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GOVERNMENT
OF MEGHALAYA
DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM
NOTIFICATION
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.
1. Short
title: This scheme may be
called the Meghalaya Tourism Incentive Scheme 2001.
2. 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.
3. Aims and objectives:
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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Sanction of incentives:
The State Level Committee shall recommend sanction
of eligible subsidy claims.
7. State Level Committee (S.L.C.)
i. The State
Level Committee (S.L.C.) will con with 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 |
ii. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
(P.S. Thangkhiew, IAS)
Commissioner & Secretary
Tourism Department,
Meghalaya, Shillong.
NOTIFICATION
The Governor of Meghalaya is pleased to constitute
the following Committee to operate the Meghalaya
Tourism Incentive Scheme, 2001 with immediate effect.
1. State Level Committee (S.L.C.):
The State Level Committee (SLC) is hereby constituted
with 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 |
The term of the Committee will be for a period of five
years or till the Committee is re-constituted, whichever
is earlier.
Two-thirds of the members shall form a quorum for convening
the meetings from time to time.
The functions of the State Level Committee (SLC) shall
be to:
- Scrutinise the claim applications and recommend
the cases for sanction, as may be found eligible.
- Monitor and review the progress of implementation
of the scheme.
- Issue instructions, if necessary, for proper implementation
of the scheme, and
- Examine and decide on issues and such other benefits
and concessions that could be beneficial in the interest
of the local tourism units from time to time.
- Review the procedures and amend or modify the scheme
and the formats from time to time as may be necessary.
2. Disbursement of the incentive
claim:
- The Director of Tourism shall compile a consolidated
statement of all claims duly recommended by the State
Level Committee (SLC) and process for financial sanction
for the scheme.
- On receipt of the financial sanctions, the Director
of Tourism shall draw the amounts due and arrange
for immediate disbursement to the eligible units.
(P.S. Thangkhiew, IAS)
Commissioner & Secretary
Tourism Department,
Meghalaya, Shillong
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