Incentives for Manufacturers/Providers of Privately owned Public Charging Stations/Privately owned Battery Swapping Station

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3 Definitions:

i. Charging/Battery equipment: Equipment that is exclusively used to charge the batteries of BEV/PHEV/SHEV. This equipment can be installed at existing fuel stations or separate charging or battery swapping stations.

ii. Privately owned public charging station: A dedicated charging station owned by a private entity that is used for charging personal EV or EV fleet and can be installed at independent homes, group residential buildings, offices, public places, or dedicated parking land which can be self-operated or CPO-managed (Charged Point Managed for EV fleet charging). The charging stations shall adhere to the norms laid by Ministry of Power or any other nodal agency appointed for Charging Infrastructure approval/guidelines.

iii. Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) shall mean an element in Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI) that supplies electrical energy for recharging the battery of electric vehicles. Public Charging Station (PCS) shall mean an EV charging station where any electric vehicle can get its battery recharged.

iv. Battery Charging Station (BCS) shall mean a station where the discharged or partially discharged electric batteries for electric vehicles are electrically recharged.

v. Battery Swapping Station (BSS) shall mean a station where any electric vehicle can get its discharged battery or partially charged battery replaced by a charged battery

vi. Electric Mobility Ecosystem: This policy addresses various components and end products of the electric mobility ecosystem. Such an ecosystem encompasses the―Electric Vehicles and components such as Lithium-Ion Batteries (or other advanced batteries with comparable energy/power densities), Super capacitors, Fuel cell systems, EV Charging equipment, Hydrogen generation, storage and refueling equipment, Battery swapping equipment, EV Motors & Controllers and other EV powertrain components, Battery management systems, EV electronics, electric harness etc. integral to the functioning of an EV.

vii. Fixed Capital Investment (FCI): Fixed Capital Investment is the cost of Land (purchased amount/long term lease value), Building and new Machinery/ new Equipment used in the unit.

4 Eligibility

i. The policy incentives will be available for early adopter enterprises setting up new charging infrastructure for public use in general and shall have to comply with the provisions as laid down by Ministry of Power or any other nodal agency appointed for Charging Infrastructure approval/guidelines.

ii. The charging infrastructure shall have verified electric connector for the purpose of charging vehicles at site.

iii. The early adopters shall be units that come into operation after the launch of the policy i.e. 10.7.2022, who apply on the portal for incentives. (First applied, First served basis). The limit has been specified in the Policy and Clause 2 of the scheme.

iv. The land proposed for setting up of charging station shall be in the name of the individual/entity in the form of ownership/lease.

v. There should not be any litigation pending against the land and the land shall be free from all the encumbrances/disputes.

vi. Charging infrastructure can also be set up at existing Petrol Pumps, Housing and Residential Societies, Malls, Parking Spaces, Offices, Colleges and University or other Public Spaces.

vii. Only equipment and machinery specifically required for EV charging / battery swapping shall be eligible.

Note: Units availing a particular incentive under this policy will not be eligible to avail similar incentive under similar head as given in any other Haryana Government policy. However, units will be eligible to claim other incentives not specified in this policy. The maximum limit of the sum of all fiscal incentives shall not exceed 100% of Fixed Capital Investment (FCI).

5 Commencement and Applicability:

The scheme shall commence with effect from 10.07.2022 and shall remain in operation till a period of 5 years or till the time Government decides to discontinue this scheme, whichever is earlier.

6 Procedure to apply for financial assistance under the scheme:

i. The applicant shall apply online within 90 days from date of operationalization of the Charging Station / Swapping station on the web portal of Industries & Commerce Department. The application shall be examined and processed by the officials of the Industries & Commerce Department, Haryana.

ii. The application would be processed and examined initially by the Joint Director/Deputy Director, District I&C Centre. He/She will be responsible for scrutiny and shall clearly recommend for approval/rejection of the claim after conducting the inspection of the unit.

iii. The Joint director/Deputy Director, District I&C Centre may physically visit the unit and verify the eligibility of plant & machinery as per the claim.

iv. The applicant shall have to submit documents pertaining to aligned with guidelines of Ministry of Power (or other ministry/nodal agency specified by Govt. of India) at the time of applying online.

v. The Joint Director/Deputy Director, District I&C Centre and shall recommend for approval/rejection of the claim after conducting inspection of the unit.

vi. The deficiencies, if any, would be communicated to the applicant in writing within a period of 10 working days and the applicant would be given a time period of 15 working days to rectify the deficiencies so pointed out.

vii. In case the deficiencies are not removed within prescribed period, the claim shall be rejected by the Competent Authority, under intimation to the party through an e-mail. The enterprise shall not be required to submit any additional document other than specified under Annexure-I unless required for establishing genuineness of the claim.

