DRAFT OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INFRASTRUCTURE SUBSIDY UNDER TPR- 2016 (See Para 8.1.11 of TPR 2016)
1. Short Title: - Operational guidelines for reimbursement of Environmental Protection Infrastructure Subsidy (EPIS) on setting of effluent treatment plant / sewerage treatment plant under Tourism Policy Resolution, 2016.
2. Extent: -It shall extend to the whole of the State of Odisha.
3. Commencement: - It shall come into force from the “Effective Date" of Tourism Policy Resolution, 2016 i.e. 24th November, 2016.
4. Terms and Expressions: -Terms and expressions used in this operational guideline, but not specifically defined / explained here, shall have the same meaning as in Tourism Policy Resolution, 2016.
5. Policy Provisions- New tourism units shall be eligible for reimbursement of 20% of the capital cost of setting up effluent treatment plant / sewerage treatment plant subject to a maximum of Rs.20 lakh. Such reimbursement shall be made only after commercial operation of the project.
6. Eligibility: - All new Tourism units as defined in clause no.7.11 of Tourism Policy, 2016
7. Time frame for filing application: - The eligible Tourism unit shall file Application in prescribed form for reimbursement of this subsidy within 1 year from the date of operationalization of Pollution Control Equipment.
Application in the prescribed form received after the due date / incomplete in any respect shall be liable to be summarily rejected.
8. Procedure:- Tourism units satisfying the eligibility shall file application in the prescribed form appended to this operational guideline at Annexure -'A' along with copies of all relevant documents as mentioned in the Checklist at Annexure -'B' and Undertaking prescribed at Annexure A-1 shall apply to Director Tourism along with .
Copies of the documents as indicated in the checklist shall be self - attested by Proprietor / Managing Partner / Managing Director / Authorized Signatory.
8.1 On receipt of application, the acknowledgement as prescribed at Annexure- 'C' shall be dispatched to the applicant / applicant unit duly signed by the authorized officer of Department of Tourism.
8.2 After receipt of the application from the authorised person of Department of Tourism check the eligibility and verify the facts concerning the claim and transmit one set of application with relevant documents indicating the date of production to the concerned authorities to State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) for certification of SPCB within 3 days from the date of receipt of application who has to furnishing the certificate on total Pollution Control Equipments in the format as at Annexure – D under intimation to the concerned unit.
8.3 The SPCB has to furnish the required certificate in prescribed format at Annexure- D within next 15 days to Director Tourism, Odisha.
9. Sanction:- a) Sanction for reimbursement of eligible amount shall be accorded in favour of eligible Units by a State Level Sanctioning Committee constituted as below;
“State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC)” means a committee comprising of :
S. Designation Position No 1 Director Tourism, Odisha Chairman & Convener 2 Joint Director of Industries/ Additional Director Member of Industries 3 4 Senior Environmental Engineer of OSPCB A.F.A Member Member The sanction order will be communicated to the Tourism unit within 7 days by Director Tourism in the format as prescribed in the Annexure-E.
10. Disbursement: -Disbursement of sanctioned amount for reimbursement of Environmental Protection Infrastructure Subsidy shall be made by Director Tourism, Odisha;
i) in two equal installments, the 1 st installment immediately after approval of SLSC and 2 nd installment shall disbursed after completion of one year of continuous operation of ETP after furnish a certificate from the SPCB.
11. Rejection: - In case of rejection of application, the reasons of rejection shall be communicated to the applicant unit within 30 days of determination of eligibility by the respective agencies in the format prescribed at Annexure – 'F'.
12. Recovery: -The amount disbursed towards reimbursement of EPIS and or any part thereof shall be recoverable with penal interest of 18% per annum from the date from which the subsidy is availed.
(A) If the information furnished is found to be false/ incorrect / misleading or mis-represented and there has been suppression of facts / materials or disbursed in excess of the amount actually admissible for whatsoever reason.
(B) If the Tourism unit goes out of operation for a period exceeding six months at a time for any reasons other than labour troubles, want of electric power or for the reason which is beyond the control of entrepreneur / management during the period of incentives.
13. Miscellaneous:- (A) Tourism Unit shall furnish its audited financial statements and other periodical statements of each financial year to the Director Tourism, Odisha during the period of incentives.
(B) 15.2 Any change in facts or circumstances affecting the eligibility of the unit shall be intimated immediately to the Director Tourism, Odisha by the unit.
