S.
No.

Chapter / Heading / Sub-heading / Tariff item

Description of Goods

Rate

Condition No.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

1.

Any Chapter

Goods specified in the List annexed to this Table required in connection with:

(1) Petroleum operations undertaken under petroleum exploration licenses or mining leases, granted by the Government of India or any State Government to the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation or Oil India Limited on nomination basis, or

(2) Petroleum operations undertaken under specified contracts, or

(3) Petroleum operations undertaken under specified contracts under the New Exploration Licensing Policy, or

(4) Petroleum operations undertaken under specified contracts under the Marginal Field Policy (MFP), or

(5) Coal bed methane operations undertaken under specified contracts under the Coal Bed Methane Policy.

¹[(6) Petroleum operations or coal bed methane operations undertaken under specified
contracts under the Hydrocarbon Exploration Licensing Policy (HELP) or Open Acreage
Licensing Policy (OALP)]

²[12%]

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Condition No.

Conditions

1.

If,-

(a) the goods are supplied to,-

(i) the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation or Oil India Limited (hereinafter referred to as the "licensee") or a sub-contractor of the licensee and in each case in connection with petroleum operations to be undertaken under petroleum exploration licenses or mining leases, as the case may be, granted by the Government of India or any State Government on nomination basis; or

(ii) an Indian Company or Companies, a Foreign Company or Companies, or a consortium of an Indian Company or Companies and a Foreign Company or Companies (hereinafter referred to as the "contractor") or a sub-contractor of the contractor and in each case in connection with petroleum operations to be undertaken under a contract with the Government of India; or

(iii) an Indian Company or Companies, a Foreign Company or Companies, or a consortium of an Indian Company or Companies and a Foreign Company or Companies (hereinafter referred to as the "contractor") or a sub-contractor of such Company or Companies or such consortium and in each case in connection with petroleum operations or coal bed methane operations, as the case may be, to be undertaken under a contract signed with the Government of India, on or after the 1st day of April,1998, under the New Exploration Licensing Policy, or on or after the 1st day of April 2001 in terms of the Coal Bed Methane Policy, or on or after the 14th day of October, 2015 in terms of the Marginal Field Policy, as the case may be;

(b) where the recipient of outward supply of goods,-

(i) is a licensee, he produces to the Deputy Commissioner of Central tax or the Assistant Commissioner of Central tax or the Deputy Commissioner of State tax or the Assistant Commissioner of State tax, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over the supplier of goods, at the time of outward supply of goods, the following, namely, a certificate from a duly authorised officer of the Directorate General of Hydro Carbons in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, to the effect that the goods are required for petroleum operations referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (a);

(ii) is a contractor, he produces to the Deputy Commissioner of Central tax or the Assistant Commissioner of Central tax or the Deputy Commissioner of State tax or the Assistant Commissioner of State tax, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over the supplier of goods, at the time of outward supply of goods, a certificate from a duly authorised officer of the Directorate General of Hydro Carbons in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, to the effect that the goods are required for

(A) petroleum operations referred to in sub-clause (ii) of clause (a) under the contract referred to in that sub-clause, or

(B) petroleum operations or coal bed methane operations referred to in sub-clause (iii) of clause (a), as the case may be, under a contract signed under the New Exploration Licensing Policy or the Coal Bed Methane Policy or the Marginal Field Policy, as the case may be;

(c) where the recipient of outward supply of goods is a sub-contractor, he produces to the Deputy Commissioner of Central tax or the Assistant Commissioner of Central tax or the Deputy Commissioner of State tax or the Assistant Commissioner of State tax, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over the supplier of goods, at the time of outward supply, the following, namely :-

(i) a certificate from a duly authorised officer of the Directorate General of Hydro Carbons in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, to the effect that the goods are required for :-

(A) petroleum operations referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (a) under the licenses or mining leases, as the case may be, referred to in that sub-clause and containing the name of such sub-contractor, or

(B) petroleum operations referred to in sub-clause (ii) of clause (a) under the contract referred to in that sub-clause and containing, the name of such sub- contractor, or

(C) petroleum operations or coal bed methane operations, as the case may be, referred to in sub- clause (iii) of clause (a) under a contract signed under the New Exploration Licensing Policy or the Coal Bed Methane Policy or the Marginal Field Policy, as the case may be, and containing the name of such sub-contractor;

