If an industry availing benefits under the Scheme retrenches a local employee without permission from the Industries Department, the incentives provided under the Scheme will be recovered from the industry.

The Industries Department is responsible for monitoring the compliance of employment to local persons for the first five years. They may seek assistance from the Labour Department for implementing the Scheme when necessary.

The Scheme aims to promote the recruitment of local persons from the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu for new direct employment opportunities.

Applicants must submit payment details made to local employees over the last year along with verification of their domicile status. This information will be used by the department to verify the eligibility of the claim.

If a newly setup enterprise is sold or otherwise transferred to a new owner during the period of five years, the benefit of the incentive shall be available to such transferee or the new owner, only for the unexpired portion.

Expansion/Diversification means where an existing / New Enterprise increases its investment by at least 50% (out of which at least 60% of investment is made in plant and machinery for which expansion is carried out) of its existing Gross Fixed capital investment on the date of initiating expansion and compared with the date of commencing production during the operative period of the scheme. Only one Expansion / Diversification will be eligible for assistance during the operative period of the Scheme.

Strict guidelines, documentation requirements, and verification procedures are in place to ensure that subsidies are availed by eligible enterprises for genuine purposes only.

The operative period of scheme is from 20.05.2022 till 5 years that is 19.05.2027.

The enterprise can avail benefit commencing from date of production till 5 years even if that period falls beyond operative period.

The eligible unit can apply by visiting single window portal website which is “swp.dddgov.in”, and once page pops-up the user have to go to departments tab and select district industries tab under which the user have to click on apply for investment promotion scheme: 2022 to 2027.