Service portfolio veeksha, Government subsidies

1. Service Portfolio

2. About us….
is group of professionals having
expertise in reimbursement/ subsidy/refunds
from various Govt. departments for almost all
certification and applicable capital expenditure
from State & Central Ministries like MOFPI,
Spice Board, NHB, SFAC, MSME etc.

3. CERTIFICATION BASED SUBSIDY /REIMBURSEMENT
SCHEME FROM DIFFERENT MINISTRY

4. Sr. No. Subsidy Scheme/Certification Scheme Ministry /Department Details of Scheme Max Reimbursement
1 ISO 22000 / ISO 9001 MOFPI 50% cost of machinery ,equipment, civil
works [as suggested by us] + 50% of
certification & consultancy
Rs. 17 Lacs Max. for Urban
Area
Rs. 22 Lacs Max. for Rural
Areas
2 BRC, Organic ,HACCP ISO 22000
certification
APEDA 50% of the cost of consultancy,
certification [for 3years with yearly
surveillance]
Rs - 5Lacs Max
3 ISO 2200/SQF 200 /GMP/FDA
Registration
SPICES BOARD 50% of the cost of Certification +
Consultancy
No Limit
4 ISO 22000 /ISO 18001/ ISO 27000
CERTIFICATION
ISO 9001/ISO 14001
CERTIFICATION
MSME 75% of cost of Certification & Training 1Lac
75 K

5. CAPITAL EXPENDITURE SUBSIDY FOR SETTING UP /
EXPANSION FROM DIFFERENT MINISTRY

6. Sr.
No.
Subsidy Scheme/Certification Scheme Ministry
/Department
Details of Scheme Max . Subsidy
1 Setting Up/ Expansion/ Technology
Upgradation
MOFPI 25%/33 [cost of plant & machinery + technical civil works]
for urban & rural area respectively
Rs. 50 Lacs for Urban Area
Rs. 75 Lacs for Rural Areas
2 Venture Capital From Sfac MOA 26% of equity / own contribution Rs. 50 Lacs for Urban Area
Rs. 75 Lacs for Rural Areas
3 Export Development Scheme SPICES BOARD 33%/ 50% investment in hi-tech plant & machinery,
upgradation of existing plant & machinery +setting up/ up
gradation of in house quality control lab
Rs. 100 Lacs for Urban Area
Rs. 200 Lacs for Rural Areas
4 Cold Storage NHB 40%/55% for general/hilly area.
Civil ,thermal insulation, refrigeration system, safety
devices etc
Rs. 1.20 Cr. for Urban Area
Rs. 1.65 Cr. for Rural Areas
5 Cold Chain MOFPI 35% of machinery & civil works Up to 5 Crs.

7. NON FOOD INDUSTRIES

8. Sr.
No.
Subsidy Scheme/Certification
Scheme
Ministry
/Department
Details of Scheme Max . Subsidy
1 CLCSS MSME 15 lacs /15% of cost of machinery Up to 15 Lacs.

9. MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
[SUBSIDIES/RE-IMBURSEMENT]

10. ISO 22000 REIMBURSEMENT SCHEME
IN BRIEF
The Reimbursement scheme is 50% of [Cost of equipments as suggested by Govt Approved
Consultant in GAP analysis report for improving the hygiene/food safety
+
Cost of technical civil works as suggested by Govt Approved Consultant in GAP analysis
report like flooring, tidings, white wash, etc
+
Cost of certifications [from NABCB accredited CBs]
+
Cost of training and consultancy for implementing ISO 22000 standards
OR
Rs. 17 Lacs which ever is lower [as recommended in 12th five year plan].

11. OBJECTIVE OF THE SCHEME
• To Motivate the food processing Industry for adoption
of the food safety and quality assurance.
• To enable adherence to stringent quality and hygiene
norms and thereby protect consumer health.
• To prepare Industry to face global competition in post
WTO regime.
• To enhance product acceptance by overseas buyers.
• To keep Indian industry technologically abreast of

12. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
• The scheme provides one time reimbursement only against an Industrial
Entrepreneur Memoranda (IEM)/ Permanent SSI Registration/ Industrial License and
FSSAI License.
• The applicant should not have obtained/applied for grant/subsidy from any ministry /
department of central government/GOI organization/agencies and state government
for purpose adoption of Total Quality Management System.
• Application to be submitted in the prescribed format along with the document
required to the Ministry of Food Processing of India –New Delhi

13. ILLUSTRATIVE LIST OF MACHINERY & CIVIL
WORK FOR REIMBURSEMENT
• Laboratory up gradation
• Flooring / Tiling Work
• Window Netting
• Strip Curtains / Air Curtains
• Storage Racks / Pallets
• Positive Air Flow System
• Toilet Facility [Self Closing Door]
• Pest Control Contract
• Hand wash Systems
• Foot Wash Systems
• Conveyor Systems
• Pakka - Road [RM Receiving Area and FG Dispatch]
• Metal Detector
• Change rooms / Rest Rooms
• Lockers
• Insect Killers
• Drainage System – changes / up gradation
• Any Machines / Equipments related to FS requirements

