SUBSIDIES

NEW AND FULL NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XVI: 1 OF THE
GATT 1994 AND ARTICLE 25 OF THE AGREEMENT ON SUBSIDIES
AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES

India

The following communication, dated and received on 8 October 2024, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of India.

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The following notification constitutes India's new and full notification for 2021-22 (April to March) and 2022-23 (April to March). This contains information on India's industrial assistance programmes at the level of Central Government or State Governments. This notification only lists programs with a budget allocation for the notification period (2021-23). Discontinued programs are not included.

The information provided in this notification is for transparency purposes in order to clarify the operation of programmes. In accordance with Article 25.7 of the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (ASCM), this notification does not, in any way, prejudice the legal status, nature or effects of government assistance programmes under the ASCM and the GATT 1994, including as to whether or not the programmes notified are specific within the meaning of the ASCM.

Note:

It has not been possible to estimate the trade effects, if any, that may result from each of the programmes.

Table of Contents

A.     SCHEMES AT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL. 4

1  NORTH EAST INDUSTRIAL AND INVESTMENT PROMOTION POLICY (NEIIPP), 2007. 4

2  FREIGHT SUBSIDY SCHEME. 4

3  NORTH EAST INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME-2017. 5

4  AMENDED TECHNOLOGY UPGRADATION FUND SCHEME (ATUFS). 6

5  PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA (PMKSY). 7

6  PRADHAN MANTRI FORMALISATION OF MICRO FOOD ENTERPRISES (PMFME). 8

7  SHIPBUILDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY. 8

8  SCHEME FOR PROMOTION OF MANUFACTURING OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
AND SEMICONDUCTOR (SPECS). 9

B.     SCHEMES AT THE STATE GOVERNMENT LEVEL. 10

1  SCHEMES OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH.. 10

1.1  INCENTIVES UNDER INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY 2020-23. 10

2  SCHEMES OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT. 11

2.1  SCHEME FOR INCENTIVE TO INDUSTRIES. 11

2.2  SCHEME FOR ASSISTANCE FOR PLASTIC INDUSTRIES. 11

2.3  SCHEME FOR AEROSPACE AND DEFENCE ENTERPRISES. 12

2.4  SCHEME FOR ASSISTANCE TO LABOUR INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES. 13

2.5  SCHEME FOR SOLAR PUMP TO SALT WORKERS. 14

2.6  SCHEME FOR DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO MSME MANUFACTURING SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN THE EXHIBITION. 15

2.7  SCHEME FOR ASSISTANCE OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT SUBSIDY & ASSISTANCE FOR
INTEREST SUBSIDY. 15

2.8  SCHEME FOR ASSISTANCE FOR QUALITY CERTIFICATION. 16

2.9  SCHEME FOR ASSISTANCE FOR RAISING CAPITAL THROUGH SME EXCHANGE. 17

2.10  SCHEME FOR ASSISTANCE FOR INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 18

2.11  SCHEME OF ASSISTANCE TO MSEs FOR SHED DEVELOPED BY PRIVATE DEVELOPER
SCHEME OF ASSISTANCE TO GIDC FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MULTI STORIED SHEDS FOR
MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES. 19

2.12  SCHEMES FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDUSTRIAL PARK. 19

3  SCHEMES OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF HARYANA. 20

3.1  Haryana MSME Policy, 2019. 20

3.2  Agribusiness & Food Processing Policy, 2018. 21

4  SCHEMES OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH.. 22

4.1  HIMACHAL PRADESH INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT POLICY, 2019. 22

5  SCHEMES OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF JHARKHAND. 23

5.1  JHARKHAND INDUSTRIAL AND INVESTMENT PROMOTION POLICY, 2016. 23

5.2  JHARKHAND TEXTILE, APPAREL & FOOTWEAR POLICY 2016. 23

6  SCHEMES OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA
INDUSTRIAL POLICY 2020-25. 24

7  SCHEMES OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF MADHYA PRADESH.. 25

7.1  INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION POLICY 2014. 25

7.2  MSME DEVELOPMENT POLICY 2021. 26

8  SCHEMES OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA
PACKAGE SCHEME OF INCENTIVES (PSI). 27

9  SCHEMES OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF MEGHALAYA
MEGHALAYA INDUSTRIAL AND INVESTMENT PROMOTION POLICY, 2016. 28

10  SCHEMES OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF MIZORAM
STATE INCENTIVE SUBSIDY SCHEME. 29

11  SCHEMES OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA. 29

11.1  SGST REIMBURSEMENT SCHEME. 29

11.2  INTEREST SUBSIDY SCHEME. 30

12  SCHEMES OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB. 31

12.1  POWER SUBSIDY SCHEME. 31

12.2  SCHEME FOR INDUSTRIAL & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT POLICY (IBDP), 2022. 32

13  SCHEMES OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF TRIPURA
TRIPURA INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION INCENTIVE, 2022. 33