | 46 Katwa Super TPP, West Bengal - 2x660= 1320 MW (NTPC) |
Probably, this was an inadvertent error with which the notification began its journey and has been corrected now. Whether these amendments operate retrospectively we will know in the days to come.
+ So also, entry 50 has been substituted in its entirety by "50. Shree Singaji Thermal Power Project- 2X600=1200 MW".
The previous entry 50 read as: Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh - 2x500 = 1000MW (MPPGCL). Apparently, it is the same project but now with a higher capacity.
+ There is also an addition to the list of mega power projects. A new mega power project "105 Neyveli New Thermal Power Station, Tamil Nadu - 2X500 MW= 1000MW (Neyveli Lignite Corporation)" makes its appearance.
All said and done, the condition 43 (a) which a manufacturer is required to satisfy to avail this exemption mentions - an officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Power certifies the project as Mega Power Project before the 19th day of July, 2012;
Now, how will he certify the aforesaid projects, in a backdated manner, is not understood.
Notification No. , Dated August, 2, 2013.