Haryana notifies employment generation subsidy scheme

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, August 4

The state government has notified the employment generation subsidy scheme to create job opportunities in the skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled categories for persons with the state domicile.

“Under the scheme, ultra mega projects will be offered customised package of incentives by the Haryana Enterprise Promotion Board, which will decide the quantum and period of employment generation subsidy,” said Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala.

Any cluster, comprising of at least 10 enterprises engaged in similar economic activity, being established or relocated from other countries and states to Haryana will be treated as a mega project.

The Deputy Chief Minister said new industrial units hiring SCs and women belonging to Haryana in skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled categories will get subsidy at the rate of Rs 36,000 per person per year. In the general category, industrial units in the B, C and D blocks will get Rs 30,000 per person subsidy per year for seven years.

The thrust sector, import substitution, essential sector, bio-energy, renewable energy enterprises (MSMEs, large, mega projects) engaging SCs and women from the state will be given subsidy at the rate of Rs 48,000 per person. A subsidy of Rs 36,000 per person per year will be given for the general category for seven years to units in the B, C and D blocks.

In case of data centres and co-location facility (MSME, large, mega projects), subsidy at the rate of Rs 48,000 per person per year for SCs women, and Rs 36,000 per person per year for general category will be given.

Dushyant said registered farmer producer organisation (FPO) and integrated pack house (with facilities such as grading, sorting, packaging) will also be eligible.

The Deputy Chief Minister further said the scheme would be considered effective from January 1, 2021, and would be in operation for five years.

Industrial units, which started commercial production on or after January 1, 2021, and will remain in operation till December 31, 2025, will be eligible under the scheme.

Creating opportunities

Industry setting up units in backward areas and hiring persons from Haryana to get subsidy.

Rs36,000 Subsidy per person for new industrial units for hiring SCs and women

Rs30,000 Subsidy per person in the general category for units in the B, C and D blocks

Rs48,000 Subsidy per person for the thrust sector and renewable energy enterprises engaging SCs, women

Rs36,000 Subsidy per person in the general category for units in the B, C and D blocks