(ii) an affidavit to the effect that such sub-contractor is a bonafide sub-contractor of the licensee or lessee or contractor, as the case may be;

(iii) an undertaking from such licensee or lessee or contractor, as the case may be, binding him to pay any tax, fine or penalty that may become payable, if any of the conditions of this entry are not complied with by such sub-contractor or licensee or lessee or contractor, as the case may be;

(d) where the goods so supplied to the licensee or a sub-contractor of the licensee, or the contractor or a sub-contractor of the contractor are sought to be transferred to another sub-contractor of the licensee or another licensee or a sub- contractor of such licensee, or another sub-contractor of the contractor or another contractor or a subcontractor of such contractor (hereinafter referred to as the "transferee"), such transferee produces to the Deputy Commissioner of Central tax or the Assistant Commissioner of Central tax or the Deputy Commissioner of State tax or the Assistant Commissioner of State tax, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over such transferee, at the time of such transfer, the following, namely:-

(i) a certificate from a duly authorised officer of the Directorate General of Hydro Carbons in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, to the effect that the said goods may be transferred in the name of the transferee and that the said goods are required for petroleum operations to be undertaken under :-

(A) petroleum exploration or mining leases referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (a), or

(B) petroleum operations to be undertaken under a contract referred to in sub-clause (ii) of clause (a), or

(C) petroleum operations or coal bed methane operations, as the case may be, to be undertaken under a contract referred to in sub-clause (iii) of clause (a)

(ii) undertaking from the transferee to comply with all the conditions of this entry, including that he shall pay tax, fine or penalty that may become payable, if any of the conditions of this entry are not complied with by himself, where he is the licensee/ contractor or by the licensee/ contractor of the transferee where such transferee is a sub-contractor.

(iii) a certificate,-

(A) in the case of a petroleum exploration license or mining lease, as the case may be, granted by the Government of India or any State Government on nomination basis, that no foreign exchange remittance is made for the transfer of such goods undertaken by the transferee on behalf of the licensee or lessee, as the case may be;

(B) in the case of a contract entered into by the Government of India and a Foreign Company or Companies or, the Government of India and a consortium of an Indian Company or Companies and a Foreign Company or Companies, that no foreign exchange remittance is made for the transfer of such goods undertaken by the transferee on behalf of the Foreign Company or Companies, as the case may be:

Provided that nothing contained in this sub-clause shall apply if such transferee is an Indian Company or Companies.

(e) where the goods so supplied are sought to be disposed of, the recipient of outward supply or the transferee, as the case may be, may pay the tax which would have been payable but for the exemption contained herein, on the depreciated value of such goods subject to the condition that the recipient of outward supply or the transferee, as the case may be, produces before the Deputy Commissioner of Central tax or the Assistant Commissioner of Central tax or the Deputy Commissioner of State tax or the Assistant Commissioner of State tax, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over the supplier of goods, a certificate from a duly authorised officer of the Directorate General of Hydro Carbons in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, to the effect that the said goods are no longer required for the petroleum operations or coal bed methane operations, and the depreciated value of the goods shall be equal to the original value of the goods at the time of import reduced by the percentage points calculated by straight line method as specified below for each quarter of a year or part thereof from the date of clearance of the goods, namely:-

(i) for each quarter in the first year at the rate of 4 per cent.;

(ii) for each quarter in the second year at the rate of 3 per cent.;

(iii) for each quarter in the third year at the rate of 2.5 per cent.; and

(iv) for each quarter in the fourth year and subsequent years at the rate of 2 per cent.,

subject to the maximum of 70 per cent.

¹[Provided that where the said goods so supplied are sought to be disposed of in nonserviceable form, after mutilation, the recipient of outward supply or the transferee, as the case may be, may at his option, pay the tax at the rate of 18 per cent. on transaction value of such goods subject to the condition that the recipient of outward supply or the transferee, as the case may be, produces before the Deputy Commissioner of Central tax or the Assistant Commissioner of Central tax or the Deputy Commissioner of State tax or the Assistant Commissioner of State tax, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over the supplier of goods, a certificate from a duly authorised officer of the Directorate General of Hydro Carbons in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, to the effect that the said goods are non-serviceable and have been mutilated before disposal]