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Punjab Government Notifications and Orders

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF POWER

(ENERGY BRANCH)

NOTIFICATION

The 16th March, 2023

No.10/20/2023-EV4/1497:-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

Puniab is pleased to grant hundred percent (100%) exemption to M/s Vishnu Agro Foods, having its

manufacturing unit located at Kokri Kalan Road, VPO Kokri Kalan, Ajitwal, District Moga, from the

payment of electricity duty (except Social Security Fund) for a period of ten years, in terms of the Detailed

Schemes and Operational Guidelines, 2018 (Industrial and Business Development Policy, 2017) in public interest,

subject to the following conditions, namely:-

CONDITIONS

(i)

the exemption shall be granted to the said Firm for its Unit of manufacturing of Fortified Rice Kernels as

per the conditions contained in the Eligibility Certificate issued by the General Manager, District Industries

Centre District Level Committee, Moga vide Endorsement No. 889-896 dated the 05th July, 2022;

(ii)

the exemption shall be granted from the 21st December, 2021 to 20th December, 2031 as per the Eligibility

Certificate date the 05th July, 2022. However, the date of commercial production of the Unit is certified as

29th January, 2022;

(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

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

Electrical Inspector to record the consumption of the Unit under exemption;

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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 General Manager,

District Industries Centre District Level Committee, Moga vide Endorsement No. 889-896 dated the 05th

July, 2022; and

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

and penal action under the provisions of the said Act.

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

office of the Chief Electrical Inspector may inspect the Unit at any time. In case any violation of any of the

provisions of said Act and the rules made therunder and the above conditions, is detected, the owner of the Unit

shall be liable for action under section 8 of the said Act and the rules made thereunder and the exemption shall

automatically cease for which the owner of the Unit shall be responsible.

Sd/-

TEJVEER SINGH,

Chandigarh

Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab,

Department of Power.

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