Capital Investment Subsidy for Way Side Amenities — MP, Up to ₹50L — Frequently Asked Questions

The subsidy works out to 15% of your approved fixed capital investment, and it cannot exceed ₹50,00,000. Because a project must involve at least ₹25,00,000 in capital expenditure to qualify, the practical payout range runs from about ₹3.8 lakh up to ₹50 lakh.

It is a subsidy, not a loan and not an equity investment — the department does not take a stake in your venture. The one exception to that is the lock-in: if the unit stops operating before completing three years from the date you receive the subsidy, a proportional portion has to be refunded.

You must incur a capital expenditure of at least ₹25,00,000, as approved by the department. The subsidy is calculated on that approved fixed capital investment.

You need to be an investor or entrepreneur establishing a way side amenity in Madhya Pradesh. The unit must be built under the Green Field Model or the Franchise Model, meet the minimum capital expenditure, sit at a department-identified site or one approved by the Managing Director, M.P. Tourism Board, and be developed as per the Way Side Amenities Policy 2016. It must also be established and operational during the operative tenure of the Tourism Policy 2025. On the entity side, the portal accepts Public Limited Companies, Private Limited Companies, LLPs, Proprietorship Firms, Partnership Firms, Cooperatives, Trusts, FPOs and individual applicants.

The project must come up either at a site identified by the department or at a site that has been explicitly approved by the Managing Director, M.P. Tourism Board. It also has to be established and run in line with the definitions and standards laid down in the department's Way Side Amenities Policy 2016.

The scheme runs on a rolling, always-open basis, so there is no fixed last date for the programme itself. What does have a hard timeline is the claim: your capital subsidy application must be submitted within one year from the date you commence commercial operations.

Start by registering on the Madhya Pradesh Government's Invest Portal as a Vendor / Investor, giving your entity type, entity name and the authorised person's details along with a valid email ID and mobile number — your User ID and password are sent to those contacts. Log in and complete the full profile update, then secure all mandatory permissions through the online single-window system. After that, build the unit so it meets the minimum capital expenditure, and once commercial operations begin, submit the capital subsidy application online with the supporting documents. The application is then verified by the Tourism Department/Board before the subsidy is processed and disbursed.

The claim rests on evidence that the minimum capital expenditure of ₹25,00,000 has been met and documented, proof that commercial operations have commenced, and the permissions obtained through the single-window system. These are submitted online along with the subsidy application and other supporting documents, and the Tourism Department/Board verifies them as part of the approval process.

No. There are no competitive pitch rounds or jury evaluations. The process is an administrative one in which the Tourism Department/Board checks your documents against the scheme's eligibility criteria and the Way Side Amenities Policy 2016 guidelines, confirms the capital expenditure, the development model and the site, and then processes the claim.

You are required to operate the unit continuously for at least three years from the date the subsidy is received. If operations cease before that period is over, you have to refund a proportional part of the subsidy amount.

No. DPIIT (Startup India) recognition is not listed as a mandatory requirement for Capital Investment Subsidy for Way Side Amenities — MP, Up to ₹50L, though having it can strengthen your application and unlock other benefits.

Capital Investment Subsidy for Way Side Amenities — MP, Up to ₹50L is offered by Tourism Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh, a government body. It is provided as non-dilutive funding.