Haryana Government Gazette
EXTRAORDINARY
Published by Authority
© Govt. of Haryana
No. 54–2023/Ext.] CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2023 (PHALGUNA 25, 1944 SAKA)
HARYANA GOVERNMENT
INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
Notification
The 16th March, 2023
No. 02/01/2023-3IB-II.— In pursuance of the Government of Haryana"s Budget 2022-23 announcement; To provide support to the industries from the MSME sector located in NCR districts of Haryana in conversion of Coal/Diesel boilers to PNG/CNG/cleaner fuel boilers, the Governor of Haryana is pleased to notify the Scheme of "Assistance in conversion of boiler to run on cleaner fuels". The scheme will consist of the following provisions:
1. Objective:
The conversion cost of industries towards cleaner fuels requires investment in infrastructure. In order to provide support, Hon"ble Chief Minister of Haryana announced in his Budget Speech 2022 that MSME sector located in NCR shall be provided an assistance of 30 percent of the capital expenditure for conversion of their boilers from coal or diesel to cleaner fuels subject to a limit of ₹ 15 lakhs. This will enable these industries to move towards compliance and fulfil their obligations towards a cleaner environment.
i. To promote a clean environment in the state using cleaner fuels.
ii. To incentivize and encourage Industries to convert to ecologically friendly PNG/ CNG/ cleaner fuel boilers.
iii. To assist Industries in compliance mandated by Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM).
2. Quantum of Assistance:
Financial assistance at 30 percent of the total conversion cost (material cost and service cost) up to INR 15 Lakhs to facilitate conversion of boilers to run on CNG/PNG/cleaner fuels for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME).
3. Definitions:
(i) CNG (Compressed Natural Gas): Natural gas used as fuel, substitute for petrol, diesel or LPG, typically compressed to pressure.
(ii) PNG (Piped Natural Gas): Natural Gas distributed through a pipeline network.
(617)618 HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), MAR. 16, 2023 (PHGN. 25, 1944 SAKA) (iii) Boiler: Means are closed vessels that use a fuel source or electricity to heat water or generate steam for industrial use.
(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 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 from time to time.
(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 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development 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 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 from time to time.
(vii) NCR (National Capital Region): The area specified in Schedule 2 of The National Capital Region Planning Board Act, 1985 and the subsequent notifications from time to time.
4. Commencement and Applicability:
The scheme shall commence from 23rd June 2022 i.e. the date of issuance of CAQM Direction No.65 „banning the use of unapproved fuels in areas where PNG infrastructure and supply is already available from 1st October 2022 and 1st January 2023 in areas where PNG supply is still not available. The applicants eligible under the scheme who have converted their boilers to operate on approved fuels between 23rd June 2022 and date of notification of the scheme can apply to Office of Directorate of MSME within 2 months of notification of the scheme. The scheme shall remain in operation for a period of 2 years from date of commencement.
5. Eligibility:
Existing Micro, Small and Medium enterprises operating in the districts of the Haryana falling under Nation Capital Region that convert their boilers to CNG/PNG/cleaner fuel shall be provided financial support by way of reimbursement of expenditure incurred in upgrading the boilers to run on cleaner fuel / installation of new boilers.
The units under 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 should have IEM/Udyam Registration Certificate (URC) and Haryana Udhyam Memorandum (HUM).
ii. The unit should have obtained NOC/CLU from Competent Authority if applicable.
iii. The unit should be in regular commercial production at the time of disbursement and the subsidy shall not be released to a closed unit.
iv. The units shall follow the guidelines released by Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas from time to time.
6. Procedure:
6.1. Application on prescribed Form (Annexure-I) for the grant of assistance, alongwith listed documents would be submitted to the Director General, 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.
6.2. The application would be processed and examined by the Joint Director/Deputy Director, District MSME Centre. 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.
6.3. In case the deficiencies are not removed within the prescribed period, the claim can be forfeited by the Competent Authority, after intimation to the applicant through an e-mail and official letterHARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), MAR. 16, 2023 (PHGN. 25, 1944 SAKA) 619
7. Time Limit:
The applicant shall forfeit its entitlement for the Assistance for installation of PNG/CNG/cleaner fuel boilers, if it does not submit its claim, complete in all respects within three months of installation of Equipment as certified by Chief Inspector of Boiler department, or from the date of notification of the scheme, whichever is later.
