Exemption to import by Power Grid Corporation of India for the setting up of Rihand-Sasaram-Biharshariff HVDC Link Back to Back Station Project.

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 exempts the following equipment required for the setting up of Rihand-Sasaram-Biharshariff HVDC Link Back to Back Station Project, and imported by M/s. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, from the whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon which is specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), namely :-

1. Thyristor Valves

2. Convector Transformer

3. Control Protection and Annunciation Equipment

4. Valve Cooling Apparatus

5. Smoothing Reactors

6. Shunt Reactors

7. Shunt Capacitors

8. A.C. Filter Apparatus

9. D.C. Current Transformers

10. D.C. Voltage Dividers

11. D.C. Yard Equipment

12. 400 KV Circuit Breakers/Switches

13. Surge Arresters

14. Bus Post Insulators

15. PLC Filters

16. Fire Fighting Equipment

17. Air Conditioning Ventilation Equipment

18. Cables

19. Batteries and Battery Chargers

20. Station Lighting

21. A.C. Yard Equipment

22. Spares for the above equipment.

Notification No. 73/99-Cus., dated 8-6-1999.