Machinery, components, spares etc. required for the pur­pose of LCA Programme goods imported by specified Authorised Work Centre - 128/93 - Customs -Tariff

Machinery, components, spares etc. required for the pur pose of LCA Programme goods imported by specified Authorised Work Centre Notification No. 128/93-Cus. Dated 8-6-1993 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts machinery, equipment, instruments, components, spares, tools, accessories, computer software, raw materials and consumables required for the purpose of the Light Combat Aircraft Programme of the Ministry of Defence (hereinafter referred to as the LCA Programme goods), when imported into India by an Authorised Work Centre therefor specified in the Table below, from - (i) the whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon which is specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975); and (ii) the whole of the additional duty leviable thereon under section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act: Provided that the Authorised Work Centre produces to the Assistant Collector of Customs at the time of importation, in each case, a list of the LCA Programme goods to be imported, with the relevant description of such goods,- (i) duly certified by the Senior Manager, Aeronautical Development Agency to the effect, - (a) that the LCA Programme goods mentioned in the list are required for the purpose of the Light Combat Aircraft Programme of the Ministry of Defence; (b) that such goods are not manufactured in India; (c) that the same shall be used only for the purpose of the said Programme; and (ii) duly certified also by an officer not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, in the Ministry of Defence, to the effect that the import of the LCA Programme goods mentioned in the said list is authorised by the Ministry of Defence under and for the purpose of the Light Combat Aircraft Programme of the Ministry of Defence. TABLE The Authorised Work Centres 1. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. 2. Hindustan Machine Tools Limited. 3. Bharat Electronics Limited. 4. Indian Telephone Industries. 5. Mishra Dhatu Nigam, Hyderabad. 6. Nuclear Fuel Complex, Hyderabad. 7. Electronics Corporation of India Limited, Hyderabad. 8. Central Machine Tools Institute, Bangalore. 9. Gas Turbine Research Establishment, Bangalore. 10. Aeronautical Development Establishment, Bangalore. 11. Electronics Radar Development Establishment, Bangalore. 12. Instruments Research Development Establishment, Dehradun. 13. Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad. 14. Defence Research Development Laboratory, Hyderabad. 15. Aerial Delivery Research Development Establishment, Agra. 16. Defence Materials Stores Research and Development Establishment, Kanpur. 17. Aircraft System Integration Engineering Organisation, Bangalore. 18. Defence Bio-Engineering and Electro Medical Laboratory, Bangalore. 19. Defence Institute of Fire Research, Delhi. 20. Combat Vehicle Research Development Establishment, Madras. 21. Naval Chemicals Metallurgical Laboratory, Bombay. 22. Solid State Physics Laboratory, New Delhi. 23. Institute of Armament Technology, Pune. 24. Armament Research Development Establishment, Pune. 25. Centre for Artificial Intelligence Robotics, Bangalore. 26. Centre for Aeronautical Systems Studies and Analysis, Bangalore. 27. Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory, Dehradun. 28. Defence Laboratory, Jodhpur. 29. Defence Electronics Research Laboratory, Hyderabad. 30. Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory, Cochin. 31. Scientific Analysis Group, Delhi. 32. National Aeronautical Laboratory, Bangalore. 33. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum. 34. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. 35. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 36. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. 37. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. 38. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. 39. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. 40. Aeronautical Development Agency, Bangalore. 41. Computer Maintenance Corporation. 42. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited. 43. Bharat Heavy Plates and Vessels Limited. 44. Praga Machine Tools, Hyderabad. 45. Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad. 46. Heavy Vehicles Factory, Avadi, Madras. 47. Ordnance Factory, Medak. 48. Project Office (Materials), Hyderabad. 49. Kerala Hi-tech Industries, Trivandrum. 50. Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation of India Ltd. 2. This notification shall remain in force up to and inclusive of the 31st day of July, 1998.