Allotment of Canteens — One-Year Canteen Space in Uttarakhand — Frequently Asked Questions

It is a scheme of the Uttarakhand Agricultural Produce Marketing Board, which operates under the Department of Agriculture in the Government of Uttarakhand. Through a public tender, the Board gives a selected applicant the right to run one of its canteens for a year, selling tea and food to the public. The purpose is to build up small-scale trade and self-employment within the state.

The core requirement is Uttarakhand residency — the allotment is open to people who live in the state. The published eligibility criteria do not add conditions around the type of entity you run or the industry you belong to.

No fixed grant amount is announced. Allotment of Canteens is a grant in kind: the value you receive is the canteen space and the one-year right to trade from it. The money element sits on your side of the arrangement — you place a financial bid for the canteen in the tender, and the figure varies from allotment to allotment.

The outlet is meant for the sale of tea and other food items, and that is the permitted line of business. The tenure runs for a period of one year. Once that term closes, the canteen can be brought back to tender, which is how the Board keeps the allotment open to a wider set of entrepreneurs over time.

No. This is an allotment of a physical canteen space for a limited term, not an investment, so no stake and no share of your business is claimed. The arrangement is non-dilutive — whatever you build inside the canteen stays yours.

Neither is listed as a requirement. Published eligibility for this allotment rests on Uttarakhand residency, and there is no mention of DPIIT startup recognition or MSME registration as a condition for applying.

The scheme does not publish a single fixed document checklist. The official tender form and the public notice issued for each allotment spell out what has to be attached, and applicants are expected to arrive with all necessary documentation when they collect the form and submit the bid.

Watch for the public notice — availability and terms are advertised in local newspapers and put up at prominent public places in Uttarakhand. From the relevant committee office you obtain the official tender form by paying a prescribed amount, which is non-refundable and covers the administrative cost of the tender. The completed form, with any required supporting documents, then goes physically into the designated tender box at that office by the specified due date and time. The scheme is also listed on the national scheme portal at https://www.myscheme.gov.in/schemes/acuk.

By open competition. A committee set up for the purpose reviews every tender received, and the opening is conducted publicly with the bidders present. The canteen is allotted to the applicant whose valid financial bid is the highest, and that person then operates the canteen for one year.

The scheme itself runs on a rolling basis, so there is no single annual window that opens and closes. Each individual allotment, however, has its own due date and time fixed in the public notice, and bids arriving after that cut-off are not considered.

Allotment of Canteens — One-Year Canteen Space in Uttarakhand is offered by Uttarakhand Agricultural Produce Marketing Board, a government body. It is provided as non-dilutive funding.