New Delhi: The Delhi government on Friday told “Delhi-2021” medical oxygen production promotion policy, which aims to make Delhi Mandiri in the production of medical oxygen to deal with the health care crisis more efficiently.
“The Kejriawal government is committed to strengthening its health care infrastructure and has a vision to make Delhi Mandiri during the crisis.
The medical oxygen policy provides several incentives to the private sector to establish an oxygen production plant and storage facilities,” said Health Minister Delhi Satyendar Jain.
Jain said this initiative would help Delhi divert the type of oxygen crisis seen during the second Covid-19 wave.
“The Delhi government is preparing to fight Covid-19 future waves on war footing and devoted to ensure that it is equipped with such a crisis,” he said.
This policy aims to increase oxygen production by preparing new manufacturing units or expanding existing production.
How medical oxygen policies aim to increase production and supply, improve storage facilities also seek to facilitate storage and medical oxygen transportation in Delhi.
Policy targets include setting up minimum liquid oxygen manufacturing facilities of 50 MT capacity of up to a total of 100 mt, a non-prisoner oxygen generation factory (PSA / ASU technology) from a capacity of 10 to 50 mt to a total of 100 MT and the detained oxygen plant (PSA / ASU) At least 500 liters per minute (LPM) capacity in hospitals and nursing homes with a total capacity of 200 mt.
Other targets get a minimum carrier coordinator of a minimum carrier capacity of 10 MT to a total capacity of 500 mt and set up an oxygen storage tank from a 10 MT minimum capacity, up to a total of 1,000 mt capacity.
In accordance with the policy, power subsidies will be given to the liquid oxygen plant and factory of non-captivity oxygen (PSA / ASU) in Rs 4 per unit consumed in the manufacturing process for the first five years from the date of commercial production.
Full replacement of the tax and services of the Gross State Goods (SGST) will be made for liquid oxygen generator plants and non-prisoner oxygen plant (PSA / ASU) in a month of plant commissioning.
Applications for granting subsidies / incentives will be invited in a 15-day window from the policy notification date.
If the total capacity is applied to the date of cut-off exceed the target capacity, the selection will be carried out through lot lottery.
In terms of total capacity applied less than target capacity, all applications must be considered, and subsequently, the 15-day window for the application will be opened every month (up to six months) until the target capacity is reached.