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Electricity Duty on Consumption Charges (See sections 3 and 6) Sr.Tariff-CategoryPurposeofutilisation No.ofelectricitybill.ofelectricitysuppliedRate tovariouscategoriesof consumers. (1) (2)(3)(4) 1PART A– RESIDENTIAL As per the Tariff Schedule of the MaharashtraElectricity RegulatoryCommission– At such rate or rates not exceeding twenty per cent. of the consumption charges, as the State Government may, either prospectively or retrospectively, by notification in theOfficial Gazette, specify. (i) Residential- IndividualBPL(Below Poverty Line); (ii) Residential- Individualnon-BPL; (iii) Residential common facilities within complex like lights, water, lift, recreation or community hall, club, gymnasium, swimming pool, etc.; (iv) Residential- students’ hostels, working women’s or men’s hostels; (v) Residential-Hostels or Homes for destitute, physically or mentally challenged, Old-age, Orphanages, Rescue Homes, Asylum,Dharamshala; (vi) Religious place of worship; (vii) Telephone booths run by physically challenged persons; (viii) Categorised under Residential but for social cause; (ix) Any other premises not covered above. 2PART B— COMMERCIAL As per the Tariff Schedule of the Maharashtra ElectricityRegulatory Commission- (i) Business or Commercial Establishments- Corporate or AdministrativeOffices orShopsorShopping Malls or Showrooms, Banks, ATMs, etc.; (ii) Common facilities in Business or Commercial Establishments like lighting, lifts, security, fire-fighting, water- pumping; (iii) Community Centers-Marriage, Community,Seminar, Exhibition, Meeting or Town Halls; (iv) Public entertain- ment-Cinemas, Theatre, Studios, Multiplexes, Leisure or Recreation places, etc.; (v) Hospitality-Hotels, Guest-Houses, Tourism Centers, Restaurants, Ice-cream Parlours, CoffeeShops,FastFood Centersorstalls,etc.; (vi) Communication - Telephone Exchanges, Mobile Towers, Satellite Antennas, Public Call Centers or Booths, TV or Radio Stations, Internet or Cyber Cafes, etc.; (vii) Service oriented- Beauty Parlours, Saloons, Service or Repair Centers, Laundries, Garages, Tailoring,CallCenters,etc.; (viii) Institutes- Educational, Training; (ix) Health activities- Sports Clubs, Health Clubs, Gymnasium, Swimming Pools, etc.; (x) Construction-New or Renovation of Buildings, Structures, Infrastructures, Roads, Aerodromes, Tunnels, Utilities, etc.; (xi) External Illuminations of Monumental or Heritage or Historical Buildings, structures, places, etc.; (xii) Science and Research–Research and Development Centers, Laboratories, Aquacultures, Fisheries, Sericulture, Cattle Breeding, Insemination; (xiii) Aquaculture, Sericulture, Fisheries; (xiv) Hospitals, Clinics, Dispensaries, Pathological Laboratories or Diagnostic Centers or Radiological Imaging Centers, etc.; (xv) Information Technology (IT)— Software Development, Data Processing, etc. not recognised under Industry category and not having such status given by the Government; (xvi) Premises rented orleasedbytheconsumer along with electricity as an Utility Service; (xvii) Categorisedunder Commercial but for social cause; (xviii)Any other establishment not covered above. At such rate or rates not exceeding thirty per cent. of the consumption charges, as the State Government may, either prospectively or retrospectively, by notification in theOfficial Gazette, specify. 3PART C— AGRICULTURAL As per the Tariff Schedule of the MaharashtraElectricity RegulatoryCommission- (i) Pumping; (ii) Poultry; (iii) High-Tech Green Houses, Tissue Cultures, Mushrooms, etc.; (iv) Floriculture, Horticulture, Nurseries, Plantations; (v) Cane Crusher, Fodder cutter etc. for agricultural process and self-use but not applicable to oil mill, flourmill, etc.; (vi) Cold-storages, Pre- cooling; (vii) Categorised under Agricultural but for social cause; (viii) Any other agricultural activity not covered above. At such rate or rates not exceeding thirty per cent. of the consumption charges, as the State Government may, either prospectively or retrospectively, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify. 4PART D— TEMPORARY As per the Tariff Schedule of the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission- (i) Religious electrical installation provided with temporary electric supply; (ii) Categorised under ‘Temporary’ but for social cause; (iii) Any electrical installation other than religious, provided with temporary electric supply. At such rate or rates not exceeding thirty per cent. of the consumption charges, as the StateGovernment may,by notifica- tion in the Official Gazette, specify. 5PART E— ADVERTISE- MENTS AND HOARDINGS As per the Tariff Schedule of the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory C o m m i s s i o n - A d v e r t i s i n g - Advertisement or Sign Boards, Hoardings, etc. At such rate or rates not exceeding thirty per cent. of the consumption charges, as the State Government may, by notifica- tion in the Official Gazette, specify. 6PART F— INDUSTRIAL As per the Tariff Schedule of the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission- (i) Flour Mill, Dal Mill, Rice Mill, Poha Mill, Masala Mills, Saw Mills, Power Looms including other allied activities like, Warping, Doubling, Twisting, etc.; (ii) Ice Factory, Ice- cream Manufacturing Units, Milk Processing or Chilling Plants (Dairy); (iii) Engineering workshops, Engineering Goods Manufacturing units, Printing Press, Transformer repairing workshops; (iv) Mining, Quarry and Stone Crushing units; (v) Garment Manufacturing Units; (vi) LPG or CNG bottling plants, etc.; (vii) Sewage Water Treatment Plants or Common Effluent Treatment Plants, owned, operated, managed, by the Association situated within the industrial area only; (viii) InformationTechnology (IT) – IT Parks, Software Development, Data Processing, etc., recognised under the ‘Industry’ category and having such status given by the State Government; (ix) Categorised under ‘Industrial’ but for social cause; (x) Category or categories as classified by the Department of Industries of the Government of Maharashtra under ‘Industrial Policy’; (xi) Any other industry not covered above. At such rate or rates not exceeding fifteen per cent. of the consumption charges, as the State Government may, either prospectively or retrospectively, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.