14. REPAIR WORKS (LIKE MODERNIZATION
OF PROCESSING HALL), ETC.
• Flooring / platforms / partitioning / walls
• Wall painting / tiling
• Doors / Shutter – changing, automatic
• Windows – Major repairs, netting etc.
• Entry area, change room, hand washing
• Storage – racks, tanks, pipelines
• Equipment modifications for easy of cleaning
• Conveyors for FS – human touch and contamination prevention

15. PROCEDURE OF REIMBURSEMENT
Gap Assesment / Technical Visit
Application For Pre-approval to Ministry Of Food
[Quotations Of Machinery, Technical Civil Works, Quotation of Certification Body,
Quotation of Consultant, Income Tax Records ]
Replying to Ministry Queries If any Training / implementation
In Principle Approval / Sanction from Ministry of Stage I & II Audit by Certification Body
Food Processing Industries ( Max 17 Lacs) {3-4 months}
Final Submission Of Further Documents For Refunds Award Of ISO 22000 Certificate
With Invoice of Plant & machinery + Civil work
Grant Of Refund/Reimbursement
[Max Rs. 17 Lacs] (8-10 Months)

16. DOCUMENTS FOR PRE -APPROVAL
 Application in the MFPI prescribed format
 Detailed Project Report Indicating the promoter of the organization along with the activates/ background of the
firm, products being manufactured, existing/ future market, list of existing plant & machine along with Process
flowchart, total annual turn over etc
 Income tax returns of the proprietor for previous three years.
 A copy of permanent SSI Registration or Entrepreneur Memoranda(EM).
 A copy of FSSAI License issued to the applicant organization
 Bio-data/Experience and quotation of approved consultant.
 Quotation of technical civil works as suggested by consultant after the site visit.
 Quotations from Certification body [NABCB accredited] along with the details of the certification body.

17. SANCTION
Grant of In Principal approval with 1 year
validity period from the date of sanction

18. IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHEME OF
TECHNOLOGY UPGRADATION, ESTABLISHMENT,
MODERNISATION
The brief explanation is as follows :
 The subsidy is 25% on machinery + technical civil works or 50 Lacs which ever is
lower.
 You should have a term loan of minimum 10 % of the project cost from the bank
or Financial Institution . We require a sanction letter of the term loan.
 The scheme is now decentralized. It would be submitted in your state itself in
Agro department.
 The Grant would be release in one lumpsum or as decided by empowered
committee on case to case basis.

19. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR 50 LACS
SUBSIDY
 Term loan sanction letter [term loan shall be minimum 10% of Project Cost].
 Term loan account statement.
 Project Report.
 List of proposed machineries, Process Flow Chart.
 Performa or bill of machineries and other fixed assets under the bank finance
& civil work Chartered Engineer [CE] certificate.
 SSI/MSI registration certificate [EM-I or EM-II]
 Partnership deed [if partnership firm] or Memorandum of Association
[if company]- certified copy.
 Audit Report of last 3 financial years along with ITR-certified by any director.
 ITR of all directors for last 2 years to be signed by assesses.

20. PROCEDURE FOR REIMBURSEMENT

21. SMALL FARMER AGRICULTURE
CONSORTIUM
Linking smallholders to the agri value chain
Venture Capital Assistance Scheme
Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium
(Dept. of Agriculture and Cooperation)
Govt. of India

22. VENTURE CAPITAL ASSISSTANCE SCHEME
(VCA)
 VCA: It is an interest free loan provided by SFAC, Ministry of Agriculture,
for setting up of agribusiness projects (including Dairy and Poultry) up to a
project cost of Rs. 500 lakh.
 VCA Amount: 26% of promoter’s capital.
 Minimum project size: Rs. 15.00 lakhs.
 Tenure: Same as that of Term Loan sanctioned by banks & Financial
institution.
 Individual entrepreneurs, coops, FPOs, SHGs, companies etc. all eligible to
apply
 Assistance to prepare DPRs through empanelled consultants of SFAC/State
SFACs

23. IMPORTANT POINTS TO BE NOTED
The Means of Finance in the Detailed Project Report should include the VCA amount as one of the
component.
The Appraisal note of the Bank also should take the VCA as a component in the Means of
Finance.
The processing industry should get into agreement with the local farmers for direct
procurement of the raw materials from them. This fact should reflect in the project report.
The term loan should be taken from any of the Nationalized Bank or any Regional Rural Bank.
If your case is on the verge of sanction of Term loan, Venture Capital Funding can be very well
arranged by us.

