| Six-monthly environmental clearance compliance report | — | Half-yearly. Submit to the MoEFCC regional office and the State Pollution Control Board by 1 June and 1 December for the preceding half year. | Breach of a clearance condition, which is a ground to revoke the clearance and a standard NGT complaint. | EIA Notification, 2006 and the standard clearance conditions |
| Environmental statement | Form V | Annual. To the State Pollution Control Board on or before 30 September each year for the financial year ending 31 March. | Prosecution under the Environment (Protection) Act and an adverse record at consent renewal. | Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 Rule 14 |
| Consent to operate renewal (verify: Validity periods differ between state boards. Take the date from the consent order itself.) | — | On renewal. Apply before expiry; validity depends on the category assigned by the pollution control board. | Operating without a subsisting consent is itself an offence and a ground for immediate closure. | Water Act, 1974 section 25; Air Act, 1981 section 21 |
| Renewable purchase or consumption obligation compliance (verify: The obligation trajectory, the eligible instruments and the consequences of shortfall are set separately by each state commission and by central notifications. Confirm both.) | — | Annual. Meet the obligation for the financial year through renewable procurement or certificates, and file the compliance report with the regulatory commission. | Penalty or a direction to deposit the shortfall cost into a designated fund, as the state commission's regulations provide. | Electricity Act, 2003 section 86(1)(e); Energy Conservation Act, 2001 as amended; state RPO regulations |
| Track the PPA and letter of award milestones (verify: These periods are bid-specific. Take them from the executed documents, never from a standard assumption.) | — | On the trigger event. Financial closure and commissioning within the periods stated in the letter of award and the power purchase agreement, with the performance bank guarantee live throughout. | Encashment of the bank guarantee, reduction in the tariff, and in the extreme case termination of the PPA. | Project-specific PPA and bid documents |
| Deviation settlement and scheduling (verify: The settlement cycle and the charge structure differ between the central and each state regime, and were substantially revised. Confirm the applicable regulation.) | — | Monthly. Schedule generation and settle deviations in the cycle prescribed by the deviation settlement regulations. | Deviation charges, and for repeated over-injection or under-injection, additional charges and regulatory action. | CERC and state Deviation Settlement Mechanism regulations |
| Comply with forest clearance conditions and pay compensatory levies | — | Annual. Pay net present value and compensatory afforestation charges and comply with the Stage II conditions before and during use of the forest land. | Stage II clearance is withheld or revoked, and use of forest land without it is an offence. | Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980 and the rules made under it |
| District Mineral Foundation and National Mineral Exploration Trust contributions (verify: The DMF rate differs between concessions granted before and after the 2015 amendment. Confirm which applies.) | — | Monthly. Pay to the DMF in addition to royalty at the notified percentage, and 2% of royalty to the NMET, with the royalty cycle. | Recovery as an arrear along with royalty, and a lease condition breach. | Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 sections 9B and 9C |
| Electrical safety certification and periodic testing (verify: Testing periodicity depends on the installation class; take it from the applicable regulation.) | — | Annual. Obtain the electrical inspector's approval before energisation and carry out the periodic testing the safety regulations require. | Prosecution after an electrical accident, and denial of insurance. | Electricity Act, 2003 section 53; CEA (Measures relating to Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations |
| PNGRB minimum work programme reporting (verify: The reporting format and periodicity are set in the authorisation and in the Board's regulations. Confirm both.) | — | Quarterly. Report progress against the committed minimum work programme for the authorised geographical area in the periodicity the Board requires. | Encashment of the performance bank guarantee proportionate to the shortfall, and in the extreme case revocation of the authorisation. | PNGRB Act, 2006 and the city gas distribution authorisation regulations |
| Transfer unspent corporate social responsibility amounts | — | Annual. Unspent amounts relating to an ongoing project go to a separate Unspent CSR Account within 30 days of the end of the financial year and must be spent within three financial years; other unspent amounts go to a Schedule VII fund within six months. | Penalty on the company and every officer in default under section 135(7). | Companies Act, 2013 section 135 |
| Hazardous waste annual return | Form 4 | Annual. To the State Pollution Control Board by 30 June for the preceding financial year. | Non-renewal of the authorisation and prosecution. | Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 |
| Track limitation on claims and on challenges to awards | — | On the trigger event. A challenge to an award under section 34 must be filed within three months, extendable by a further 30 days on sufficient cause and no more. | The award becomes enforceable as a decree, and there is no discretion to condone beyond the extra 30 days. | Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 section 34(3) |
| Serve change in law and force majeure notices in time | — | On the trigger event. Serve the notice within the period the contract prescribes from the event, with particulars. | A perfectly good claim is lost on the notice condition, which is the most common single reason these claims fail. | Project-specific PPA, EPC and concession agreements |
| Annual RoC and secretarial filings for the project company | AOC-4, MGT-7 and, where applicable, the secretarial audit report | On the trigger event. AOC-4 within 30 days and MGT-7 within 60 days of the AGM. | Rs 100 per day per form, and lender covenant breaches that reference statutory compliance. | Companies Act, 2013 sections 92 and 137 |