14. This has been concurred in by Finance Department and communicated vide their letter No.--------------------/ F dt------------------------- .
++++++++++++++++++ Annexure-A APPLICATION FOR EPIS UNDER TPR- 2016 Application received after the due date / incomplete in any respect shall be liable for rejection (Strike out whichever is not applicable) M/s.__________________________ At/PO ________________________ Dist. _________________________ (Location of the Tourism Unit) To The Director Tourism Govt.of Odisha, Bhubaneswar Sub: Application for reimbursement of EPIS under TPR- 2016 Sir, In accordance with the provisions laid down in Tourism Policy Resolution –2016 and its operational guidelines, the claim is submitted with following particulars.
1 Name of New Tourism Unit/ Expansion Tourism Unit.
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2 Address of Registered office :
3 Type of organization (Proprietorship / Partnership / Co-operative / Private Limited / Public Limited) :
4 Name of Proprietor / Managing Partner / Managing Director / Authorized Signatory :
5 EM-II / IEM / I L No./TPR No and date* :
* Tourism Provisional Registration Number 6 Type of activity For hotel project star categorization from appropriate authority :
7 Date of commercial operation :
8 Employment generated 9 Name of the Financial Institution/ Bank 10 Investment in Pollution Control equipment Estimated :
Actual :
11 Certificate of consent to establish by SPCB 12 Certificate of consent to operate by SPCB 13 Date of first fixed capital investment i.e. investment in building / plant & machinery and balancing equipment etc. (specify the investment) 14 Bank A/c.No. of Tourism Unit 15 Name of Bank with IFSC & MICR Code I ,Sri__________________________ s/o ____________________at present ________________ (designation) of M/S ______________________ (name of the Tourism unit) certify that the information furnished as above is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
I hereby undertake to abide by the terms and conditions prescribed under the provisions of TPR-2016 and its operational guidelines.
I hereby undertake to repay / surrender the incentives or any part thereof availed with penal interest as decided by the authority-
(i) If the information stated above is found to be false/ incorrect / misleading or mis-represented and there has been suppression of facts / materials or if found to have been disbursed in excess of the amount actually admissible for whatsoever reason.
(ii) If any part of Plant & machinery/ Pollution Control Equipment is disposed of and not reported which affects the maximum limit of EPIS reimbursement during the period of incentives.
I hereby certify that this Tourism unit has not applied / availed the incentives claimed here under any other scheme of the State Govt. or the Central Govt. or any Financial Institution(s).
I hereby undertake to furnish its audited financial statements and other periodical statements of each financial year to the Director Tourism, Odisha during the period of incentives Copies of relevant documents in support of information / facts furnished above are enclosed herewith.
Signature of the Proprietor / Managing Partner / Managing Director / Authorised Signatory of M/s ------------------------------ Place- Date- Annexure A-1 UNDERTAKING (Strike out whichever is not applicable) From M/s.__________________________ At/PO _________________________ Dist. ___________________________ I / We hereby undertake that claim of EPIS for Rs.___________(in words) _______________________ i) I / We shall abide by the terms and conditions prescribed under the provisions of Tourism Policy Resolution, 2016 and its operational guidelines.
iii) I / We shall repay the claim of EPIS or any part thereof with penal interest as decided by the authority;
(a) If the information stated in the application & supporting documents is found to be false/ incorrect / misleading or mis-represented and there has been suppression of facts / materials or if found to have been disbursed in excess of the amount actually admissible for whatsoever reason.
iv) This Tourism unit has not applied / availed EPIS in any manner under any other scheme of the State Govt. or the Central Govt. or any Financial Institution(s).
I / we shall furnish its audited financial statements and other periodical statements of each financial year to the Director Tourism, Odisha during the period of incentives Signature of the Proprietor / Managing Partner / Managing Director / Authorised Signatory of M/s ------------------------------ Date- Annexure A-2 OFFICE OF THE STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD, ODISHA, BHUBANESWAR Letter no-------------------- Date-------------------------- (Strike out whichever is not applicable) Certified that M / S __________________________ has installed Pollution Control Equipment of Rs ___________ (in words) Rupees ______________________ as detailed below for EPIS and the plant is fully operational.
Sl. No Effluent Treatment Plant / Sewage Treatment Plant Amount (in Rs.)
1 2 3 4 5 6 Total amount in Rs.