25. APEDA PRODUCTS
• Floriculture & Seeds (comprises of flowers such as Rose, Tuberose, Glads, Anthurium,
Carnations, Marigold etc)
• Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (Mangoes, Walnuts, Grapes, Bananas, Pomegranates account
for larger portion of fruits exported from the country while Onions, Okra, Bitter Gourd,
Green Chilles, Mushrooms and Potatoes contribute largely to the vegetable export basket).
• Processed Foods & vegetable (covers fruit and vegetables; spices; meat and poultry; milk
and milk products, alcoholic beverages, fisheries, plantation, grain processing and other
consumer product groups like confectionery, chocolates and cocoa products, soya-based
products, mineral water, high protein foods etc).
• Organic products (certified organic products which includes all varieties of food products
namely Sugarcane, Cotton, Oil Seeds, Basmati rice, Pulses, Spices, Tea, Fruits, Dry fruits,
Vegetables, Coffee and their value added products. The production is not limited to the
edible sector but also produces organic cotton fiber, functional food products etc).
• Cereals (wheat, paddy, sorghum, millet (Bajra), barley and maize etc).

26. APEDA – ORGANIC , BRC CERTIFICATION
The scheme is 50% of the cost of consultancy, certification [for 3years with yearly
surveillance] & quality improvement [Max – 5Lacs]
Notes:
1. The scheme is eligible for registered exporter under APEDA [manufacturer exporter].
2. In-principle approval is required before expenditure on the basis of quotation of
Certification Body.
3. Reimbursement is in 3 phases
 50% on certification
 25% on 1st Surveillance and
 25% on 2nd Surveillance.

27. INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
Sub Component Pattern of Assistance
• Establishment of common infrastructure facilities
by APEDA or any other Government or Public Sector
agency.
• Assistance for purchase of specialized transport units
for horticulture and floriculture sector.
• Setting up of sheds for intermediate storage and
grading / storage / cleaning operation of produce.
• Setting up of mechanized handling facilities such as
sorting, grading, washing, waxing, ripening, packaging
& palletisation, etc.
• Setting up of both pre cooling facilities with proper
handling system as well as cold storage for storing
• Providing facilities for treatment such as fumigation, X-
ray screening and other screening/detection
equipments, hot water dip treatment, Water softening
Plant
• Setting up of vapor heat treatment, electronic beam
processing or irradiation facilities.
• Assistance for setting up of environment control
system e.g. pollution control, effluent treatment etc
90% grant-in-aid by APEDA and 10% from other government or
public sector agency other than land
40% of the cost max 7.5 lakh per beneficiary.
40% of the cost max 10.00 lakh per beneficiary.
40% of the cost max 25.00 lakh per beneficiary
40% of the cost max 25.00 lakh per beneficiary
40% of the cost max 25.00 lakh per beneficiary
40% of the cost max 50.00 lakh per beneficiary
40% of the cost max 35.00 lakh per beneficiary

28. SPICES BOARD INDIA SUBSIDY /RE-
IMBURSEMENT

29. SPICE BOARD INDIA SUBSIDY SCHEME
The reimbursement scheme is
33%/ 50% of Investment In Hi-tech Plant & Machinery,
Upgradation of Existing Plant & Machinery
+
Setting Up/ Up Gradation Of In House Quality Control Lab+
HACCP/ ISO 22000 Certification.
i.e. Rs. 100 Lacs for General Area Rs. 200 Lacs for Hilly Area

30. PROCESS FLOWCHART OF SPICE BOARD
APPLICATION TO SPICES BOARDS
EXPENDITURE AFTER APPLICATION DATE ONLY
COMPLETION REPORT
INSPECTION FROM SPICES BOARD
SANCTIONS
BANK GUARANTEE FOR EXPORT OBLIGATION
EXPORT OBLIGATION
General Areas – 10 Times of Assistances in- 5 Years.
Hilly Areas- 5 Times of Assistance in – 5 Years.
DISBURSEMENT
General Areas – 33% of the cost or Max 1 Cr.
Hilly Areas- 50% of the cost or Max 2 Cr.
Please Note:-
• Eligibility:- Need to have Certificate of Registration as exporter from Spices Board Minimum
investment of Rs. 50 Lacs.

31. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR SPICES
BOARD SUBSIDY
• Term Loan sanction letter of any amount.
• Performa or bill of machineries and other fixed assets under the bank
finance &Civil work Charted Engineer (CE) Certificate.
• SSI/MSI Registration Certificate [EM- I or EM-II]
• Partnership deed [if partnership firm ] or Memorandum of Association
• Income Tax Report of last 3 financial years.
• ITR of all directors for last 2 years.
• Proof of land title/ lease deed [notarized translation, if in vernacular.

