Subsidy for Quality Improvement — Up to ₹7.5L for West Bengal Tourism Units — Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility runs on both the nature of the project and the paperwork a unit already holds.

• Project timing: tourism projects, units, and expansion projects of existing units set up on or after February 22, 2021 qualify. Hotel units that began commercial operations between January 7, 2015 and December 31, 2020 also qualify, provided they could not apply under a previous scheme for specific reasons — the absence of a Bar being one example.
• Ownership pattern: the unit may sit in the private sector, the co-operative sector, or the joint sector, and companies or undertakings owned or managed by the State Government are covered too.
• Project documentation: the proposal must be backed by a detailed feasibility report or project report prepared for the purpose.
• Financial sanction: the project must have been approved and sanctioned by a Central Financial Institution, a Commercial Bank, or a State Financial Institution.
• State certificates: the unit must hold a Registration Certificate, a Date of Commencement Certificate, and an Eligibility Certificate, all issued by the West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation Limited.

Units that are still in the concept stage, or that have not yet secured bank sanction and the three WBTDC certificates, are not in a position to apply for the incentive.

Subsidy for Quality Improvement — Up to ₹7.5L for West Bengal Tourism Units is open to startups at any stage working in travel hospitality. The programme is targeted at startups registered in West Bengal. Applicants should be registered as private limited, llp and opc.