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reduction on account of all such exemptions is expected to be about 12.5% of overall project cost (as can be seen from the table below).

times being received, that the village approach roads should go at least up to the Village Panchyat office or the Chavdi

Item	Approx. Rate Rs.	Unit	Excise Duty (approx.)	Sales tax (approx.)	Customs duty. (approx.)
Indigenous Bitumen	8000	Tonne	16 %	16.5 %	-
Imported Bitumen	4500	Tonne	-	5 %	54 %
Indigenous Machinery	Item specific		10 %	13 %	-
Imported Machinery	Item specific		-	13 %	0 %
Cement	2000	Tonne	16 %	14.3 %	-
Steel	12000	Tonne	16 %	10 %	-

(The percentage of these items in the overall cost is almost 50% and exemptions on taxes and duties shall contribute to average reduction of 25% of this 50%. Hence, the overall expected reduction is 12.5%.)

5.8 Terminal Point

5.8.1 Another point to be decided is the point at which the approach road should terminate. As per the current practice, village approach roads are terminated on the outskirts of the village. Further road into the heart of the village is considered to be an internal road of the village and is to be constructed through some other scheme like Jawahar Rozgar Yojana. However, construction of such internal roads is sometimes delayed and also the specification of such roads do not include black topping. A demand is many a

or some such point in the heart of the village so that the buses can go up to that point and the villagers do not have to trudge through dusty and muddy roads to catch buses.

A proper bus bay should be developed at this point. An attractive pick-up shed for the passengers should also be developed. Some revenue can be generated by providing for a newspaper / book shop, a tea stall, a P.C.O./ Internet terminal as a part of the pick-up shed. The maintenance cost of the pick-up shed can be generated out of the rentals of the shop-cum-tea stall.