Notification No. 73/99-Cus., dated 8-6-1999
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) and from the whole of the additional duty leviable thereon under section
3 of the said Customs Tariff Act, 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.