Rajasthan Employment Booster Scheme — Up to 15% on Your ACI

The Employment Booster is one of the incentives offered under the Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme (RIPS) 2024, and it is administered by the Department of Industries and Commerce, Government of Rajasthan. It is aimed squarely at the service sector, and it works differently from a standalone handout: instead of a separate cheque, it lifts the value of the Asset Creation Incentive (ACI) that a business has already qualified for.

The idea behind it is straightforward. A service enterprise that puts money into assets but keeps its payroll small receives the standard ACI. One that grows its workforce well past the headcount floor set out in the RIPS 2024 policy earns a percentage top-up on that same incentive. The bigger the hiring effort relative to the threshold, the larger the percentage added.

Because the booster is expressed as a proportion of the ACI, the rupee value differs from business to business — the state lists the amount as varying, since it depends on the applicant's own investment and hiring. What recipients get is a cash incentive: it is a subsidy, so nothing is repaid and no ownership stake changes hands. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, with no fixed closing date.

• Booster of 10%, 12.5% or 15% layered on top of the Asset Creation Incentive
• Reserved for service enterprises operating in Rajasthan
• Higher percentages for higher multiples of employment above the policy threshold
• Non-repayable subsidy — no equity taken and nothing to repay
• Rolling applications with no fixed last date
• Delivered under RIPS 2024 by the Department of Industries and Commerce

The scheme is written for service enterprises in Rajasthan, and the decisive test is job creation rather than turnover or sector sub-category.

• The applicant must be a service enterprise; the incentive is not built around manufacturing units.
• The enterprise must create employment above the minimum threshold specified in the RIPS 2024 policy. The booster slabs only begin at 1.5 times that threshold, so hiring above the floor is the entry condition.
• Asset creation and employment generation are both assessed, which means the enterprise must be able to evidence its investment and its headcount.
• The published eligibility criteria do not name any particular entity type, industry sub-sector, DPIIT registration or MSME registration as a condition. The full RIPS 2024 policy document is where any additional or sector-specific conditions would sit, so it is worth reading before filing.

Rajasthan Employment Booster Scheme — Up to 15% on Your ACI is open to startups at any stage. It is open to startups registered anywhere in India.

Rajasthan Employment Booster Scheme — Up to 15% on Your ACI accepts applications on a rolling basis — there is no fixed cut-off date, so eligible startups can apply at any time. Because rolling programmes can pause without notice, confirm the window is still open on the official site before you start.

The benefit is an add-on to the Asset Creation Incentive (ACI), not a replacement for it. Once the ACI is determined, an extra percentage is applied on top of it, and how much that percentage is depends on how many jobs the service enterprise has generated against the policy's minimum threshold:

• 10% booster — employment between 1.5x and under 2x the minimum threshold
• 12.5% booster — employment between 2x and under 2.5x the minimum threshold
• 15% booster — employment of 2.5x or more than the minimum threshold

The structure is deliberately progressive: every additional band of hiring moves the enterprise into a higher percentage. Since the booster is a percentage of the ACI, the actual rupee amount varies by applicant and is tied to the investment that generated the base incentive.

It is a cash subsidy from the Government of Rajasthan. It is not a loan and it is not repayable, and the state does not take equity in return for it.

Rajasthan Employment Booster Scheme — Up to 15% on Your ACI is offered by Department of Industries and Commerce, Government of Rajasthan, a government body. As a government-backed subsidy, it is publicly funded and open to eligible startups across India.

There is no separate competition for the booster — it is assessed as part of the Asset Creation Incentive application, using the enterprise's own investment and hiring figures.

• The applicant files for the ACI together with the linked Employment Booster, through the channels prescribed in the RIPS 2024 policy.
• The enterprise's asset creation is examined to establish the base ACI amount.
• The employment generated is verified against the figures the enterprise has submitted.
• Verified employment is then matched to the slab structure set out in the policy — 1.5x to under 2x, 2x to under 2.5x, or 2.5x and above the minimum threshold.
• The slab arrived at decides whether 10%, 12.5% or 15% is added to the ACI.

Before you apply to Rajasthan Employment Booster Scheme — Up to 15% on Your ACI, keep the following documents ready:

• A pitch deck or short business plan describing the problem, product and traction
• Company registration documents and PAN
• Founder identification (PAN / Aadhaar) and brief profiles
• Recent financial statements or projections
• Product details — a demo, prototype or working link if available

Exact requirements are confirmed on the official application portal — treat this as a preparation checklist.