Amendment in Chapter 8 of FTP regarding Mega Power Project - 28/2009-2014 - Foreign Trade Policy

[To Be Published In The Gazette of India (Extraordinary) Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (ii)] Government of India Ministry of Commerce And Industry Department of Commerce Notification No. 28/2009-2014 New Delhi: Dated, 8th February 2010 Subject: Amendment in Chapter 8 of FTP regarding Mega Power Project. S.O (E)- In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development Regulation) Act, 1992 read with paragraph 1.3 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2009-2014 , the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in FTP, 2009-2014 . Following sentence shall be added at the end of the first line of Paragraph 8.4.4 (iv) : "However, in regard to mega power projects, the requirement of ICB would not be mandatory, if the requisite quantum of power has been tied up through tariff based competitive bidding or if the project has been awarded through tariff based competitive bidding." This issues in public interest. (R.S. Gujral) Director General of Foreign Trade and Ex-officio Special Secretary to the Government of India (F.No. 01/92/180/162/AM 08/PC VI)