Scheme for Assistance to Logistic Park

What is the Gujarat Scheme for Assistance to Logistic Park?

The Scheme for Assistance to Logistic Park is an industrial infrastructure incentive of the Industries and Mines Department, Government of Gujarat, notified by Government Resolution No. GID-102020-325568-G dated 1 September 2020 under the Gujarat Industrial Policy 2020. Within the GR the scheme is also referred to as the "Scheme for Financial Assistance to Logistic Parks".

The GR brought the scheme into force from 7 August 2020, the date the Industrial Policy 2020 was announced, and provided that it would remain in operation for five years, that is up to 6 August 2025. It replaced an earlier logistic park scheme notified by GR No. GID-102015-893580(2)-G dated 21 April 2015.

The scheme exists because the Gujarat Industrial Policy 2020 identified improvement of industrial infrastructure as a state agenda, and named logistic parks as one of the important infrastructure components for industrial development. Its money goes to the developer of the park, not to the businesses that later take space inside it, and not to any individual.

Readers should note the date position honestly. The operative period notified in the GR ended on 6 August 2025. Gujarat has since published the Viksit Gujarat Industrial Policy 2026 on ic.gujarat.gov.in. Anyone planning a project should confirm with the Industries Commissionerate whether this scheme has been extended, replaced or succeeded before relying on it.

What is a logistic park under this scheme?

The GR defines a logistic park as a park developed on a minimum area of 20 hectares that provides infrastructure facilities for logistic services such as:

• cargo aggregation and segregation
• distribution
• inter-modal transfer of material and containers
• open and closed storage
• ambient condition storage for the transit period
• customs bonded warehouse
• container freight station
• material handling equipment
• business and commercial facilities required by the park

all directed at efficient movement and distribution of semi-finished or finished products.

The registration application form shows how the department expects a project to be costed. It splits infrastructure into common infrastructure facilities; compound wall, internal roads, electricity distribution network, water distribution and augmentation, sewage and drainage, storm water drains, communication facilities, street lights, common parking, fire safety facilities, administrative building and canteen, and infrastructure facilities for logistic services, covering cargo aggregation and segregation, distribution facilities, inter-modal transfer, open and closed storage, ambient condition storage, customs bonded warehouse, container freight station and material handling equipment.

Who is eligible and who is not eligible?

Eligible institutions

• Any industries association.
• Any enterprise registered under the Societies Act, Partnership Act, Trust Act or Companies Act.
• A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) constituted for setting up a logistics park.

Not eligible / cannot apply

• Individual citizens. The scheme has no personal or household benefit and an individual cannot apply for a grant under it.
• Projects below 20 hectares, which fall outside the scheme's definition of a logistic park.
• Projects where execution started before registration. The GR states plainly that a project under execution before obtaining registration will not be eligible for any assistance.
• Institutions already availing assistance under another state government scheme for the same park, unless the other scheme specifically permits it.
• Expenditure heads listed as ineligible, described below, are excluded even for an otherwise eligible institution.

What investment counts, and what does not?

Eligible Fixed Capital Investment means the capital investment made by the institution to create the logistic and infrastructure facilities; compound wall, internal roads, administrative building, canteen, power distribution lines, communication facilities, water distribution lines and augmentation, storm water drains, sewage lines and treatment, drainage lines, common vehicle parking and other facilities required in the park. The list is indicative, and SLEC may approve additional facilities based on the needs of the location. Eligible construction cost is worked out against the relevant SOR norms of the concerned government department or its undertaking.

Ineligible expenditure under the GR is:

• purchase of land and land development
• goodwill fees, commissioning fees and royalty
• preliminary and pre-operative expenses
• capitalised interest
• transportation equipment and vehicles
• technical fees and consultant fees
• working capital
• anything not specifically expressed as eligible investment, or anything the State Level supported Committee specifies as non-eligible

How much assistance does the scheme pay?

• Capital assistance: 25% of eligible fixed capital investment, excluding land cost and transport vehicles, maximum Rs 15 crore.
• Stamp duty: 100% reimbursement of stamp duty paid on purchase of the land required for the project as approved by SLEC.
• Central schemes: the institution may also avail a Government of India scheme, but state plus central assistance together must not exceed 60% of the project cost, and the state incentive is reduced to keep within that.

Release pattern. Assistance is reimbursed in proportion to expenditure actually incurred, in four instalments at 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% of project cost. 15% of the sanctioned assistance is reimbursed only after the park is complete. Stamp duty reimbursement is made only after the institution has purchased the total required land and completed at least 10% of the infrastructure approved by SLEC.

