MANU/EAFF/0047/2022

Ministry : Ministry of Finance

Department/Board : Economic Affairs

Notification No. : 13/1/2017-INF

Date of Notification : 11.10.2022

Date of Publication : 11.10.2022

Updated Harmonized Master List of Infrastructure sub-sectors is notified

F. No. 13/1/2017-INF.--With the approval of the Competent Authority, an updated Harmonized Master List of Infrastructure sub-sectors (Annexure-I) is hereby notified. The new list incorporates the following change to the notification dated 26th April, 2021:

i. "Data Centres" is included in the Harmonized Master List of Infrastructure sub-sectors by insertion of a new item in the category of 'Communication', with a footnote defining Data Centres.

ii. "Energy Storage Systems (ESS)" is included in the Harmonized Master List of Infrastructure sub-sectors by insertion of a new item in the category of 'Energy', with a footnote defining Energy Storage Systems (ESS).

PEEYUSH KUMAR, Jt. Secy.

Annexure-I

Updated Harmonized Master List of Infrastructure Sub-sectors

S. No.	Category	Infrastructure sub-sectors
1.	Transport and Logistics	Roads and bridges Ports Shipyards Inland Waterways Airport Railway track including electrical & signalling system, tunnels, viaducts, bridges Railway rolling stock along with workshop and associated maintenance facilities Railway terminal infrastructure including stations and adjoining commercial infrastructure Urban Public Transport (except rolling stock in case of urban road transport) Logistics Infrastructure Bulk Material Transportation Pipelines
2.	Energy	Electricity Generation Electricity Transmission Electricity Distribution Oil/Gas/Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) storage facility Energy Storage Systems (ESS)
3.	Water and Sanitation	Solid Waste Management Water treatment plants Sewage collection, treatment and disposal system Irrigation (dams, channels, embankments, etc.) Storm Water Drainage System
4.	Communication	Telecommunication (fixed network) Telecommunication towers Telecommunication & Telecom Services Data Centres
5.	Social and Commercial Infrastructure	Education Institutions (capital stock) Sports Infrastructure Hospitals (capital stock) Tourism infrastructure viz. (i) three-star or higher category classified hotels located outside cities with population of more than 1 million, (ii) ropeways and cable cars Common infrastructure for Industrial Parks and other parks with industrial activity such as food parks, textile parks, Special Economic Zones, tourism facilities and agriculture markets Post-harvest storage infrastructure for agriculture and horticultural produce including cold storage Terminal markets Soil-testing laboratories Cold Chain Affordable Housing¹² Affordable Rental Housing Complex Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre

1. Includes Capital Dredging

2. "Shipyard" is defined as a floating or land-based facility with the essential features of waterfront, turning basin, berthing and docking facility, slipways and/or ship lifts, and which is self sufficient for carrying on shipbuilding/repair/breaking activities.

3. "Logistics Infrastructure" means and includes Multimodal Logistics Park comprising Inland Container Depot (ICD) with minimum investment of Rs. 50 crore and minimum area of 10 acre, Cold Chain Facility with minimum investment of Rs. 15 crore and minimum area of 20,000 sft, and/or Warehousing Facility with investment of minimum Rs. 25 crore and minimum area of 1 lakh sq ft.

4. Includes Oil, Gas, Slurry, Water supply and Iron Ore Pipelines

5. Includes strategic storage of crude oil.

6. Includes dense charging infrastructure and grid scale Energy Storage Systems (ESS) with a minimum qualifying capacity of 200 MW-Hr, provided that ESS is not being established on merchant basis.

7. Includes optic fibre/wire/cable networks which provide broadband / Internet.

8. Data Centre housed in a dedicated/centralized building for storage and processing of digital data applications with a minimum capacity of 5 MW of IT load.

9. Includes the provision of Sports Stadia and Infrastructure for Academies for Training/Research in Sports and Sports-related activities.

10. Includes Medical Colleges, Para Medical Training Institutes and Diagnostics Centres.

11. Includes cold room facility for farm level pre-cooling, for preservation or storage of agriculture and allied produce, marine products and meat.

12. "Affordable Housing" is defined as a housing project using at least 50% of the Floor Area Ratio (FAR)/Floor Space Index (FSI) for dwelling units with carpet area@ of not more than 60 square meters.

13. "Affordable Rental Housing Complex" means a project to be used for rental purpose only for urban migrant/poor (EWS/LIG categories) for a minimum period of 25 years with basic civic infrastructure facilities such as water, sanitation, sewerage/ septage, road, electricity along with necessary social/commercial infrastructure and the initial rent fixed by Local Authority/ Entities based on local survey of surrounding area wherein the project is situated.

Project means a listed project having at least 40 Dwelling Units of double room or single room or equivalent Dormitory Units or a mix of all three in any ratio but not more than one third of total built up area under double bedrooms units.

Dwelling Units (DUs) means a unit comprising of double bed room with living area, kitchen, toilet and bathroom of up to 60 square meters carpet area@ or single bed room with living area, kitchen, toilet and bathroom of up to 30 square meters carpet area^@.

Dormitory Units means a set of 3 Dormitory Bed with common kitchen, toilet and bathroom in 30 square meters carpet area@ meaning 10 square meters carpet area@ per Dormitory Bed.

@ "Carpet Area" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (k) of section 2 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016.

14. "Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre" is defined as Exhibition and Convention Centre Projects with minimum built-up floor area^* of 100,000 square metres of exclusively exhibition space or convention space or both combined.

* Built up floor area includes primary facilities such as exhibition centres, convention halls, auditoriums, plenary halls, business centres, meeting halls etc.