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Know Your Incentive

Answer a few questions about your enterprise to find out which K-RIIS incentive schemes you may be eligible for under the Kerala Industrial Policy 2023.

Incentive Eligibility Checker

Fields marked * are mandatory. Select your sector and answer each question to proceed.

Please select the sector you belong to from the list below *

Do you belong to MSME Category? What is MSME? *

Do you belong to Non MSME Category? What is Non MSME? *

Are you a Startup registered under KSUM/DPIIT/Start-up India ? What is Startup? *

Whether Micro/Small/ Medium Enterprises with valid UDYAM registration? *

Did you start commercial operation on or after 01/04/2023 and engaged in manufacturing activities/ service activities(excluding trading)set up in the state? *

Not included in the Negative List of industries and notified as such from time to time? *

Not a Government controlled industry/ public sector undertakings/unit started by Government controlled agencies? *

Whether an industrial unit operating as an independent legal entity? *

Whether the enterprise is having a valid Udyam/IEM Registration (if available), PAN Number and GST Number? *

Electricity Duty Exemption for MSMEs

Whether a legal entity that makes investments in new locations in any of the priority sectors and commences operation on or after 01.04.2023? *

Did you get selected for assistance under the scheme and availing the benefits for expansion during the selected 5 year period? *

Are you applying for LT/HT/EHT power connections used for industrial purposes?( Power trading/selling activities such as Electric Vehicle Charging stations shall not be considered for incentive.) *

Access to Finance through IPO Route

Have you raised fund through IPO route, but only partly used such fund for setting up / expanding activities of the enterprise in Kerala? *

Investment Subsidy Incentive Scheme

Whether Large or Mega enterprise in Kerala engaged in manufacturing or service activities in any of the priority sectors excluding trading? *

Whether an enterprise which operate or invest in Priority Sectors with investments and turnover exceeding the criteria as defined for MSME units, as per the MSMED Act 2006 and company formed under the Companies Act and registered under the Registrar of Companies? *

Do you have valid DPIIT registration (if applicable) and the unit is functioning while receiving the assistance? *

New unit that commences commercial operation on or after 01.04.2023 or existing unit that commence commercial operation after expansion/ modernisation/ diversification on or after 01.04.2023 ? *

Have you availed investment subsidy/grant from any other schemes of the Government of Kerala/ GoI towards the new investments made, and appliying for assistance under this Scheme(the unit will be eligible only for availing the balance eligible subsidy amount, i.e. the difference between the total eligible assistance under this Scheme and the assistance already availed from any other schemes/sources for the new investments)? *

Whether the company makes investments in one or more locations and satisfies the criteria defined point no 1 above and the end product of such units are not used for the captive use of the company ? (Additional investments made in each locations shall be eligible for assistance under this scheme up to a maximum of Rs.10.00 Cr each for all such new investments, as per the criteria of this Scheme.) *

Whether the company makes investments in one or more locations and satisfies the criteria defined point no 1 above and the end product of such units are used for the captive use of the company ? (The combined investment in all such units shall be considered (as if it is a single investment) while calculating the investment subsidy, subject to the maximum ceiling of Rs.10.00 Cr only.) *

SGST Reimbursement

Whether the investment is in Plant & Machinery / Equipment upto the commencement of commercial operation ? (land and land development cost & building shall not be considered) *

Whether a legal entity that makes investments in new locations in any of the priority sectors and commences operation on or after 01.04.2023? *

Did you get selected for assistance under the scheme and availing the benefits for expansion during the selected 5 year period? *

Whether the above new investments are capitalised through SGST return filing on or after 01.04.2023 ? *

Employment Enhancer Incentive

Whether Large or Mega enterprise in Kerala engaged in manufacturing or service activities in any of the priority sectors excluding trading? *

Waiver of Stamp Duty & Registration Charges for Manufcturing Units

Whether to lease or purchase of land & building for setting up manufacturing units in Government industrial parks & notified private industrial parks in the State? *

Whether to lease /purchase of land&building for setting up manufacturing units for Women, SC/ST, Differently Abled, and Transgender entrepreneurs, anywhere in the state of Kerala? *

Do you submit applications within a period of two years from the date of registration of the purchase / lease of land & building for manufacturing activities ? *

Whether expenditure incurred on lease deeds/land and building purchases on or after 01/04/2023? *

Whether you have availed a discount/ reimbursement for Stamp Duty&Registration charges from any other agency of GoK/GOI for the land & building proposed for the project? *

Incentives for Participation in Trade Fairs

Whether an industrial units with in the State of Kerala in categories MSME, Large & Mega ? *

Applying for participating in trade fairs held on or after 01.04.2023 ? *

Do you have valid DPIIT registration (if applicable) and the unit is functioning while receiving the assistance? *

