Gujarat Integrated Logistics Facilities Scheme — Electricity Duty Exemption — Frequently Asked Questions

It gives an exemption from electricity duty. Once a newly set up Integrated Logistics Facility or Logistics Park in Gujarat begins operations, it can run without paying the electricity duty it would otherwise owe.

There is no fixed amount. Because the benefit is a duty exemption rather than a lump-sum cheque, the value varies from project to project and depends on the electricity duty the facility would have been charged. The relief starts from the date operations commence.

Private developers who are setting up a new logistics facility or logistics park in Gujarat, complete with the infrastructure and logistics services such a project needs. The unit or project must be new, and the scheme is Gujarat-only — it is not available outside the state or to facilities that are already established and operating.

Yes. The developer has to maintain and operate the logistics facility for at least 5 years.

No. The support is a subsidy in the form of an electricity duty exemption, so there is no equity dilution and nothing to repay.

The scheme is in force from 2 August 2021 to 1 August 2026, and 1 August 2026 is the last date to apply.

Register on the Investor Facilitation Portal (IFP) using the New Investor Registration option and submit the registration form. Verify your email through the link sent to your registered address. Once verification is done, log in with the same email and password, and fill in the required details and mandatory documents about your business to complete the application.

Submit the application in the prescribed form with the required documents to the Industries Commissionerate. The Commissionerate reviews it and asks for any missing details within 15 days, then forwards the file to the General Manager of the District Industries Centre (DIC) for a site visit and inspection report. Based on that report, a Registration Certificate may be issued.

Once the project layout plan is approved, you apply for sanction in the prescribed format with a detailed project report and the required documents. After the Industries Commissionerate scrutinises the papers and requests missing details within 15 days, you present the project to a Screening Committee chaired by the Industries Commissioner. When the committee's remarks are addressed, the Sanctioning Authority reviews the proposal against the scheme guidelines and grants approval.

The application must be made in the prescribed form along with the required documents. The project layout plan is relevant at the registration stage, and the sanction application has to be accompanied by a detailed project report plus the required documents. The project also has to be presented before the Screening Committee.

No. DPIIT (Startup India) recognition is not listed as a mandatory requirement for Gujarat Integrated Logistics Facilities Scheme — Electricity Duty Exemption, though having it can strengthen your application and unlock other benefits.

Gujarat Integrated Logistics Facilities Scheme — Electricity Duty Exemption is offered by Industries and Mines Department, Government of Gujarat, a government body. It is provided as non-dilutive funding.