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The Puducherry authorities has notified caller guidelines for the support and registration of furniture and meal and homestay establishments, introducing a streamlined, self-certification exemplary aimed astatine giving visitors an authentic section acquisition portion generating livelihood opportunities for residents.
The inaugural forms portion of the Union Territory’s propulsion to amended Ease of Doing Business and Ease of Living by reducing compliance burden, particularly for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), and fostering an investor-friendly environment.
Under the revised guidelines, homestays and furniture and meal establishments tin beryllium self-certified and graded into 4 categories – silver, gold, golden plus, and platinum – based connected facilities and services. Silver offers basal and cleanable accommodations portion golden adds air-conditioning, Wi-Fi, parking, and modern interiors.
Gold plus/platinum incudes practice cuisine, practice gathering status, sustainable practices, rainwater harvesting, and an eco-friendly situation successful summation to golden amenities.
According to an authoritative of the Tourism Department: “The rules use uniformly to operators successful municipality residential zones, villages, coastal areas, and environmentally delicate zones. A azygous registration covers a minimum of 1 country for 2 guests. Room rent indispensable beryllium intelligibly displayed some online and onsite and updated whenever changes are made. The thought is to streamline the functioning of specified homestays and supply a fillip to caller entrants successful the hospitality sector. The Department’s program is to beforehand Puducherry from a play getaway to a week-long destination.”
Licence fee
A homestay licence volition beryllium valid for 5 years and tin beryllium auto-renewed online upon outgo of the prescribed fee. The interest ranges from ₹6,000 annually oregon ₹25,000 arsenic a one-time outgo for 5 years for silver; and ₹12,000 annually oregon ₹50,000 arsenic a one-time outgo for gold, golden plus, and platinum.
The interest for a furniture and meal constitution volition beryllium ₹12,000 per twelvemonth oregon ₹50,000 one-time (silver) oregon ₹20,000 per twelvemonth oregon ₹90,000 one-time (gold/gold plus/platinum). Operating without valid registration attracts a good of ₹25,000. If registration is rescinded, the interest is forfeited and the portion whitethorn beryllium blacklisted, particularly if amerciable activities are detected connected the premises.
Official sources said an inter-departmental committee volition beryllium constituted for the support of establishments. The committee volition beryllium headed by the Director of Tourism and has among its members, the Commissioners of respective Municipality/Commune Panchayats, Secretary of Hotels Association of Puducherry, a typical from the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), and a subordinate of a question mag oregon website nominated by the government.
