ESS Kerala

1. Micro, small or medium manufacturing enterprise with Udyam registration (2012 guidelines said EM Part I/II)
2. Must be an independent legal entity; apply in prescribed form and sign an agreement
3. Investment support: no bank loan needed; start-up support only for units that took a term loan
4. Expansion, diversification and modernisation qualify for the additional investment
5. Service enterprises and negative-list units excluded: breweries/distilleries, saw mills, asbestos processing, granite/metal crushers, steel re-rolling and ingot units, cement (except fly-ash based), cashew units, power-intensive units, photo studios, tailoring (except readymade garments), soap-grade sodium silicate, calcium carbide, potassium chlorate
6. Young entrepreneur = all promoters aged 18-45 on 1 April of the year; women/SC-ST enterprise = at least 50% promoters from that group
7. Unit must work continuously for 5 years after commercial production

• General: 15% of fixed capital investment, max Rs 30 lakh
• Young (18-45), women, SC/ST, NRK entrepreneurs: 25%, max Rs 40 lakh
• Priority sectors: +10%, max Rs 10 lakh
• Idukki, Wayanad, Kasaragod, Pathanamthitta: +10%, max Rs 10 lakh
• New technology from approved research institutions: +10%, max Rs 10 lakh
• Overall cap Rs 40 lakh per enterprise

1. Three stages: start-up support (50% of eligible support, max Rs 3 lakh, at loan sanction); investment support (apply within 1 year of commercial production); technology support (apply within 6 months)
2. 30% of the assistance is reserved for micro enterprises
3. Eligible FCI: land (lower of cost or fair value; leased land at 20% of fair value if lease at least 10 years), land development (max 25% of land value), production buildings, new plant & machinery, testing and pollution-control equipment, electrification, generators, water recycling/rain harvesting; land+building+office equipment capped at 50% of FCI (2012 guidelines)
4. Excluded: working capital, vehicles, second-hand machinery, consumables
5. District Level Committee sanctions; State Level Committee (Director of Industries) hears appeals
6. Refund with 14% interest if unit fails to start or stops within 5 years; recoverable under Kerala Revenue Recovery Act 1968 (2012 guidelines)
7. Application fee Rs 1,100 per unit (current page); 2012 guidelines said Rs 1,000 (Rs 500 SC/ST)

• Signed application (Annexure III) and online acknowledgement

Fee receipt

• Promoter ID attested by a gazetted officer
• Udyam / EM acknowledgement
• Project report

Caste certificate (SC/ST)

• Resolution / partnership deed / MoA-AoA for non-proprietary units
• Start-up stage: bank recommendation letter (Annexure IV) and term loan sanction letter
• Investment stage: registration certificate, audited balance sheet, local body licence, sales bills, KSEB consumer card and last bill, land title and fair value certificate, chartered engineer valuations (Annexures VII-IX), invoices and payment proof, KSPCB consent (for pollution control devices), generator permit
• Technology stage: consultancy order and payment proof, machinery invoices, engineer valuation, research institution certificate that the technology is new