Banglashree WWAS — ESI & EPF Reimbursement for WB MSMEs — Eligibility Criteria
Banglashree WWAS — ESI & EPF Reimbursement for WB MSMEs is open to product · revenue-stage startups registered in India. The startup must hold MSME (Udyam) registration. The full eligibility criteria — qualifying sectors, states and entity types — are below.
Who can apply
WWAS is aimed at manufacturing enterprises in West Bengal that sit in the micro, small or medium bracket and that began commercial production recently enough to fall inside the scheme's window.
- Sector: the unit must be in manufacturing.
- Size: micro, small and medium enterprises are covered.
- Production start: production must have begun on or after 1 April 2019.
- DOCCP window: the Date of Commencement of Commercial Production (DOCCP) has to fall between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2025.
- Ownership forms allowed: private sector units, cooperative sector units, joint sector undertakings, companies or undertakings owned and managed by the State Government, and Industrial SHGs.
- Hiring condition: at least 50% of the workforce must be recruited from persons registered with the State's Employment Bank.
- Payment discipline: the enterprise must have paid its ESI and EPF contributions by the respective due dates, worked out on the minimum statutory limits, for the reimbursement to be released.
Banglashree WWAS — ESI & EPF Reimbursement for WB MSMEs is open to startups at the product and revenue stage working in industrial goods and textiles leather. The programme is targeted at startups registered in West Bengal. Applicants should be registered as private limited, llp and opc. Applicants must hold MSME (Udyam) registration.
- Eligible stage
- Product · Revenue
- Location
- Open to startups registered in India
- Entity type
- Private Limited, Llp, Opc, Partnership, Proprietorship
- MSME registration
- Required — the startup must hold MSME (Udyam) registration
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