How to apply for the Scheme for Assistance to Logistic Park

The process is a two-stage institutional filing with the Industries Commissionerate; registration first, then sanction, followed by claims.

1. Apply for registration before any site work begins. Submit the prescribed self-attested registration application form to the Industries Commissionerate with the registration checklist documents: constitution proof of the developer company or firm, PAN card, 7/12 of the survey numbers for the land, village map with survey or block numbers highlighted, the proposed park layout certified by an approved civil engineer or architect, the project report and the notarised affidavit in the prescribed format.
2. Obtain the registration. The Industries Commissioner scrutinises the application and issues the registration. Any project executed before this point loses its claim to assistance entirely.
3. Take 100% possession of the purchased land, then apply to the Industries Commissionerate for sanction of financial assistance, enclosing the approval checklist documents: the approval application form, constitution proof, PAN, 7/12 and 8A khata details, sale deed and Index-2 of the land purchased, village map, the approved layout plan from the competent government authority, the Detailed Project Report with component-wise estimates as per the prevailing SOR, CA-certified net worth of the developer or promoters, board resolution or authority letter where applicable, details of any central government incentive applied for, and the notarised affidavit.
4. Placement before SLEC. The Industries Commissionerate scrutinises the application and places it before the State Level supported Committee for decision. SLEC approves both the project and the rate of assistance.
5. Build within the deadline. The park must be completed within three years from the date of the Industries Commissioner's approval letter. SLEC may allow up to one more year on merit.
6. File claims in the prescribed proforma with the Industries Commissionerate as the park progresses, attaching the TPQA report with each claim. Disbursement follows the 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 percent expenditure stages.
7. Inform the Commissioner about central assistance. The institution must tell the Industries Commissioner if it has applied for incentives under any Government of India scheme.

Who approves the project?

The State Level supported Committee (SLEC) approves the project and the rate of assistance. Under the GR its members are:

• ACS or Principal Secretary (Industries): Chairman
• Secretary (Expenditure), Finance Department: Member
• Secretary, Roads & Buildings Department — Member
• Industries Commissioner, Member
• Vice Chairman and Managing Director, GIDC; Member
• Additional or Joint Industries Commissioner, Member Secretary

The Industries Commissioner is separately supported to prescribe forms, checklists, procedure and guidelines for the scheme, which is why the document set on ic.gujarat.gov.in is updated periodically.

What obligations continue after the park is built?

1. Ten-year maintenance. The institution must maintain the logistic park for at least 10 years after completion. Failure means the incentive disbursed is recovered as arrears of land revenue under the Land Revenue Laws.
2. Completion within time. Failing to complete within the prescribed period attracts recovery of incentives already disbursed, including the stamp duty reimbursement.
3. Parking. Sufficient parking space must be provided as per guidelines approved by SLEC.
4. Third Party Quality Assurance. The institution must appoint a TPQA agency selected from the approved or suggestive list of a central or state government department, board or corporation, and submit the TPQA report with every subsidy claim.
5. No double dipping. An institution availing assistance under this scheme is not entitled to assistance under any other state government scheme, unless that scheme specifically says otherwise.
6. SLEC may impose further terms and conditions from time to time.

Common reasons a logistic park application fails

• Site work or land development started before registration was granted.
• Park area below 20 hectares, so the project does not meet the definition.
• Sanction applied for before 100% possession of the purchased land.
• DPR estimates not built on the prevailing SOR of the relevant government department or its undertaking.
• Layout plan not approved by the competent government authority at the approval stage. An engineer-certified layout is accepted only at registration.
• Land cost or transport vehicles included in the claimed investment, both of which are expressly ineligible.
• Stamp duty claim filed too early, before all land is bought and 10% of infrastructure is done.
• Missing TPQA report with a claim.

Pipeline projects under the previous scheme

The GR provides for institutions that had already been approved under the earlier logistic park scheme of 21 April 2015 and whose projects were under implementation. Such institutions continue to draw assistance under the previous scheme, within the time limit specified in their approval letter or up to 6 August 2022, whichever is later.

Where to get help

• Office of the Industries Commissionerate, Block No. 1, 2nd Floor, Udyog Bhavan, Gandhinagar 382 010, Gujarat. Phone 23252683 / 23252617.
• Scheme documents: registration and approval checklists, application forms and affidavit formats: are published under the Scheme for Logistic Park section of the Industrial Policy 2020 page on ic.gujarat.gov.in.
• Developers whose projects concern integrated logistics facilities rather than a 20-hectare park should also look at the separate Scheme for Financial Assistance to Integrated Logistics Facilities under the Gujarat Integrated Logistics and Logistics Park Policy 2021, which covers warehouses, cold chains, container freight stations, truck terminals and jetties.