F. No. 3/13/2012-TC

Government of India,

M/o Commerce & Industries

(Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion)

Tariff Commission

7th floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi-110003.

Dated: 13.06.2012

To,

Sh Rajeev Gupta, IAS

Managing Director,

NAFED, Siddhartha Enclave,

Ring Road, Ashram Chowk,

New Delhi-14

Sub: Study on impact analysis of fiscal incentives announced in the recent

Budgets (2010-11 & 2011-12) done for Cold Chain Infrastructure

Dear Sir,

The Tariff Commission under Ministry of Commerce & Industry has undertaken a quick study on “Impact analysis of fiscal incentives announced in the recent Budgets (2010-11 & 2011-12) for Cold Chain infrastructure.”

In case of your organization, being in the area of marketing/trading/ storage of food products, the usage of cold chain infrastructure appears to be imperative in your activities. Your views/comments in respect of the impact of fiscal incentives for development of cold chain infrastructure will be very valuable for this study. You are requested to kindly share your valuable comments in the enclosed Performa, wherever applicable.

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Thanking you

Yours Sincerely,

(M.K.Anand)

Advisor (Cost)

Off-011-2464 9073

Mob: 9971136372

Questionnaire for Cold Chain Project

1.Name of the Company

2.Address of the Company

Name of the contact person

along with Mobile No.

3.Nearest Airport with distance

4.Ownership status of Company- Public, Pvt. Etc.

5.Date of commencement of project

6.Likely date of completion of project

7.Total Cost of project

8.Amount of Fiscal Incentive (as categorized below) availed:

(Rs in Lakhs)

Sr.No. / Year / Excise Duty / Custom Duty / Sales Tax / Interest Subsidy / Others(Pl. specify)
1. / 2009-10
2. / 2010-11
3. / 2011-12

9.Amount of Financial Assistance received for the project from different Central & State Agencies:

(Rs in Lakhs)

Sr.No. / Year / NHM / NHB / MFPI / State Govt / Others ( Pl. Specify)
1. / 2008-09
2. / 2009-10
3. / 2010-11
4. / 2011-12

NHM-National Horticulture Mission/ NHB-National Horticulture Board/ MFPI- Ministry of Food Processing Industries

10.Problems, if any, faced in availing Fiscal Incentive & Central Assistance.

11.To what extent the Fiscal Incentive influenced the decision of putting up the project.

12.Suggestions, if any, as regard the quantum of Fiscal Incentive and Central Assistance.

13.Suggest any other incentive/scheme required to motivate the entrepreneurs to enhance investment in developing cold chain and modernization to meet the state of art standards.

14.Flow chart showing step by step activities taken up in your project.

15.Please furnish details about storage capacity and capacity utilization

Sr. No / Year / Storage Capacity / Capacity Utilization
1. / 2009-10
2. / 2010-11
3. / 2011-12

16.Details of Products stored/sold:

Sr.
No. / Year / Name of the Commodity / ITC(HS)
Code / Product stored / Product sold
Local / Imported / Local / Exported
Qty / Val / Qty / Val / Qty. / Val / Qty / Val
1. / 2009-10
2. / 2010-11
3. / 2011-12

17.Please indicate your assessment of the impact of fiscal incentives (so far provided by the Government for development of cold chain infrastructure) on consumers, producers and Economy as a whole. The assessment of the impact may be explained separately for each component of the cold chain infrastructure.

18.The impact, if any of fiscal incentives on (i) cost of production and (ii) profits.

Questionnaire for Association

1.Amount of Fiscal Incentive availed by the Cold Chain Projects

Sr.No. / Year / Excise Duty / Custom Duty / Sales Tax / Interest Subsidy / Others
1. / 2009-10
2. / 2010-11
3. / 2011-12

2.Amount of Financial Assistance received for the cold chain project from different Central & State Agencies

Sr.No. / Year / NHM / NHB / MFPI / State Govt / Others
1. / 2008-09
2. / 2009-10
3. / 2010-11
4. / 2011-12

3.Problems if any faced in availing Fiscal Incentive & Central Assistance.

4.Suggestions, if any, for the improvement in Fiscal Incentive and for the quantum of Central Assistance.

6.Suggestion if any for introduction of any other scheme to boost the Cold Chain Infrastructure.

7.Suggest any other incentive required which according to you would motivate the entrepreneurs to enhance investment in developing more cold chain

8.Flow chart representation of activities under taken in the cold chain project.

9.Please furnish details about storage capacity and Capacity utilization

Sr. No / Year / Storage Capacity / Capacity Utilization
1. / 2009-10
2. / 2010-11
3. / 2011-12

10Details of Production, Domestic Sales, Exports and Imports

Sr.
No. / Year / Production / Sales / Export / Imports
Qty / Val / Qty / Val / Qty. / Val / Qty / Val
1. / 2009-10
2. / 2010-11
3. / 2011-12

11.Please furnish list of Items/Products along with the ITC(HS) Code traded in the cold chain project

12.Please provide detailed note about assessment of impact of fiscal incentives so far provided by the Government for development of cold chain infrastructure on consumers, producers and Economy as a whole. The assessment of impact may be explained separately for each component of the cold chain infrastructure.