Exemption to imported wind operated electricity generators and wind operated battery chargers falling within chapter 85 required for electricity generation or battery charging - 090/91 - Customs -Tariff

Exemption to imported wind operated electricity generators and wind operated battery chargers falling within chapter 85 required for electricity generation or battery charging Notification No. 90/91-Cus. Dated 25-7-1991 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 79/85-Customs, dated the 17th March, 1985, the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts wind operated electricity generators and wind operated battery chargers, falling within Chapter 85 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), when imported into India, from - (a) so much of that portion of the duty of customs leviable thereon which is specified in the said First Schedule as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate of 35 per cent ad valorem; and (b) the whole of the additional duty leviable thereon under section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act, subject to the condition that an officer not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary in the Department of Non-Conventional Energy Sources of the Government of India is satisfied that the goods in question are required for the purpose of electricity generation or battery charging and certifies to this effect and recommends grant of the above exemption.