Question 1

What is the difference between authorised capital and paid-up capital?

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 — Meghalaya

Accepted Answer

Meghalaya published a Startup Policy 2018-2023 (nodal: Department of Planning & Finance). Its stated policy window has lapsed; whether it has been extended or replaced was not confirmed at a Meghalaya government source. Threshold: DPIIT-recognised startups registered in Meghalaya (eligibility detail per the policy) Fee basis: grant/reimbursement scheme, not a fee; ceilings as read on the Startup India (DPIIT) state-policy page Slabs: Annual reimbursement of State GST paid on sales of goods, 7 years, cap per startup per year — INR 700000; Digital upgradation subsidy at 50% of capex on computers/hardware, ceiling per startup — INR 200000; Lease rental reimbursement at 50% for 3 years, ceiling per year — INR 200000; Power subsidy at 50%, 5 years, cap per annum — INR 1000000; Patent filing cost reimbursement, domestic patent, cap — INR 200000; Patent filing cost reimbursement, international patent, cap — INR 500000; Performance capital grant to incubators per successful startup incubated — INR 500000 Statute: Meghalaya Startup Policy 2018-2023 UPGRADED FROM UNAVAILABLE. Figures read on startupindia.gov.in (a Government of India.gov.in host) but deliberately kept indicative because the policy period 2018-2023 has expired and no Meghalaya host confirmed its extension or successor. Also read on the same page: 100% reimbursement of stamp duty/registration/conversion fees on the first sale/lease deed, and 20% of State Government/PSU procurement mandated from startups. Nothing is recorded.]

What is the difference between authorised capital and paid-up capital?

Startup incentives — Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Startup incentives — Assam

Startup incentives — Meghalaya

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