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प्राधिकार से प्रकाशित

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

Part II - Section 3

केन्द्र-शासित प्रदेश लद्दाख प्रशािन

ADMINISTRATION OF UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH

TOURISM & CULTURE DEPARTMENT

Subject: “Ladakh Homestay Policy 2023” for Promotion of ‘Rural/Border’ Tourism

Including Protected Areas (Wildlife Sanctuaries/Parks), UT of Ladakh.

Addendum to Notification No. LA (Trm)/Homestay/2023/ (53)/3748-55 [SG-

LD-E-22102023-1267], dated 22 October, 2023.

1.

Paragraph 6 ‘Homestay Definition’ is recast as “Any privately owned house located in the rural area / protected area

of the Union Territory of Ladakh with neat, clean and safe approach, in good structural condition and with winter friendly

flush toilet and washroom facility shall be defined as a homestay/ eligible under the policy. The homestay shall have

minimum one room, with no more than one third of the total rooms of the house, which will be made available to the tourists

as a homestay accommodation, managed and serviced by the family of the beneficiary.”

लद्दाख, 24 जुलाई, 2024

LADAKH, WEDNESDAY, JULY, 24, 2024

भारत सरकार

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

एस.जी.-एल.डी.-अ.-24072024-1336

SG-LD-E-24072024-1336

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2.

Under Section 12 INCENTIVES, a sub-section 12.7 under the title “Sequence/ Order of Implementation of the

Various Components” of the policy shall be added as below:

(i)

Subsidy under the Scheme would be given to the beneficiaries for the 03 components in the following order:

first the beneficiary would be asked to take effective steps to construct the 1^st component of ‘winter-friendly

flush toilet as per the Model Design’ (toilet). If the beneficiary constructs the toilet and avails of its subsidy

component which would be transferred to his account through DBT, only then would he become eligible for

the 2^nd component ‘Homestay Kit’ and accordingly be asked to procure the approved ‘Homestay Kit’ items

from the ‘empanelled suppliers’ at the fixed rate contract and the payment of the subsidy amount shall be

credited to the account of the suppliers by the Deptt. after due verification.

(ii)

In the meanwhile, the beneficiary (whether old or new) would be imparted the necessary capacity

building/training through State Institute of Hotel Management, Leh (SIHM) who shall be paid the training

costs not exceeding @ Rs.5,000/- per beneficiary. Beneficiaries who will avail the upfront cash transfer of

40% of the eligible component towards the construction of winter friendly flush toilet (as per the model

design), shall mandatorily have to complete the training to receive the remaining 60% cost of the eligible

component towards the construction of winter friendly flush toilet.

3.

Section 12.3 ‘Fiscal Incentive for Common Household Furnishings’ be omitted from the policy, as

adequate non-fiscal incentives (Homestay Kit worth Rs.1.25 Lakh) would be

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provided to a new beneficiary and there is no need of providing another Rs.0.50 Lakh to him for furnishings, kitchen

items, etc. which are already covered under the Homestay Kit.

4.

All other terms and conditions of the Ladakh Homestay Policy 2023 would remain unchanged and continue

to be in effect.

By Order of the Administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh.

Sd/-

Vikram Singh Malik, IAS

Secretary,

Tourism & Culture Department,

UT of Ladakh

No.: LA(Trm)(Homestay)(53)/UTL/2024/1113-22

Dated: 24 .07.2024

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Copy to the:

1. Joint Secretary (JKL), Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi.

2. Chief Wildlife Warden, UT of Ladakh for necessary action.

3. Director, Tourism Department, UT of Ladakh for information and necessary action.

4. Technical Director, NIC, Ladakh with the request to upload the addendum on the official website of the UT

Administration Ladakh and District Websites of Leh and Kargil.

5. Principal, State Institute of Hotel Management (SIHM), Leh for information.

6. Assistant Director, Tourism Department, Leh/Kargil for information and necessary action.

7. Tourist Officer, Zanskar for information & necessary action.

8. OSD to the Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor, UT of Ladakh for kind information of the Hon’ble LG.

9. Private Secretary to Advisor to Hon’ble LG Ladakh for kind information of the Advisor.

10. Office file.

(Muhammad Ali Tak),

Under Secretary/OSD,

Tourism & Culture Department,

UT of Ladakh

“No legal responsibility is accepted for the contents of publication of advertisements/publications in this part of The

Ladakh Gazette. Persons notifying the advertisements/public notices will remain solely responsible for the legal

consequences and also for any other misrepresentation etc.”

RIGZIN

SPALGON

Digitally signed by

RIGZIN SPALGON

Date: 2024.07.24

18:22:35 +05'30'

MICHAEL

MANNY

DSOUZA

Digitally signed by

MICHAEL MANNY

DSOUZA

Date: 2024.07.24

18:57:15 +05'30'