West Bengal Employment Generation Incentive: 60% ESI/EPF Subsidy for Tourism — Eligibility Criteria

The scheme is aimed at tourism businesses in West Bengal. It covers eligible tourism projects, tourism units and expansion projects of existing units that were set up on or after 22 February 2021.

There is also a specific window for hotel units that began commercial operations between 7 January 2015 and 31 December 2020, and could not apply under the earlier 2015 scheme because the hotel did not have a bar.

Promoters may come from the private sector, the cooperative sector or the joint sector. Companies and undertakings owned or managed by the State Government are also eligible.

Each project has to clear a few structural conditions:

• A detailed feasibility report must support the proposal.
• The project must have been approved and sanctioned by a Central Financial Institution, a Commercial Bank or a State Financial Institution.
• The unit must hold a Registration Certificate, a Date of Commencement Certificate and an Eligibility Certificate issued by the West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation Limited.

West Bengal Employment Generation Incentive: 60% ESI/EPF Subsidy for Tourism is open to startups at the idea, product and revenue stage working in travel hospitality. The programme is targeted at startups registered in West Bengal.