Highlights of the Recommendations of Inter Ministrial Task Force On ...

Ministry of Finance
• Tax holiday for 10 years.
• No excise and custom duty on Plant and Machinery.
• Directive to buy back the composted manure.
• Interest subsidy for lending loan to financial institutions.
• The capitalization of interest subsidy.
• No import duty for vital equipment and technology
Ministry Of Mines
Compulsory application of composted manure in degraded
land, mining spoil and a forestation.
Ministry of Railways
Use of city compost for plantation /a forestation of land
around the railway line and stations.
Chemical Fertilizer Companies
Shall provide co-marketing facilities to the compost sector as a
long term business strategy. Co- marketing should be made
mandatory within 100-150 Kms. of radius of any city compost
plant as a BASKET Approach. However to ensure compost
marketability, and transport subsidy to the tune of 150/MT and
manufacturing subsidy of Rs 350/ MT Respectively of the
finished product . Taxes shall not be levied by the Central, state
government & ULB’S.
Ministry of environment and forest
(a) Quality control standard
(b) Use of Compost for rehabilitation of degraded land, mining
spoils dumps etc.
(c) Landfill preparation and their ultimate management
12/16/2009
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