Mega Power Projects – Validity Period of BG Extended to 10 Years from 5.5 Years

[Customs Notification No. 20 dated 16th May 2017]

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. 12/2012-Customs, dated the 17th March,2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i),vide number G.S.R.185(E), dated the 17th March,2012, namely:-

In the said notification, in the ANNEXURE, in Condition No.93, under heading “Conditions”, in clause (ii), in sub-clause (a),-

(i)   for the words “a term of sixty six months”, the words “a term of one hundred and twenty-six months” shall be substituted; and

(ii)  for the words “within a period of sixty months”, the words “with in a period of one hundred and twenty months” shall be substituted.

[F.No.354/94/2011-TRU(Pt-1)]

[Excise Notification No. 08 dated 16th May 2017]

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government on 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. 12/2012-Central Excise, dated the 17th March, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 163(E), dated the 17th March, 2012, namely:-

In the said notification, in the ANNEXURE, in Condition No.43, under heading “Conditions”, in clause (b),-

(i)   for the words “a term of sixty six months”, the words “a term of one hundred and twenty-six months” shall be substituted; and

(ii)  for the words “within a period of sixty months”, the words “with in a period of one hundred and twenty months” shall be substituted.

[F.No.354/94/2011-TRU(Pt-1)]