The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), has amended condition to provisional mega power projects and permit proportionate release of FDR or BG based on proportionate mega certificate issued by the Ministry of Power.
The Notification issued on Friday said that “In case of imports for a project for which certificate regarding Mega Power Project status issued by an officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Power is provisional, the importer furnishes a security in the form of a Fixed Deposit Receipt or Bank Guarantee from any Scheduled Bank for a term of one hundred and twenty-six months in the name of the President of India for an amount equal to the duty of customs payable on such imports but for this exemption, to the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, at the time of importation and if the importer fails to furnish the final mega power status certificate with in a period of one hundred and twenty months from the date of importation, the said security shall be appropriated towards duty of customs payable on such imports but for this exemption.
This is subject to a condition that in case of provisional Mega Power Projects, the security in the form of a Fixed Deposit Receipt or Bank Guarantee may be released proportionately as per the proportionate mega certificate issued by the said Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Power.
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