NATIONAL HIGHWAYS, STATE HIGHWAYS AND OTHER ROADS UNDER HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT

11. In respect of National Highways portion, the permission will be subject to approval by the Competent Authority in the Government of India, Ministry of Road Transport and National Highways Authority of India as stipulated in Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Letter No.RW/National Highways, 33044/17/2000-S&R, dated 29-9-2000.

12. (i) The State Government will grant permission to the access providers who are permitted to lay OFC network by trenching the roads under the control of Highways department, State Highways and other roads, to do the restoration work by themselves.

In case of National Highways, the access provider is to take permission from Regional Officer, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways or the Chairman, NHAI as detailed below :

Permission on National Highways roads maintained by MORT & H and the National Highways roads held by the NHAI shall be obtained as follows:

(A) National Highways-4,5,7,45,46 and 47-permission shall be obtained from GM/Planning, NHAI, New Delhi & Agreement shall be executed with designated officers of NHAI. Applications may be presented to the Project Director, NHAI, Chennai.
(B) Other National Highways viz., National Highways-7A, 45A, 45B, 49, 49 Extn.,66, 67 Extn., 68, 205, 207, 208, 209, 210, 219 and 220-permission shall be obtained from MORT & H, Chennai & Agreement shall be executed by the Chief Engineer, National Highways or by designated representative on behalf of MORT & H. Application may be presented to Chief Engineer (National Highways), Chennai. The State Chief Engineer (National Highways) will coordinate and assist the applicant access provider in obtaining permission in respect of the National Highways stretches held by NHAI and MORT.

In respect of laying OFC on National Highways land, the restoration of cutting of road across National Highways has to be done by the State Public Works Department in charge of National Highways or the NHAI as the case may be. In such cases, restoration charges at the rate of Rs.25,000/- per km have to be remitted in advance by the access provider to MORT & H or its designated agency or the NHAI as the case may be, before permission is granted. In respect of cutting / digging / trenching / refilling along National Highways, the restoration work may be done by the licencees themselves and performance bank guarantee @ Rs.25 per meter has to be furnished as a security against restorations.

(II) Performance guarantee will be obtained from such access providers at the rate of Rs.25 per running meter in the form of a suitable Bank guarantee for a period of 1 year, commencing from the date of first excavation. In case of the access provider failing to discharge the obligation of restoring the excavated portion as per prescribed specifications, the Chief Engineer, (General), Highways Department will have the right to make good the damages at the cost of the access provider and recover the amount by forfeiting the Bank guarantee.

(iii) The access providers will be required to conform the standards and specifications to be prescribed by the State Highways Department / Ministry of Surface Transport in doing the restroration work.

(iv) The Highways Department will enter into a suitable agreement with the access provider before granting permission to the access provider.

(v ) The restoration work will have to be done under the supervision the technical personnel of Highways Department.

(vi) Centralised permission will be granted by the Chief Engineer Highways, Chief Engineer (National Highways) as the case may be, to every applicant covering all the stretches of roads under Highways Department where OFC laying is proposed by the access provider.

Bandwidth to State Government

13. The applicant will be required to make available to the State Government, bandwidth of 2 Mbps for connecting the State Headquarter with each District in which the OFC is laid, free of cost, during the entire life of the project. This bandwidth will be dynamically allocated at State Headquarter among various Government users for Video Conferencing, Voice Communication, Internet Access, Data Communication etc. The bandwidth of 2 Mbps provided in thedistricts in which OFC is laid by the agency will also include all intra-district bandwidth requirements of Government Offices in taluks, blocks, revenue divisions and Government educational institutions.

Period

14. The terms and conditions of this permission will be applicable for an initial period of 20 years, after which it will be subject to review.

Information Technology - Procedure for grant of Stamp Duty concessions to units in the Private Sector Information Technology parks - clarification - Issued.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

G.O.Ms.No.22
Dated:5.9.2000

Read:
1. G.O. Ms.No.300 Industries Department dated 3.11.97
2. G.O.Ms.No.20 Information Technology Department dated 21.6.99

ORDER: In the Government Order first read above, orders were issued for an exclusive Information Technology Policy for Tamil Nadu. As per the said Information Technology Policy units in Private Information Technology Parks (ITPs) will be entitled for exemption from Stamp Duty and registration charges at the time of allotment of sites/built up space as in the case of units in Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited (ELCOT) / State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited (SIPCOT) Industrial Estates. Further, the Government will also encourage software development outside the parks by giving stand-alone units the same incentives as the units in the ITPs / Software Technology Parks (STPs).

2. In the Government Order second read above, the Information Technology Policy was modified to the effect that the developers in private STPs/ITPs have to register the property first on payment of Stamp duty at the prescribed rates and then claim reimbursement from ELCOT . The reimbursement claims received through ELCOT will be scrutinised and recommended by a Committee, comprising of representatives from ELCOT, I.G. of Registration and Finance Department of the Government.

3. The said Committee, while scrutinising some claims under these guidelines, have sought an explicit definition of what constitute an ITP / STP.

4. Government , after careful consideration, direct that the following criteria be incorporatead at the end of para 4 under "New Initiatives" of the IT Policy issued in the G.O. first read above. "To qualify as an ITP/STP under the policy ,

(a) the facility must have high band width global connectivity ,
(b) be fully occupied by software units,
( c) Atleast 50% of the total turn over of the units must be for exports
(d) ELCOT will be the certifying authority .
(e) In addition , for CMDA’s purposes, the plot area on which such faciltiy is located must be a minimum of 2000 square meters".

5. This order issues with the concurrence of Finance Department U.O.No. 2584/FS/P/2000 dated 11.8.2000.

(BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR )