Scheme for Financial Assistance to Integrated Logistics Facilities: Interest Subsidy

# Scheme for Financial Assistance to Integrated Logistics Facilities: Interest Subsidy

The Industries and Mines Department of Gujarat operates this interest subsidy scheme under the wider Gujarat Integrated Logistics and Logistics Park Policy. It runs from 2 August 2021 to 1 August 2026. Private developers building new Integrated Logistics Facilities and Logistics Parks — complete with necessary infrastructure and a full range of logistics services — can apply for financial assistance under it.

Interest Subsidy forms the central element of the scheme. It tackles a major cost barrier for developers by lowering the interest payable on sanctioned term loans. This improves the financial viability and stability of large projects, especially while they are being developed.

The scheme is meant to draw private investment into logistics, support economic growth, and make supply chains in Gujarat and beyond more efficient. It also backs the development of modern logistics ecosystems that industry and trade depend on.

**Online Registration Process:**

- Step 1: Go to the Investor Facilitation Portal (IFP) at https://ifp.gujarat.gov.in/DIGIGOV/ and select "New Investor Registration" to open the registration form. - Step 2: Complete every mandatory field in the Registration Form, covering company information and a project overview, then select "Submit". - Step 3: Activate your account by confirming your E-mail ID through the link sent to the E-mail ID you registered with. - Step 4: Once verification succeeds, your registration on the portal is complete.

**Post-Registration (Online Application) Process:**

- Step 1: Go back to the Investor Facilitation Portal (IFP) at https://ifp.gujarat.gov.in/DIGIGOV/ and select "Login". - Step 2: Provide the email address and password you used at registration to reach your account. - Step 3: Select the "Login" button to continue. - Step 4: From within your account, enter all the required particulars concerning your business and project, and upload every mandatory supporting document so that the interest subsidy application is complete.

**Offline Registration Procedure:**

- Step 1: Send the filled-in application in the prescribed form, together with all required documents, to the Industries Commissionerate. Check that every detail is accurate and complete. - Step 2: The Industries Commissionerate will examine your application and may ask for any missing details within 15 days of submission. - Step 3: The application is then passed on to the General Manager (GM) of the respective District Industries Centre (DIC), who carries out a mandatory site visit and prepares an inspection report on the proposed facility. - Step 4: On the basis of the DIC's report and further review, the Industries Commissionerate may grant a Registration Certificate for your project.

**Offline Sanction Procedure:**

- Step 1: Once your project is registered and the project layout plan has been approved, file a separate application for sanction in the prescribed format. It must be submitted to the Industries Commissionerate along with a detailed project report and all required documents. - Step 2: The Industries Commissionerate will scrutinise the sanction application and may ask for any missing details within 15 days. - Step 3: Applicants must present their project in detail before a dedicated Screening Committee chaired by the Industries Commissioner, for evaluation and feedback. - Step 4: After the presentation and after any remarks from the committee are addressed, the Sanctioning Authority reviews the application for final approval, in strict adherence to the scheme guidelines.

Applications are first registered and the project validated. Where an application is submitted offline, the Industries Commissionerate carries out a preliminary review, after which the District Industries Centre (DIC) must visit the site and file an inspection report; a Registration Certificate may then be issued on the strength of that report.

To have the subsidy sanctioned, an applicant presents the detailed project before a Screening Committee headed by the Industries Commissioner. The committee weighs the project's feasibility, how far it aligns with the scheme's objectives and other criteria. The Sanctioning Authority then grants final approval, taking the committee's observations into account and confirming that all scheme guidelines have been met.