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Govt nod to liquid oxygen to certain industries, projects on temporary basis

With the number of coronavirus cases coming down, the government has permitted oxygen manufacturing units to supply oxygen to certain industries such as MSMEs, food processing plants and infrastructure projects, on temporary basis.

This supply, however, would be subjected to ensuring adequate supply of liquid medical oxygen to hospitals and other medical purposes as per demands of states/UTs as well as adequate supply to industries/sectors such as ampoules and vials, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing of oxygen cylinders and PSA plants, neutral glass tubing and defence forces.

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In April, the Centre had banned the supply of oxygen for industrial purposes except in nine specified industries in view of the shortage of the essential public health commodity in several states amid a spike in Covid-19 infections.

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under the commerce and industry ministry, has proposed to the home ministry that it order resumption of oxygen supply to industries other than those exempted by the home ministry.

The department has asked for the supply to furnaces, refineries, steel, aluminium, copper processing plants, infrastructure projects and plants, MSMEs, exporters of manufacturing sector requiring oxygen for production, and food processing units.

“In this regard, DPIIT may allow usage of liquid oxygen” to these “industries/projects/units on temporary basis,” according to an office memorandum of the home ministry. The Hindu BusinessLine

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