As amended by 14/97-Cus dated 1-3-97, 45/97-Cus dated 14-5-1997

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-item (6) of heading No. 98.01 of the First Schedule to the Customs, Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), the Central Government, having regard to the economic development of the country, hereby notifies each of the projects specified below as a project for the purpose of assessment under the said heading.

1. Port Mechanical Ore Handling Plant.

2. Salaya-Koyali Mathura Crude Oil Pipe Line Project

3. Bombay water Supply and Sewerage Project.

4. Mathura-Delhi-Ambala-Jullundur Product Pipeline Project.

5. Operation Flood III Project of National Dairy Development Board.

6. Bombay-Pune Product Pipeline Project.

7. Gas Pipeline Projects of the Gas Authority of India Ltd.

8. Pipeline Expansion Phse IIIA - Jorhat to Bongaigaon.

9. Railway Electrification Project.

10. Research and Development Project of Research Designs,and Standards Organisation of the Indian Railways, Lucknow.

11. Calcutta Metro Railway Project.

12. Konkan Railway Project.

13. Kandla-Bhatinda Pipeline Project.

14. SEA-ME-WE2 Submarine Cable Project.

15. National Stock Exchange Project.

16. Port Development Projects.

17. Bombay – Manmad – Manglya (Indore) Pipeline Project.

(Sl.No.17 has been substituted vide Cus Ntf No.103/2001 Date 8/10/2001)

[OLD17. Bombay - Manmad Pipeline Project.]

18. Vishakh - vijaywada Pipeline Project.

19. Power Transmission Projects of 66KV and above.

20. Road Development Projects of the National Highways Authority of India.

21. Urban Distribution Development Project of Andhra Pradesh States Electricity Board in Hyderabad and Tirupati towns.

22. Cochin International Airport Project.

(Sl.No.22 has been added vide Cus Ntf No.29/1999 Date 28/2/1999)

23. LNG Terminal of Petronet LNG Project at Dahej.

(Sl.No.23 has been added vide Cus Ntf No.103/2001 Date 8/10/2001)

24. Koyali-Navagam-Viramgam-Sidhpur-Kot-Sanganer Product Pipeline Project.

(Sl.No.24 has been substituted vide Cus Cus Ntf No.91/2002 Date 6/09/2002)

[OLD 24. Koyali-Navagam-Viramgam-Sidhpur Product Pipeline Project.]

25. Delhi MRTS Project.

(Sl.No.24 & 25 has been inserted vide cus Ntf.No.24/2002 dt.1/3/2002)

26. Drinking Water Supply Projects for supply of water for human or animal consumption.

Explanation.- Drinking Water Supply Project includes a plant for desalination, demineralization or purification of water or for carrying out any similar process or processes intended to make the water fit for human or animal consumption, but does not include a plant supplying water for industrial purposes.

26A. Water Supply Projects

Explanation:- Water Supply Project includes a water pumping station, water storage facility (reservoir) and water treatment plant for desalination, demineralization or purification of water or for carrying out any similar process or processes intended to make the water fit for agriculture or industrial use.

(Amended vide CUS NTF NO.13/2011 DATE 01/03/2011)

[old- Explanation.- Water Supply Project includes a plant for desalination, demineralization or purification of water or for carrying out any similar process or processes intended to make the water fit for agricultural or industrial use.]

(Sl.No.26A has been inserted vide cus Ntf.No.15/2004 dt.08/01/2004)

27.LNG Terminal Project of M/s Hazira LNG Private Limited at Hazira (Gujarat).

28. Mundra-Kandla Crude Oil Pipeline Project.

29. Panipat-Rewari Product Pipeline Project.

30. Project for Conversion of Kandla-Panipat Section of Kandla-Bhatinda Pipeline Project into Crude Oil service.

(Sl.Nos.26 to 30 has been inserted vide Cus Ntf No.91/2002 Date 6/09/2002)

31. Project for LNG Regassification Plant.

32. Aerial Passenger Ropeway Project.

(Sl.Nos.31 & 32 has been inserted vide CUS NTF NO. 28/2003 DATE 01/03/2003)

33. Pipeline projects for transportation of crude oil, petroleum products or natural gas.

(Sl.No.33 has been inserted vide CUS NTF NO. 18/2006 DATE 01/03/2006)

34. National Automotive Testing and Research and Development Infrastructure Project (NATRIP).

(Sl.No.34 has been inserted vide CUS NTF NO. 46/2006 DATE 24/05/2006)

35. Airport development projects

36. Metro rail projects.

(Sl.Nos.35 & 36 has been inserted vide CUS NTF NO. 07/2007 DATE 22/01/2007)

37. Digital cinema development projects.

(Sl.No. 37 has been inserted vide CUS NTF NO. 31/2007 DATE 01/03/2007)

38. Monorail projects for urban public transport

39. Digital headend projects

40. Projects for the installation of mechanized handling systems and pallet racking systems in mandis and warehouses for food grains, sugar and horticulture produce

[old - 40. Projects for the installation of mechanized food grain handling systems and pallet racking systems in ‘mandis’ and warehouses for food grains and sugar]

41. [old- Cold storage, cold room (including for farm level pre-cooling)]  Cold storage, cold room (including for farm level pre-cooling), cold chain including pre-cooling unit, packhouses, sorting and grading lines and ripening chambers or industrial projects for preservation, storage or processing of agricultural, apiary, horticultural, dairy, poultry, aquatic and marine produce and meat.

42. Green house set up for protected cultivation of horticulture and floriculture produce

(Sl.No. 38 to 41 has been inserted vide CUS NTF NO. 19/2010 DATE 27/02/2010)

(Sl.No. 40 amended & 42 inserted vide CUS NTF NO. 17/2012 DATE 17/03/2012)

(Sl.No. 41 amended  vide CUS NTF NO. 21/2016 DATE 01/03/2016)