8. Competent Authority for sanction:
The Director General, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises shall be competent authority for sanction of the subsidy.
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 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.
11. Power to condone delay in submission of application & appeal:
a) The Director General, 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.
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 refund assistance with compound rate of interest @ 12% per annum and face legal action. The applicant shall also 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 also be debarred from public procurement as a result of mismatch in facts and figures.
13. Service Delivery Timeline
| S. No. | Tasks | Time limit (working days) |
| 1 | Letter of Approval | 45 days |
| 2 | Letter of Sanction | 07 days |
| 3 | Disbursement | 07 days |
ANAND MOHAN SHARAN, Additional Chief Secretary to Government Haryana,620 HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), MAR. 16, 2023 (PHGN. 25, 1944 SAKA)
Annexure-I
Application format for claiming Assistance for installation of PNG/CNG/cleaner fuel boilers
| Sr. No. | Particular | Details |
| 1. | Name of the applicant (Authorized person of the unit) | |
| 2. | Name & Address of the unit with telephone no. and e-mail | |
| 3. | District (Should lie in the NCR region as per specified in Schedule 2 of The National Capital Region Planning Board Act, 1985 and the subsequent notifications | |
| 4. | Registered office address | |
| 5. | IEM/Udyam Registration Certificate (URC) and Haryana Udhyam Memorandum (HUM) with date. | |
| 6. | Item of manufacture/processing | |
| 7. | Category of the unit (Micro/Small/ Medium) | |
| 8 . | Details of boiler installed on which assistance has been claimed: | |
| a. Cost of boiler | ||
| b. Service Cost | ||
| c. Other Cost | ||
| Total | ||
| 9. | Amount of subsidy claimed @ 30% (upto 15 Lakhs) | |
| 10. | Bank Account Details | |
| i. | Name | |
| ii. | Account Number | |
| iii. | Type (Savings / Current) | |
| iv. | Bank Name | |
| v. | IFSC |
Self-attested copies of documents to be attached with the application:
i. Copy of IEM/ Udyam Registration Certificate (URC) and Haryana Udhyam Memorandum (HUM).
ii. Certificate of registration of Boiler from the Chief Boiler Inspector.
iii. Declaration by the applicant (as per Annexure II) on non-judicial stamp paper of Rs. 50/- (Min) duly sworn before a Notary Public or First-Class Magistrate
iv. CA certificate of details of Expenditure incurred (in original)(Annexure-III).
v. Certificate from Chief Inspector of Boiler Department (Annexure-IV).
vi. Change of Land Use (CLU)/ NOC from competent authority, if applicable.
Signature of the applicant (with seal)HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), MAR. 16, 2023 (PHGN. 25, 1944 SAKA) 621
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__________________which is engaged in the manufacture of________________ and I have been authorized to file the assistance for installation of PNG/CNG/cleaner fuel boilers with the Department of Industries and commerce/ MSMEs,Haryana.
2. I have gone through all the conditions/criteria mentioned in this scheme "Assistance in conversion of boiler to run on cleaner fuels" and the same have been duly complied with.
3. 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.
4. 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 of assistance of Rs.____ (Rupees _____) 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)622 HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), MAR. 16, 2023 (PHGN. 25, 1944 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 PNG/CNG/cleaner fuel boilers have been verified, and it is certified that the said industrial unit have incurred a total expenditure of Rs…………….. (Rupees.......................................) as per the following details of payments:
Details of expenditure and amount paid (in rupees) is certified as under:
(a) Cost of Boiler
(b) Service cost
(c) Other cost
Total ..........................................
AND
Verified from the books of accounts of above firm the total investment in conversion of boiler (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) and (c) above should be supported by copies of bills.
HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), MAR. 16, 2023 (PHGN. 25, 1944 SAKA) 623Annexure IV
Certificate from Chief Inspector of Boiler Department
No. ________ Date ___________
Certified that the conversion of boiler has been completed on _____________. The boiler is in accordance with the scheme approved by the Department of Industries & Commerce and the Boilers Act, 1923.
For Chief Inspector of Boiler Department of Industries & Commerce, Haryana.
10274—C.S.—H.G.P., Pkl.