Water & Energy Audit Reimbursement — Up to ₹5L for SC/ST Entrepreneurs — Frequently Asked Questions

The scheme reimburses 50% of what you spent, with a maximum of ₹5 lakh. On top of that, entrepreneurs belonging to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe categories receive an additional 10% subsidy and a 10% higher limit on the reimbursement.

It works as a refund. You engage an approved agency, pay for the audit and incur the expense first; the claim is then raised on the strength of that spending, and the eligible amount is released to your registered bank account once the state department completes its verification.

Only entrepreneurs from the Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) categories, and their business must be operating in Chhattisgarh. You must also have actually incurred expenditure on a water audit or an energy audit for the business — an audit you are merely planning cannot be claimed against.

The reimbursement covers water audits and energy audits carried out for your business operations. These are the efficiency studies that show how a unit consumes water and power, and the expense must relate to the enterprise rather than to personal or unrelated use.

There is no last date. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and the scheme stays open throughout the year, so you can file your claim once the audit is finished and the invoices and payment proofs are in hand.

No. This is a subsidy delivered as a reimbursement, which makes it non-dilutive — you retain full ownership of your enterprise and the state takes no shares in return for the support.

Neither appears as a condition of this scheme. The published rules turn on community, on the business operating within Chhattisgarh, and on the audit spending itself. What you do need is to register your enterprise with the relevant state government department — typically the Department of Industries, Chhattisgarh — before claiming under the Special Package for SC/ST Entrepreneurs.

You will typically need the audit report, the invoices raised by the audit agency, proof that those invoices were paid, and your caste certificate confirming SC or ST status. Claims are made on the prescribed application form under the Special Package for SC/ST Entrepreneurs, so keep your enterprise registration details handy as well.

Follow the claim procedure laid down in the Special Package for SC/ST Entrepreneurs policy. In practice that means filling in the prescribed reimbursement form, attaching the audit and expense documents, and submitting the complete package to the designated authority — generally your District Industries Centre (DIC) or the Directorate of Industries in Chhattisgarh. The state's official application portal is https://swsportal.cgstate.gov.in/login/.

The state government department verifies the application along with the supporting papers. Once verification succeeds, the eligible reimbursement amount is disbursed directly into the bank account your enterprise has registered with the department.

Water & Energy Audit Reimbursement — Up to ₹5L for SC/ST Entrepreneurs is offered by Department of Industries, Government of Chhattisgarh, a government body. It is provided as non-dilutive funding.

Apply directly through the official application link on this page. Review the eligibility criteria and prepare your startup documents before you begin.