32. NATIONAL HORTICULTURE BOARD
[SUBSIDY]

33. COLD STORAGE SUBSIDY
[MAX.STORAGE CAPACITY 10,000 MT]
35% GENERAL AREAS
Sr. No. Capacity in Metric ton Cost per Metric ton
in Rs.
Total cost in Lacs. Max Subsidy @ 35%
1 From 1 MT to 5000 MT @8000 400 Lacs 140 Lacs
2 From 5001 MT to 6500 MT @7600 494 Lacs 172.90 Lacs
3 From 6501 MT to 8000 MT @7200 576 Lacs 201.60 Lacs
4 From 8001 MT to 10000 MT @6800 680 Lacs 238 Lacs

34. COLD STORAGE SUBSIDY
PROCESS FLOW CHART
Bank Loan
Application to bank
State office – Project cot up to 50 lacs
NHB Head office Gurgaon - Project cost above 50 lacs
Release of Minimum 50 % of installment of
term loan by bank
Release of 100% subsidy to bank (From NHB)
In form of Subsidy reserve Fund
Joint Inspection
(Bank & NHB)
Project Completion Certificate by bank
Release of Final installment of
term loan by bank

35. DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED
Documents to be submitted with the subsidy claims:
• Financial appraisal report of the bank.
• Term loan sanctioned letter issued by the bank with detailed terms and conditions.
• Term loan disbursement schedule for the project
• Extract of term loan account of promoter.
• Affidavit in Format-IV
• Release of at least 50% of term loan into project Bank loan account.
Documents to be submitted with final subsidy claims:
• Completion Certificate by Bank/FI.
• Term loan disbursement details date-wise.
• Statement of Expenditure incurred certified by bank for project costing up to Rs. 50.00 lac. or by Chartered Accountant (CA), if project
cost exceeds Rs. 50.00 lac.

36. MICRO SMALL
MEDIUM ENETERPRISES [MSME]
[SUBSIDY/RE-IMBURSEMENT]

37. MSME SUBSIDIES
Standard 75% of Consultancy + Certification Maximum Subsidy
ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System Rs.75,000/-
ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management System Rs.75,000/-
OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health & Safety Management System Rs.1,00,000/-
ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System Rs.1,00,000/-
ISO 27000 Information Security Management System Rs.1,00,000/-
ISI Mark Bureau of Indian Standard Rs.1,50,000/-
UL Mark Underwriters Laboratories Rs.2,00,000/-
CLCSS Subsidy Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme Rs. 15,00,000/-

38. CHECK POINTS (ISO)
• Consultant must be NABET accredited.
• Maximum Invoice of consultant can be Rs 40,000.
• No limit defined for Invoicing by certification body.
• Certification must be NABCB accredited.

39. • It has a product certification standard.
• Certificate are issue by Bureau of Indian Standard.
• One time reimbursement up to Rs. 1.5 Lac (75% cost of testing +
calibration + payment made to BIS.)
• Certificate issued only after 1/4/2014 are considered for
reimbursement.
BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARD
– ISI MARK

40. UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES [UL]
• It has a product certification standard.
• Certificate are issue by UL approved agency (USA).
• One time reimbursement up to Rs. 2 Lacs. (75% cost of testing +
calibration + payment made to UL.)
• Certificate issued only after 1/4/2014 are considered for
reimbursement.

41. DOCUMENT REQUIRED FOR ISO/ISI/UL
• Copy of Entrepreneur Memorandum [EM] part II (previously known
as SSI certificate).
• Copy of ISO certificate/ ISI certificate/ UL certificate.
• Invoices & receipts of payments made to certification body,
consultant, testing and calibration labs/houses.
• 6 Letter Heads for Preparing Application.

42. CREDIT LINKED CAPITAL SUBSIDY
SCHEME (CLCSS)
• To facilitate Technology Upgradation/purchase of new machinery by SSI units, subsidy is given by Govt. of India by providing
15% capital subsidy for induction of proven technologies approved under the scheme.
RATE OF SUBSIDY
• 15% or Rs. 15/- Lacs, whichever is lower (Subsidy is calculated with reference to the purchase price of eligible Plant and
Machinery approved under the scheme)
• The Scheme is in operation for the period up to 31.3.2017.
The following are the initial documents required to check the eligibility:-
• Bank sanction letter.
• Term loan account statement [from beginning till date].
• List of machines with bills
• S.S.I/EM copy

43. PROMOTING ISO CERTIFICATION
WITH ISI/UL &CLSS
We can also promote ISO certification to our exiting/new
client of ISI/UL at the time of collecting Documents.

44. Office Address:
WZ – 42, 1st Floor, Chhanamal Park,
East Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi -110026
Contact no. 91-9810886327,8130790129
Email Id: consulting.veeksha@gmail.com