Whether Micro/Small/ Medium Enterprises with valid UDYAM registration? *

Whether the unit is functioning while receiving assistance under this scheme? *

Intellectual Property Creation

Whether a New/Existing MSME, Large, Mega Enterprises in any of the priority sectors as outlined in the Kerala Industrial Policy 2023 , provided expenses incurred on or after 01.04.2023 for Filing / granting IPR? *

Quality Certification Incentives

Does not cover expenses incurred for the renewal of any of the quality certifications ? *

Incentive for Sustainability & Responsible Industrialisation

Whether a New/Existing MSME, Large, Mega Enterprises in any of the priority sectors as outlined in the Kerala Industrial Policy, applying for the expenses incurred on or after 01.04.2023 for initiatives enumerated in section C ? *

Intiatives in Manufacturing IR 4.0

Whether a New/Existing MSME, Large, Mega Enterprises in any of the priority sectors as outlined in the Kerala Industrial Policy 2023 engaged in manufacturing activities , applying for the expenses incurred on or after 01.04.2023 for incorporating IR 4.0 initiatives ? *

Incentive R And D

Whether an industrial units with in the State of Kerala in categories MSME, Large & Mega ? *

Whether the unit executed agreement /MOU with the university / Research Institutes set up by GoI/GoK in the state ? *

Whether the agreement/ MOU is executed on or after 01.04.2023 ? *

Whether all the expenses met towards the R&D activities were on or after 01.04.2023 ? *

Whether the unit is operating in manufacturing/service sector (excluding trade activities) ? *

Do you have valid DPIIT registration (if applicable) and the unit is functioning while receiving the assistance? *

Whether the company is set up anywhere in India, and the company has one or more manufacturing/service unit/units within the state of Kerala and the unit shall be in any of the Priority sectors as notified in the Industrial Policy of GoK, and the R&D activity shall be for the units located in Kerala ? *

Scale up Incentive for Startups

Whether any innovation involved? *

Whether the Startup registered as Private Limited Company in Kerala ? *

Does the Startup belong to any of the priority sectors as mentioned in Kerala Industrial Policy 2023? *(DROP Box-Mention the 22 priority sectors) *

Does the start-up complete product development stage? *

Whether the start-up started generating revenue? *

Whether the start-up is proposing for scaling up/commercialization? *

Special Package to Attract PLI Investors

Whether a manufacturing unit the State in categories such as MSME, Large & Mega ? *

Whether the unit is shortlisted under the PLI scheme announced by Govt. of India from time to time ? *

Whether the investment made within Kerala on or after 01.04.2023 ? *

	Category	Criteria
MSME	Micro Enterprise	Enterprises whose investment in plant & machinery/equipment does not exceed Rs.1 Crore and turnover does not exceed Rs.5 Crore.
	Small Enterprise	Enterprises with investment in plant & machinery/equipment not exceeding Rs.10 Crore and turnover not exceeding Rs.50 Crore.
	Medium Enterprise	Enterprises whose investment in plant & machinery/equipment does not exceed Rs.50 Crore and turnover does not exceed Rs.250 Crore.

	Sl No	An entity shall be considered as a Startup
Startup	i.	Upto a period of ten years from the date of incorporation/ registration, if it is incorporated as a private limited company (as defined in the Companies Act, 2013) or registered as a partnership firm (registered under section 59 of the Partnership Act, 1932) or a limited liability partnership (under the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008) in India.
	ii.	Turnover of the entity for any of the financial years since incorporation/ registration has not exceeded one hundred crore rupees.
	iii.	Entity is working towards innovation, development or improvement of products or processes or services, or if it is a scalable business model with a high potential of employment generation or wealth creation.

	Category	Criteria
Non MSME	Large Enterprise	Enterprises whose investment in Plant & Machinery/ Equipment exceeds Rs.50 Crore and turnover not exceeding Rs.300 Crore.
Non MSME	Mega Enterprise	Enterprises with investment in Plant & Machinery/ Equipment exceeding Rs.300 Crore.

Know Your Incentive

Incentive Eligibility Checker

Electricity Duty Exemption for MSMEs

Access to Finance through IPO Route

Investment Subsidy Incentive Scheme

SGST Reimbursement

Employment Enhancer Incentive

Waiver of Stamp Duty & Registration Charges for Manufcturing Units

Incentives for Participation in Trade Fairs

Intellectual Property Creation

Quality Certification Incentives

Incentive for Sustainability & Responsible Industrialisation

Intiatives in Manufacturing IR 4.0

Incentive R And D

Scale up Incentive for Startups

Special Package to Attract PLI Investors

MSME

Non MSME

Startup

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