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GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF POWER

(ENERGY BRANCH)

NOTIFICATION

The 4th December, 2020

No: 10/52/2020-EV4/3159.- in exercise of the powers conferred by section 12 of the Punjab Electricity

(Duty) Act, 2005 (Punjab Act No. 9 of 2005), and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of

Punjab is pleased to grant hundred percent exemption to M/s Bawa Industries Private Limited having its

manufacturing unit at 9-11, Industrial Area, Phagwara, District Kapurthala from the payment of electricity

duty (except Social Security Fund) for a period of seven years in terms of the Detailed Scheme and Operational

Guidelines, 2018 (Industrial and Business Development Policy, 2017) in public interest and subject to the

following conditions, namely:-

CONDITIONS

(i)

the exemption, shall be granted to the said Firm for manufacturing of Light Engineering and Machine

Tools as per the conditions contained in the Eligibility Certificate issued by the Convener-cum-

General Manager, District Level Committee, Kapurthala vide Endorsement No. DIC/KPT/1762

dated 15th September, 2020;

(ii)

the exemption shall be granted for the period from the 03rd October, 2019 to 02nd October, 2026 or

the date of exhaustion/utilization of quantum of eligible incentive i.e. rupees 4,11,73,000/- (Rupees

Four Crore Eleven Lakh Seventy-Three Thousand only), whichever is earlier, as per the Eligibility

Certificate dated 15th September, 2020. The date of commercial production of the unit after expansion

is also certified as 3rd October, 2019;

(iii)

in the event of any revision of rate of electricity duty at any subsequent point of time, the exemption

to the extent of revised levied rate of electricity duty (except contributions out of electricity duty

e. g. Social Security Fund etc.) shall be applicable to the unit;

(iv)

the usage of the power by the Firm during the aforesaid period shall be regulated through a transparent

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metering arrangement installed or approved by the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited or the

Chief Electrical Inspector to record the consumption of the unit under exemption;

(v)

the exemption shall not be applicable for the residential area of the said premises and to that effect, an

undertaking shall be submitted by the unit that no residential area exists in the premises. If there is a

residential area in the premises, in that event, a separate meter has to be installed or a separate

electricity connection shall be obtained in order to record the electricity consumption of that residential

area, which shall be excluded from the total electricity consumption of the unit;

(vi)

it shall be ensured that the Firm does not connect the load of any other unit with this unit for the

purpose of availing exemption from electricity duty;

(vii) the exemption shall be strictly in accordance with the Eligibility Certificate issued by the Convener-

cum-General Manager, District Level Committee, Amritsar vide Endorsement No. DIC/KPT/1762

dated 15th September, 2020; and

(viii) in case any excess claimed exemption is detected at any point of time, it shall be liable for recovery

and penal action shall be taken under the provisions of said Act.

To ensure the compliance of the above conditions and proper utilization of incentive, the Auditors of the

Department of Chief Electrical Inspector may inspect the unit at any time. In case, any violation of any of the

provisions of the Punjab Electricity (Duty) Act, 2005 or the rules thereunder and the above conditions, is

detected, the owner of the unit shall be liable for action under Section 8 of the said Act and exemption shall

automatically be ceased for which the supplier and owner of the unit shall be responsible.

Sd/-

ANURAG AGARWAL,

Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Punjab,

Department of Power.

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