§1Who it is for

  • Micro and small enterprises incl. beneficiaries of Manipur CGTMSE, Manipur Venture Fund, Chief Minister Entrepreneurship support scheme

Useful if

Fruit/vegetable processors and air-shipping micro/small units.

Do not spend time on it if

Units using non-perishable or in-town raw material.

§2Eligibility

  1. Micro, small or medium enterprise (MSMED Act definition) in a thrust area listed in para 8; large units only case-to-case by State Government
  2. New unit: commercial production after notification of IIPPM 2022 and on/before 31 Mar 2027; existing unit only on substantial expansion (25%+ rise in fixed capital investment after 1 Apr 2022)
  3. At least 80% of total employees must be local domiciled people of Manipur (relaxation for a specific period if skills not locally available, to satisfaction of Single Window Agency)
  4. Must hold an Incentives Eligibility Certificate: industrial licence/LoI/IEM/SIA number or Udyam Registration acknowledgment; required clearances for licensable/restricted items; unit in commercial production
  5. Not in negative list (Annexure A): tobacco (Ch 24), pan masala, plastic carry bags <20 micron, petroleum/gas refinery products (Ch 27), large/medium units employing <20 persons, makers of essential commodities sold through PDS
  6. Not eligible if similar incentive already availed under any other GoI/State/agency policy
  7. Unit must set up an industrial waste management system
  8. No change of location, substantial contraction or disposal of substantial fixed capital within 5 years of commercial production
  9. Only units that have not availed similar incentive under any Central/State scheme
  10. Register with the District Industries Centre in prescribed format

§3Benefits

  • 25% on transport of perishable fruit and vegetable raw material from growing areas identified by the State, over 50 km by shortest road/waterway, to the factory
  • 25% on air freight of finished goods/raw materials from Kolkata airport or any NER airport
  • For 5 years from commercial production

§4Norms — pattern of assistance

  1. Claims quarterly, within one year of the expenditure
  2. State level committee scrutinises and settles all claims

§5Documents

Tick each one as you get it ready.

§6How to apply

  1. 1

    Get Udyam Registration and clearances through the single window (Manipur Industrial Single Window Clearance Act, 2021)

  2. 2

    Obtain Incentives Eligibility Certificate from the competent authority notified by the State

  3. 3

    File claims within one year of the period to which the claim relates; claims vetted by the empowered State Level Committee of the Single Window Agency

§7Pros and cons

Merits

  • Helps food processors far from farms; covers air freight

Demerits

  • Only 25%; 50 km minimum distance

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Sources

  1. The Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy of Manipur, 2022 - Manipur Gazette Extraordinary No. 522, 20 Mar 2023 (scanned; read by OCR)

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