New Delhi: With the eyes of the third possible Covid-19 wave, the Delhi government has increased oxygen production, storage and transportation infrastructure in the city.
On Tuesday, the Cabinet approved the promotion policy of the production of medical oxygen production, 2021, which aims to make independent capital in the production of oxygen, along with the provisions for incentives.
In a statement, the government said the policy was aimed at meeting the crisis or medical emergency in the future.
“The promotion policy of the production of medical oxygen, 2021 has been approved.
This provides several incentives to the private sector to regulate oxygen production plants, invest in tankers, and regulate storage facilities.
This will help increase the availability of oxygen in Delhi, which is a big obstacle in handling covid waves Finally, “Chairman of the Minister of Arvind Kejrawi tweeted.
As part of the purpose of the policy, medical oxygen production will be increased by preparing new manufacturing companies or expanding existing unit production capacity to supply oxygen without interruption to hospitals and nursing homes during the health crisis caused by Covid-19 or other medical emergencies.
This target includes setting of minimum liquid oxygen manufacturing facilities of 50 metric capacity of up to 100 mt, non-prisoner oxygen generator (PSA / ASU technology) from a capacity of 10 to 50 mt to 100 MT and oxygen plant (PSA) / ASU) minimum capacity of 500 liters per minute in hospitals and nursing homes with a total capacity of 200 mt.
Get a minimum of 10 MT cryogenic oxygen tankers gather up to a total of 500 MT capacity and a minimum setting of 10 MT storage tank capacity of up to 1,000 MT will be another target.
Power subsidies will be given to the Oxygen Generation Factory at Rs 4 per Unit for the first five years.
Full replacement of tax goods and services Gross state will be carried out in one month of plant commissioning.
Applications for Grant of Subsidies or incentives are invited within 15 days of the policy notified.
If the total capacity is applied to exceed the target capacity, the selection must be done through many lotteries.
In terms of total capacity applied less, all applications will be considered and the 15-day window for the application will be opened every month to six months from the date of policy notification until the target capacity is reached.