Assistance for Waste Management Scheme

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Haryana Government Gazette

EXTRAORDINARY

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© Govt. of Haryana

No. 166-2021/Ext.] CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2021 (ASVINA 19, 1943 SAKA)

HARYANA GOVERNMENT

INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE DEPARTMENT

Notification

The 11th October, 2021

No. 25/05/2020-4IB-I.— In pursuance to the provision under Chapter 14 of the Haryana Enterprises & Employment Policy-2020 notified in Gazette vide No. 25/05/2020-4IB-I dated 29.12.2020, the Governor of Haryana is pleased to notify the Scheme of "Assistance for Waste Management Scheme". The scheme will consist of the following provisions:

1. Objective:

To incentivize industries for carrying out the waste management activities (collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal) in a manner, which is not just environmentally, socially, and financially sustainable but is also economically viable.

2. Quantum of Assistance:

Financial assistance @50% of project cost [land and building subject to maximum of 25% of Project cost] including machinery & equipment up to INR 50 Crore to facilitate setting up of electronic waste management and e-waste recovery projects for industries operating in Electronics System Design & Manufacturing (ESDM) sector.

3. Definitions:

(i) Ultra-Mega Project: Iconic Project having minimum Fixed Capital Investment of INR 6000 Cr. in A Blocks, INR 4,500 crore in B Blocks, INR 3,000 crore in C Blocks and INR1,500 crore in D Blocks.

(ii) Mega Project: Project having minimum Fixed Capital Investment (FCI) of INR 200 crore in B Blocks, FCI of over INR 100 crore in C Blocks and FCI of over INR 75 crore in D Blocks. The project undertaking expansion/ diversification and identified service enterprises with same criteria of investment shall also be treated as Mega Project.

[Special Package of incentives for Mega Projects having potential of ancillarisation shall be decided by HEPB over and above standard package of incentives on the basis of Cost Benefit Analysis under this policy and sectoral policy i.e. IT & ESDM Policy 2017].

(iii) Large Enterprise: Investment in Plant and Machinery greater than INR 50 crore and turnover greater than INR 250 crore (over and above the of limit of Medium units defined under the MSMED Act, 2006 or as amended by GoI from time to time).

(iv) Medium Enterprise: Investment in Plant and Machinery or Equipment does not exceed INR 50 crore and turnover does not exceed INR 250 crore as amended by GoI under the MSMED Act, 2006 from time to time.

(3523)3524 HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), OCT. 11, 2021 (ASVN. 19, 1943 SAKA) (v) Small Enterprise: Investment in Plant and Machinery or Equipment does not exceed INR 10 crore and turnover does not exceed INR 50 crore or as amended by GoI under the MSMED Act, 2006 from time to time.

(vi) Micro Enterprise: Investment in Plant and Machinery or Equipment does not exceed INR 1 crore and turnover does not exceed INR 5 crores or as amended by GoI under the MSMED Act, 2006 from time to time.

(vii) New Enterprise: The enterprise which has gone into commercial production on or after date of notification of the Policy i.e. 01.01.2021.

4. Commencement and Applicability:

The Scheme shall commence with effect from 01.01.2021 and shall remain in operation for a period of 5 years. The assistance shall be admissible on the purchase of land, machinery & equipment on or after 01.01.2021 and before 31.12.2025.

5. Eligibility:

New Ultra-Mega Projects, Mega Projects, Large Industries, Micro, Small and Medium enterprises operating in Electronics System Design & Manufacturing (ESDM) sector anywhere in the State shall only be provided financial support by way of reimbursement of expenditure incurred.

The restrictive list of the Industries notified under HEEP-2020 shall not be applicable for this assistance. The eligible Units shall also comply with the following conditions:

i. The unit shall file IEM/Udyam Registration Certificate (URC) and Haryana Udhyam Memorandum (HUM)on the portal for the statistical purpose, at any stage.

ii. The unit should have obtained NOC/CLU from Competent Authority if applicable.

iii. The unit should be in commercial production.

iv. The unit should be in regular production at the time of disbursement and the subsidy shall not be released to a closed unit.

6. Methodology for Disbursement

The disbursement of Financial Assistance will be in three tranches as per following schedule:

First Tranche of 25% of eligible assistance shall be released after taking 100 % possession of land and applicant must have incurred expenditure of 50% of the eligible project cost. The applicant must submit the progress report as per Annexure V.

Second tranche of 25% of eligible assistance will be disbursed after the applicant has already incurred expenditure of 75% of the eligible project cost. The applicant must submit the progress report as per Annexure V.

The third and final tranche of the assistance amounting to 50% of eligible assistance will be paid when the applicant has incurred expenditure of 100% of the eligible project cost. The applicant must submit the progress report as per Annexure V.

7. Procedure:

Application on prescribed Form (Annexure-I) for the grant of assistance, along with listed documents would be submitted to the Director/ Director General, Industries & Commerce/Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, on the web portal of the department within 3 months of date of installation or from the date of notification of the scheme, whichever is later.

The application would be processed and examined by the Joint Director/Deputy Director, District MSME Centre/ Industries & Commerce. He will be responsible for scrutiny and shall clearly recommend for approval/rejection of the claim after conducting inspection of the unit. The deficiencies, if any, would be communicated to the applicant in writing within a period of 7 days and the applicant would be given a time period of 10 days to rectify the deficiencies so pointed out. An enterprise shall not be required to submit any additional document other than specified under Annexure-I unless required for establishing genuineness of the claim.

In case the deficiencies are not removed within the prescribed period, the claim shall be filed by the Competent Authority, under intimation to theapplicant through an e-mail.

