Goa Logistics & Warehousing Incentives Scheme — ₹20 Lakh Subsidy — Frequently Asked Questions

Each eligible entity can get 100% of its stamp duty reimbursed up to ₹10,00,000, and 100% of its registration charges reimbursed up to another ₹10,00,000. Since the two heads are separate, the maximum combined benefit works out to ₹20,00,000, with each component claimable once.

The applicant has to be an eligible entity that provides logistics and warehousing services and owns a business unit in Goa. It must be a prospective developer establishing a logistics and warehousing project as per the official guidelines, qualify as a non-mega industry with investment below ₹1,00,00,00,000 and/or fewer than 1,000 Goan employees, and have provided a minimum of 40% local employment. The stamp duty and registration charges it wants reimbursed must have been paid to the State Registrar after the Logistics and Warehousing Policy 2023 was launched.

No. This is a subsidy in the form of a reimbursement — the entity pays the stamp duty and registration charges first, and the government refunds them up to the prescribed caps. Nothing is taken in return as shares or ownership, so the benefit is non-dilutive for the founders.

There is no fixed closing date — the scheme runs on a rolling, always-open basis. The two conditions that decide timing are that construction of the project must be complete and commercial operations must have commenced before you apply, and that the stamp duty and registration expenses must have been incurred after the launch of the Logistics and Warehousing Policy 2023.

On the stamp duty side, the scheme reimburses duty paid for the purchase of land, for the lease of land, a shed or a building for a year, and on bonds or mortgage deeds executed in favour of EDC Ltd. and scheduled commercial banks, along with lease deed documents for plots and sheds allotted by GIDC. Registration charges paid on these transactions are reimbursed separately under the second component.

The published eligibility conditions for this scheme do not list DPIIT recognition or MSME registration as requirements. What the applicant has to establish instead is that it is an eligible entity providing logistics and warehousing services, owns a business unit in Goa, is a non-mega industry, meets the 40% local employment norm, and has paid the stamp duty and registration charges to the State Registrar after the policy launch.

No. An applicant must not have claimed a similar benefit under any other scheme or programme of the State Government or the Central Government. The scheme does not allow the same stamp duty or registration expense to be reimbursed twice.

Applications go through the Goa Online portal at www.goaonline.gov.in. You register on the portal by verifying your email ID and mobile number through OTP and filling in the registration form with the mandatory fields, a login name and a password. After logging in, click on "Services" in the top ribbon, then "IT Services", then "Incentives on Logistics and Warehousing Sector" to open the application form. Fill in all mandatory fields, upload the required documents and submit — a unique registration number is generated, which you should note for future reference.

DITC reviews the application and may raise queries if something is missing. Once verification is done, a designated official inspects the entity against the verification-cum-recommendation checklist (Annexure X) and checks the land or building address, project category, date of construction completion and date of commencement of commercial operations; that inspection report is uploaded to the portal within 48 hours. The file then goes to the CEO, Goa-IPB for due diligence, followed by an appraisal note to the Incentive Review Committee, which sanctions the claim. DITC then prepares the final approval note for the Accounts Department, and sanctioned claims are disbursed within a maximum of 90 days from the date the application was received.

It does. A minimum of 40% local employment — Goan employees — is a basic eligibility condition. Beyond that, the scheme's own guidance describes a graded benefit: entities whose Goan employees make up 60% or more of the payroll receive the full 100% benefit, while those above 40% but below 60% receive 80%.

Yes. The scheme's guidance links the benefit level to the share of Goan employees on the payroll. A workforce that is 60% or more Goan attracts the full 100% benefit, whereas a share of more than 40% but less than 60% brings an 80% benefit. The 40% local employment level remains the minimum bar for eligibility.

Goa Logistics & Warehousing Incentives Scheme — ₹20 Lakh Subsidy is offered by Department of Industries, Government of Goa, a government body. It is provided as non-dilutive funding.