In pursuance of this office Notification
No. Tourism 136/96/269 dated 15.2.2001, the following
scheme known as the Meghalaya Tourism Incentive Scheme
2001 is hereby published.
Short
Title
This
scheme may be called the Meghalaya Tourism Incentive
Scheme 2001.
Effective
date of commencement and period of operation
It
will come into effect from the 15th February
2001 and shall remain in operation till such time as
the government may deem fit.
The
aims and objectives of the scheme is to encourage establishment
of Large, Medium and Small Scale Tourism related activities
in the State and to assist the promoters/entrepreneurs
to avail of the incentives as announced in the Tourism
Policy, 2001.
Eligibility
Tourism
Units fulfilling the following criteria shall be eligible
for the grant of subsidies/incentives viz:
That
the units shall be registered permanent/final with
the State Director of Tourism.
That the units should have
gone into commercial production on or after January
1997. Existing units undertaking expansion, modernisation
or diversification at the same location or at any
other place in Meghalaya on or, after the above
effective date will also be eligible under the scheme.
Mode
of Application
Applications for the claim
of incentives shall be made by the Tourist Units
in the prescribed forms to the Implementing
Agency,
i.e., the Director of Tourism, Meghalaya.
The Implementing Agency,
i.e., the Directorate of Tourism will process the
applications, complete in all respects, and then
Appraise the State Level
Committee for consideration of all the applications
so received from recommendation for sanctions.
The
State Level Committee shall recommend sanction of eligible
subsidy claims.
State
Level Committee (S.L.C.)
The
State Level Committee (S.L.C.) will consists of the
following members:
Commissioner
& Secretary/Secretary Tourism Department
Chairman
Managing
Director, Meghalaya Industrial Development Corporation
Ld.
Member
Representatives
of Finance Department
Member
Representatives
of Planning Department
Member
Officer-in-charge,
IDBI
Member
Officer-in-charge,
SIDBI
Member
Officer-in-charge,
AFC
Member
Director
of Industries
Member
Officer-in-charge,
ITDC
Member
Officer-in-charge,
NEDFi
Member
Managing
Director MTDC
Member
Director
of Tourism, Meghalaya
Member-Secretary
State Level Committee
The
functions of the State Level Committee shall be to
Scrutinize the
claim applications and recommend the cases for sanctions
as may be found eligible.
Monitor
and review the progress of implementation of the
Scheme from time to time
Issue
instructions, if necessary, for proper implementation
of the scheme and
Examine and decide on issues
and such other benefits and concessions, which could
be beneficial in the interest of the local tourism
units, from time to time.
Disbursement
The Director of Tourism shall
compile a consolidated statement of all claims duly
recommended by the State Level Committee and process
for financial sanction of the same.
On
receipt of the financial sanction, the Director
of Tourism shall draw the amounts due for disbursement
to the eligible tourism units.
Miscellaneous
Applications pending during
the last financial year will be carried over to
the next financial year processed and placed before
the Committee for sanction.
Claims for additional/recurring
incentives of a unit shall be processed from the
Original application by adding to the application/scrutiny
report/sanctioning orders/disbursement orders, etc.,
earlier made or issued.
Government
may, from time to time amend the provision of this
scheme as may be felt necessary in the interest
on the tourism units.
