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Pre-Cooling Unit for Fruits and Vegetables · Tamil Nadu

What it takes to start pre-cooling unit for fruits and vegetables in Tamil Nadu: today’s cost, the central and state subsidy, where the work already happens and who can help.

cost in the report
₹25 lakh
priced in
≤ 2015
in today’s money (estimate)
at least ₹39.2 lakh

Subsidy you could get here

What kind of unit?
You are
For PMEGP, OBC, minority, ex-servicemen and Divyang founders are also special category; state schemes name their own groups.
Where is the unit?

What you could get

PMEGP margin money (central)25% of project cost, kept in your loan account for 3 years. Your own share: ₹3.92 lakh. Project is above the PMEGP limit, so only the limit counts.₹5 lakh
State capital subsidy — Tamil NaduThis state’s capital subsidy does not cover this kind of unit.Micro units get 25% of plant and machinery value anywhere in the state. Small units get 25% (up to ₹1.5 crore) only in the 254 backward blocks, in Government/SIPCOT/TANSIDCO estates, in any block for agro-based units, or in any block for the 23 thrust sectors.—
State interest help (over the years)5% × 5 years · on a loan of about ₹35.3 lakhBack-ended 5% interest subsidy on CGTMSE-covered term loans up to ₹2 crore, maximum ₹20 lakh over five years. For technology upgradation loans up to ₹5 crore the cap is ₹25 lakh over five years.₹8.82 lakh
Up to, if every scheme applies₹13.82 lakh

These are separate schemes with their own rules. Many states do not pay their capital subsidy on the same cost that PMEGP already covers, and every subsidy is paid only after approval. Confirm the combination at your District Industries Centre.

Also in this state

  • Stamp duty: Micro units: 100% stamp duty exemption on mortgage and pledge documents. Micro and small units in Government, TANSIDCO or private industrial estates: 50% rebate on stamp duty and registration. New micro and small units in the 254 backward blocks: 50% refund on land purchase. Source ↗
  • Electricity duty: Micro units on LT supply (Tariff III B): 20% of power consumption charges refunded for 36 months. Source ↗
  • NEEDS (New Entrepreneur-cum-Enterprise Development Scheme): First-generation founders starting a manufacturing or service unit costing ₹10 lakh to ₹5 crore: 25% of project cost, up to ₹75 lakh, plus 3% interest subvention for the full loan period. Trading is not allowed. Source ↗
  • Annal Ambedkar Business Champions Scheme (AABCS): Units 100% owned by SC/ST persons (new or expansion, including trading): 35% capital subsidy up to ₹1.5 crore and 6% interest subvention on machinery loans for up to 10 years. Source ↗
  • UYEGP (Unemployed Youth Employment Generation Programme): Trading/business units only, project cost up to ₹15 lakh: 25% subsidy, up to ₹3.75 lakh. Manufacturing and service applicants are sent to PMEGP. Source ↗
  • Payroll (EPF) subsidy: Employer EPF share refunded up to ₹24,000 per worker a year for three years, if more than 20 people are employed. Source ↗

How sure we are about this state: High · Policy: Tamil Nadu Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Policy 2021 ↗ · Source ↗

An estimate from published scheme rules, not an approval. Amounts are rounded.

Where this work already happens

No industry town for this business is recorded in this state yet.

Land and sheds

Land and sheds

Free government help in this state

34 offices: District Industries Centres, MSME offices and more

Tamil Nadu

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