Question 1

What is the penalty for not filing INC-20A?

Accepted Answer

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands was the first union territory in India to adopt a startup policy of its own. The incentives are reimbursement-based, and the caps are noticeably smaller than a mainland state's. Threshold: A DPIIT-recognised startup in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Fee basis: reimbursement and subsidy ceilings per startup under the Andaman and Nicobar Innovation Policy; most heads are a 50 per cent reimbursement of actual cost up to the cap shown Slabs: Marketing and publicity assistance: one-time (maximum) — INR 300000; State GST reimbursement: annual reimbursement of state GST paid on sales of goods for 3 years (maximum per startup per year) — INR 300000; Power subsidy: 50 per cent for a period of 3 years (limit per annum) — INR 500000; Digital technology subsidy: 50 per cent of capital expenditure on computers, related hardware and relevant software (ceiling per startup) — INR 100000; Lease rental / co-working: 50 per cent of monthly rent of the incubator or co-working space, for a period not exceeding one year (maximum per month) — INR 5000 Statute: Andaman and Nicobar Innovation Policy Every figure was read on startupindia.gov.in, DPIIT's own portal, on its Andaman and Nicobar Islands state policy page. All five monetary heads the page publishes are reproduced. ONE HEAD CARRIES NO FIGURE AND NONE HAS BEEN INVENTED: patent cost reimbursement is described only as covering the cost of filing and prosecution of a national or international patent, trademark or copyright application, with no percentage and no ceiling stated, so none is recorded. WATCH THE LEASE RENTAL CAP - Rs 5,000 is a cap on the MONTHLY subsidy, not an annual or total figure, and it runs for no more than one year; it is the smallest number in this record and the easiest to misread as generous. The rest of the A&N research remains blocked: the administration's own hosts are unreachable (labour.and.nic.in has an expired certificate and redirects plain HTTP back to itself, anpcc.and.nic.in fails DNS, and andssw1.and.nic.in returns 403 at the root with its /swc/ department tree gone), which is why this record is sourced from the central portal rather than a local one.

Question 2

Startup incentives — Assam

Accepted Answer

Assam runs a full reimbursement-based startup incentive package, not a single grant. Almost every head is a percentage reimbursement capped in rupees, so the ceilings below are maxima and not entitlements. Threshold: A recognised startup under the Assam Startup Policy. Stamp duty, registration fees and conversion fees paid on sale or lease deeds are reimbursed at 100 per cent for the FIRST transaction only. Fee basis: reimbursement and subsidy ceilings per startup under the Assam Startup Policy; each figure below is a maximum, and most are a 50 per cent reimbursement of actual cost up to that cap Slabs: State GST reimbursement: annual reimbursement of state GST paid on sales of goods for 3 years (maximum per startup) — INR 500000; Digital upgradation subsidy: 50 per cent of capital expenditure on computers, related hardware and relevant software (ceiling per startup) — INR 100000; Lease rental reimbursement: 50 per cent for a maximum of 3 years (ceiling) — INR 500000; Power subsidy: 50 per cent for a period of 5 years (limit per annum) — INR 1000000; Patent filing: up to 100 per cent of actual cost, domestic patent (maximum) — INR 100000; Patent filing: up to 100 per cent of actual cost, international patent (maximum) — INR 500000; Hiring incentive: one-time Rs 5,000 per candidate, upper limit per startup over 3 years — INR 100000; Marketing assistance: 50 per cent of actual cost (maximum per startup) — INR 500000 Statute: Assam Startup Policy 2017-2022 UPGRADED FROM UNAVAILABLE TO VERIFIED. Every figure was read on startupindia.gov.in, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade's own portal, on its Assam state policy page - a.gov.in host. All eight monetary heads the page publishes are reproduced, none summarised away, together with the stamp-duty head which carries a percentage rather than a cap and is therefore recorded in the threshold field instead of as a slab. TWO CAVEATS THAT MATTER COMMERCIALLY. Second, commercial summaries circulate seed-capital figures for Assam of Rs 10 lakh at proof-of-concept, Rs 25 lakh at pilot and Rs 50 lakh at scale-up; the government page does not carry them, so they are deliberately NOT recorded here. Note also that one commercial source states the power subsidy cap as Rs 1 lakh per annum where the government page says Rs 10 lakh - the government figure is the one recorded.

Question 3

Startup incentives — Goa

Accepted Answer

Applies to startups certified under SITPC (the state's startup certification body) with registered operations in Goa. Threshold: SITPC certification required for all schemes; each scheme additionally caps the number of beneficiaries selected annually (10 to 200 depending on scheme). Fee basis: Not a fee — a set of grant/reimbursement incentive schemes; representative caps captured in slabs below (amount = maximum benefit, not a charge). Slabs: Seed Capital Scheme — one-time grant — INR 1000000; Salary Reimbursement — cap per recruit per month (up to 25 employees, 3 years) — INR 15000; R&D Reimbursement — cap per annum (2 years) — INR 500000; IPR Reimbursement — cap, national filing — INR 200000; IPR Reimbursement — cap, international filing — INR 500000; Trademark Reimbursement — cap (50% of cost) — INR 25000 Statute: Goa IT Start-up Policy, 2021 (Goa Startup Policy) Additional schemes not tabulated above: co-working/incubator/accelerator seat subsidies (up to ₹3,000/seat/month or up to 50% of cost); leased-premises/operational-expense reimbursement (up to ₹1 lakh/quarter) and rental subsidy (up to ₹20/sq.ft./month, capped ₹3 lakh/year) for local startups; incubation-centre grants for educational institutes (up to ₹10 lakh capital + ₹3 lakh/year operational for 3 years); skill-development promotion scheme for institutes (aggregate cap ₹10 lakh/year for 2 years). All require SITPC certification, Aadhaar-linked director accounts, and a Goa operational address.

What is the penalty for not filing INC-20A?

Startup incentives — Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Startup incentives — Assam

Startup incentives — Goa

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