Signature of Member Secretary, State Pollution Control Board with seal & date.
Annexure B CHECK LIST Copies of documents to be attached with the application shall be self-attested by Proprietor / Managing Partner/Managing Director / Authorized Signatory (Strike out whichever is not applicable) 1 Entrepreneurs Memorandum- I / Entrepreneurs Memorandum- II 2 Power of Attorney / Board Resolution / Society Resolution, as applicable, while signing as Partner / Managing Director / Authorized person.
3 Certificate of registration under Indian Partnership Act1932 / Societies Registration Act- 1860 / Certificate of incorporation (Memorandum of association & Article of Association ) under Company Act-1956 4 Document in support of date of first investment in fixed capital i.e. land / building / plant & machinery and balancing equipment in respect of Original / Expansion / Modernisation / Diversification 5 Appraisal & approval documents in support of E/M/D as defined in TPR 6 Approved DPR / Project Profile / Scheme –as the case may be for Original / E / M / D clearly specifying the list of Pollution Control Equipments used.
7 Document in support of date of first investment in fixed capital i.e. land / building / plant & machinery and balancing equipment in case of Original / E / M / D 8 Term loan sanction order of OSFC / Banks / FI ( Original / E/ M/ D) 9 Undertaking in the format prescribed at Annexure A-1 10 List of Pollution Control Equipments used.
Annexure –C (FOR OFFICE USE) OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR TOURISM, GOVT.OF ODISHA Letter No.---------------- / Date------------------ Acknowledgement (Strike out whichever is not applicable) To Sri ____________________________ M/s. ___________________________ ___________________________ Received the application for EPIS under the provisions of TOURISM POLICY RESOLUTION –2016 and its operational guidelines along with documents mentioned below from M/s ------------------------------ At/PO------------------------- Dist. ______on dt. ----- through post / person.
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Signature of authorized officer of Department of Tourism with seal & date---------- Annexure –C (TO BE DISPATCHED TO THE APPLICANT) OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR TOURISM, GOVT.OF ODISHA .
Letter No.---------------- / Date------------------ Acknowledgement (Strike out whichever is not applicable) To Sri ____________________________ M/s. ___________________________ ___________________________ Received the application for EPIS under the provisions of TOURISM POLICY RESOLUTION –2016 and its operational guidelines along with documents mentioned below from M/s----------------------------- At/PO------------------ -Dist. ______on dt. -------through post / person.
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Signature of authorized officer of Department of Tourism with seal & date---------- Annexure-D VALUATION OF COST OF PLANT & MACHINERY (STP & ETP) (Strike out whichever is not applicable)
1. We have verified the Plant & Machinery acquired by M/s --------------------------------- ---------------- --------- located at------------- ------------------------- bearing EM-II / IEM / I.L No------- Dt. ---------- and the valuation of Plant & machinery used for STP & ETP vis-à-vis estimate till commencement of commercial operation is given here under.
Sl Items of STP & ETP Original As per Actual estimate expenditure incurred 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Signature & designation of authorized officer of Department of Tourism Date Annexure- E OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR TOURISM, ODISHA (Strike out whichever is not applicable) Sanction Order Order No. ___________/ Date:____________ Sanction is hereby accorded for twenty percent of the amount spent (subject to maximum of Rs.20.00 lakh on Environmental Protection Infrastructure for Rs._______ In words (Rupees ______________) in favour of M/s. _________ At:_________ PO:________ Dist.:_____ under provisions of Para 8.1.11 of TPR, 2016 Director Tourism, Odisha Memo No. _____________ Dt.____________ Copy forwarded to Sri __________Proprietor / Mg Partner / Mg Director / Authorized Signatory of M/s---------------------- At:_______ PO____ Dist.:______ for information.
Director Tourism, Odisha Memo No. _____________ Dt.____________ Copy forwarded to Member Secretary, S.P.C.B___________ for information & necessary action.
Director Tourism, Odisha Annexure F OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR TOURISM, GOVT.OF ODISHA Letter No.---------------- / Date------------------ (Strike out whichever is not applicable) To Sri ____________________________ M/s. ___________________________ At ___________________________ PO ___________________________ Sub-Division____________________ Dist. __________________________ (Location of the Tourism Unit) Sir, This is to inform that your application for sanction of EPIS filed on dt.___________ under TPR-2016 is rejected due to following reasons.
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Director Tourism, Odisha with seal & date----------.