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Tata final round talks from Oct 2

UNB, Dhaka
The final round of negotiation with the Indian industrial giant Tata Group on the proposed S 2.5 billion investment in Bangladesh will begin from October^.
As per the proposal, the Tata Group will set up a fertiliser factory, a steel plant and a 1000-megawatt coal-fired power plant in the country. The development and operation of a coal mine is also included in their investment plan.
Sources in the Board of Investment (Bol) said this will be the final round of negotiation, likely to continue for nearly a month, to arrive at a final decision.
"The fate of the proposed investment will also be clear from this round whether the proposed project will be viable for the country or
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not," said a top-level source in the government
He said both sides will make all-out efforts to settle all Ihe critical issues abouttheproposed investment.
Thesoureessaidfourcriticalissues , will dominate the negotiation. These are fiscal incentive toTata investment, gas security and gas price, tariff for purchase of electricity from Tala power plant and the methodology of coal mining in Barapukuria.
Among the issues, sources said Tata wants fiscal incentive for its investment similar to those in the export processingzones (EPZs). At the same time, they want to be allowed to sell their products in the local market, which is prohibited for the investors in the EPZs.
The government does not want to provide 1hta with such incentives at the same time, as it will mean discrimination forotherforeign investors.
Secondly, Tata wants a guarantee for uninterrupted supply of gas to its fertiliser factory for 20 years and to its steelplantfor25 years.
But the government prefers to introduce a liquidity damage (LD) provision instead of any specific guaranteeongas supply.
The tariff on electricity will be the most critical issue, as the government at present has no set criteria for fixing tariff of electricity of the coal-fired plant.
Earlier, the officials of the Bangladesh government and the Tata Group held negotiation meetings thrice in Dhaka (May to July) to discuss the nitty-gritty of the proposed investment
At that time, both sides tried to understandeachother'spositioh.
The sources said if bo thsidesreach a successful conclusion this time, the agreement with Tata will be signed by theendofNovember this year.