Notification No. 2/2001-Customs dated the 8th January, 2001
Nuclear Power Project– Goods Import Allowed Duty Free

G.S.R. (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, 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. 16/2000-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2000, namely :-

In the said notification, -

           (1)  in the Table, after serial number 338 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:-

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

"338A.

98.01

Goods required for setting up of any Nuclear Power Project specified in List 34, having a capacity of 440 MW or more, as certified by an officer not below the rank of a Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Atomic Energy.

Nil

Nil

80A";

           (2)  in the ANNEXURE, after Condition No. 80 and the entries relating thereto, the following condition number and entries relating thereto shall be inserted, namely:-

Condition No.

Conditions

"80A.

(a)     If an officer not below the rank of a Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Atomic Energy 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.";

(3) after List 33, the following List shall be inserted, namely:-

"List 34 (See S.No. 338A of the Table)

1.      Tarapur Atomic Power Plants - 3 and 4 (Maharashtra) - 1000 MW

2.      Kundakulam (Tamil Nadu) - 2000 MW

3.      Kaiga - 3 and 4 (Karnataka) - 440 MW.".

Sd/-                 
(Prashant Kumar Sinha)
Under Secretary to the Government of India