8. Time Limit:

The applicant shall forfeit its entitlement for the Assistance for Waste Management, if it does not submit its claim, complete in all respects within three months of installation of Equipment as certified by Regional Officer Haryana State Pollution Control Board or from the date of notification of the scheme, whichever is later.

9. Competent Authority for sanction:

The Director/ Director General/ Industries & Commerce, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises shall be competent authority for sanction of the subsidy.

10. Interpretation/ Clarification:

The Administrative Secretary Industries and Commerce, Haryana shall be competent to make interpretation/clarification of provisions of this scheme.

11. Appeal:

An appeal against an order passed by the Competent Authority shall lie with the Administrative Secretary, Industries & Commerce, Haryana within a period of 30 days from the date of communication of orders appealed against. The orders passed by the Administrative Secretary, Industries & Commerce, Haryana in appeal shall be final.

12. Power to condone delay in submission of application& appeal:

(a) The Director/ Director General, Industries & Commerce/ Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Haryana shall be competent to condone the delay up to a period of 03 months after the prescribed time limit.

(b) The Administrative Secretary, Industries & Commerce, Haryana shall be competent to condone the delay up to a period of 06 months after the prescribed time limit.

Provided that the competent authority is satisfied with the reasons of late submission of the application on the basis of the substantial evidence/documents/ arguments presented by the applicant.

13. Penal Action:

In case, it is found at any stage that the applicant has claimed the assistance on the basis of wrong facts, the applicant shall besides refunding assistance with compound rate of interest @ 12% per annum and facing legal action, will be debarred from grant of any incentives/assistance from the State Government. If the applicant fails to refund the subsidy amount with interest, then the amount shall be recovered as arrear of land revenue. The applicant shall be debarred from public procurement asa result of mismatch in facts and figures.

VIJAYENDRA KUMAR, Principal Secretary to Government Haryana, Industries and Commerce Department.

Annexure-I

i. Copy of IEM/ Udyam Registration Certificate (URC) and Haryana UdhyamMemorandum (HUM).

ii. Certificate of Incorporation/ Partnership deed/Partnership registration/ Co-operative society registration.

iii. Board resolution/ Power of attorney.

iv. Declaration by the applicant (as per Annexure II) on non-judicial stamp paper ofRs. 50/- (Min) duly sworn before a Notary Public or First-Class Magistrate

v. CA certificate of details of Expenditure incurred (in original)(Annexure-III).

vi. Certificate from Regional Officer of Pollution Control Board(Annexure-IV).

vii. Change of Land Use (CLU)/ NOC from competent authority, if applicable.\

viii. Details as per Annexure V as part of progress report.

Signature of the applicant (with seal)HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), OCT. 11, 2021 (ASVN. 19, 1943 SAKA) 3527 Annexure II Undertaking/Declaration (to be submitted on non-judicial stamp paper of Rs. 50/- (Min) duly sworn before a Notary Public (duly affixed with Notarial Stamp; and with Notary Seal & Notary Registration Number or First-Class Magistrate):

I,

do hereby solemnly state that I am proprietor/partner/director/ of M/s located

(Rupees

which is engaged in the manufacture of and I have been authorized to file the assistance for waste management with the Department of Industries and Commerce/MSMEs, Haryana. 2. The unit will be liable to refund excess subsidy/assistance, if any released due to omission or pointed out by the Audit team of Principal Accountant General, Haryana. 3. I do hereby further affirm that the particulars given in the application are correct. In case any of the statement/ information furnished in the application/ documents later found to be wrong or incorrect or misleading or violation of the eligibility criteria/conditions, I do hereby undertake to refund the entire amount ofassistance of Rs. ) granted to me at the compound rate of interest @12% per annum, besides facing legal action in case facts contained in this application are proved to be wrong at the time of verification/ checking or otherwise at any stage.

Dated:

Signature of the applicant

(with seal)3528 HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), OCT. 11, 2021 (ASVN. 19, 1943 SAKA) Annexure-III Certificate from Chartered Accountant (on CA letter head)

To whom it may concern

The document & records of M/s..................................................................... with their regd. Office at ....................... and factory located at...................................................... in respect of the expenditure incurred for installation of waste management Plant and equipment have been verified, and it is certified that the said industrial unit have incurred a total expenditure of Rs................................... (Rupees ………………….............) towards purchase and installation of waste management plant as per the following details of payments.

Details of expenditure and amount paid (in rupees) is certified as under:

(a) Land Cost................................................

(b) Building Cost........................................

(c) Cost of machinery and equipments........................................

(d) Other cost

Total ..........................................

AND

Verified from the books of accounts of above firm the total investment in plant and machinery (original purchase value) of the company as on date ............................ stands as Rs…………………… (Rupees …………..........................) and turnover of last financial year Rs.- ---------------- (Rupees ……………………)

Name & signature of the Chartered Accountant with stamps & CA membership Number Date-------------

UDIN No-----------

Payment at (a), (b) & (c) above should be supported by copies of bills.

Annexure-IV Certificate from Regional Officer of State Pollution Control Board

No. Date . Certified that the electronic waste Treatment Plant has been installed on in accordance with the scheme approved by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board under the Water Act,1974/Air Act, 1981.

Regional Officer

Haryana State Pollution Control Board

District-------------

Annexure-V

Project Monitoring Form

from the Org.

.

Progress Report on (Values in INR Cr.)

Name & signature of the Chartered Accountant with stamps & CA membership Number Date-------------

UDIN No-----------

9348—C.S.—H.G.P., Pkl.