Amendment of Act 54 of 2000.

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....rojects, improvement of safety in railways, State and rural roads and other infrastructure, and for these purposes to levy and collect by way of cess, a duty of excise and a duty of customs on motor spirit commonly known as petrol and high speed diesel oil" shall be substituted; (b) in section 1, in sub-section (1), for the words "Central Road", the words "Central Road and Infrastructure" shall be substituted; (c) in section 2, - (i) in clause (c), for the words "Road Fund", the words "Road and Infrastructure Fund" shall be substituted; (ii) clause (e) shall be omitted; (d) in Chapter II,- (i) for the heading, the following heading shall be substituted, namely:- "CENTRAL ROAD AND INFRASTRUCTURE FUND"; (ii) in s....

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....xisting standard lines into gauge lines and electrification of rail lines; and (v) undertaking other infrastructure projects. Explanation.- For the purposes of this Act, the expression "infrastructure projects" means the category of projects and infrastructure Sub-Sectors specified in Schedule II.'; (B) after sub-section (1), as so renumbered, the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely:- "(2) The Central Government may, depending upon the requirement for development of infrastructure projects, and if it considers necessary or expedient to do so, by notification in the Official Gazette, amend Schedule II relating to any Category of projects or Infrastructure Sub-Sectors. (3) Every notification issue....

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.... (a) take such decisions regarding investment on projects of roads and other infrastructure as it considers necessary; (b) take such measures as may be necessary to raise funds for the development and maintenance of roads and other infrastructure."; (j) in section 10, in sub-section (1),- (A) in clause (i), for the words "national highways", the words "roads and other infrastructure" shall be substituted; (B) clause (iii) shall be omitted; (C) for clauses (v) and (vi), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:- "(v) release of funds to the States for specific projects and monitoring of such projects and expenditure incurred thereon; (vi) formulation of the criteria for allocation of the ....

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....ed facility with the essential features of waterfront, turning basin, berthing and docking facility, slipways or ship lifts, and which is self-sufficient for carrying on shipbuilding/repair/ breaking activities); (d) Inland Waterways; (e) Airports; (f) Railway Track, tunnels, viaducts, bridges, terminal infrastructure including stations and adjoining commercial infrastructure; (g) Urban Public Transport (except rolling stock in case of urban road transport). 2. Energy (a) Electricity Generation; (b) Electricity Transmission; (c) Electricity Distribution; (d) Oil pipelines; (e) Oil / Gas / Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) storage facility (including strategic storage of crude oil); (f) Gas pipelines (including ....