7 Competent Authority for Sanction:

The Director General / Director of Department of Industries & Commerce, Haryana, shall be competent authority for sanction of incentive of this scheme.

8 Time Limit

The Enterprise shall submit its claim, complete in all respects, within three months from start of commercial services (date of first sale bill). In case the unit does not apply within 03 months then its entitlement for the subsidy will be forfeited.

9 Interpretation/ Clarification

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

10 Appeal

An appeal against an order passed by the Competent Authority shall lie with the Administrative Secretary, Industries & Commerce, Haryana which can be filed 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. Appeal can be submitted in a written format at the office of the Administrative Secretary, Industries & Commerce, Haryana with subject as "Appeal for Charging and Swapping Station Subsidy scheme under the Haryana Electric VehiclePolicy - 2022"

11 Power to condone delay in submission of application & appeal

i. Director/ Director General, Industries and Commerce, Haryana shall be competent to condone the delay up to a period of 03 months after the prescribed time limit.

ii. 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.

12 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 refund of 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 as aresult of mismatch in facts and figures.

13 Service Delivery Timeline

ANAND MOHAN SHARAN, Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Haryana, Industries and Commerce Department.

Annexure – I

Application format for claiming Charging and Battery Swapping station Scheme

i. Copy of Udyam Registration Certificate (URC) and Haryana Udhyam Memorandum (HUM). ii. Certificate of Incorporation/ Partnership deed iii. Board resolution/ Power of attorney iv. Change of Land Use (CLU)/ NOC from competent authority, if applicable v. Declaration (As in Annexure II) on non-judicial stamp paper of INR 50/- vi. CA Certificate regarding investment in plant & machinery (Annexure-III) vii. Audited balance sheet of the unit of last year (if Applicable) viii. Copy of first electricity bill ix. Fire Safety Certificate for premises x. Compliance certificate with respect to norms of Govt. of India (Ministry of Power or any other nodal agency appointed for Charging Infrastructure approval/guidelines)

Signature of the applicant (with seal)4142 HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), NOV. 3, 2022 (KRTK. 12, 1944 SAKA)

Annexure-II

Declaration (on non-judicial stamp paper of INR 50 duly notarized)

1. I,… ......................................................... do hereby solemnly state that I am proprietor/partner /director/ of M/s……………………………….located at………………….which is engaged in the establishment of Battery Swapping station / Charging Station and I have been authorized to file the Charging Station and Battery Swapping Station Subsidy claim with the Industries & Commerce Department, Government of Haryana.

2. I do hereby 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, I do hereby undertake to refund the entire amount of assistance of INR………………/-[INR (in words)…………………………………………..] 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)HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), NOV. 3, 2022 (KRTK. 12, 1944 SAKA) 4143

Annexure-III

Certificate from Chartered Accountant regarding investment in plant & machinery (on a CA letter head)

To whom it may concern

The records and books of account of M/s………………………with their regd. Office at..................... and station located at………..………Block..……………………….. in respect of investment in FCI has been verified. It is certified that the investment in plant & machinery as on date.............................................. stands as INR........................(Rupees……………………….............) and turnover* for current fiscal year is INR................, whereas turnover for last fiscal year* was INR .....................

Name & signature of the Chartered Accountant (with seal) *if Applicable

UDIN ................................ with stamps

CA membership number: ………………………………..

Dated:

Annexure IV

Application Form for Claiming Power Subsidy under

Claim Period: from ....................... to .............................................

Comments of the Enquiry Officer

Certified that I have personally verified particulars mentioned above with the original bills of UHBVN/DHBVN and found them to be correct. I have also personally visited the unit on date……………… and physically verified infrastructure and machinery/other assets installed for the sole purpose of EV charging / EV battery swapping of M/s…………………… and found the unit functioning.

I also certify that the details with regard to bills etc, furnished by the unit in the application, resemble with those mentioned in the original Bills/vouchers produced before me during the time of physical verification and accordingly make my recommendation to approve charging station to get special tariff for EV

Name of Officer: ……………………………….

Designation: ……………………………………

District:…………………………………………

DISCOM:………………………………………

9957—C.S.—H.G.P. Pkl.