EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2174 CUTTACK, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2019 / MARGASIRA 13, 1941
TOURISM DEPARTMENT
NOTIFICATION
The 25th November, 2019
No. 10434-TCT-TSP-MISC-0035/2017/TSM.—In order to promote in-bound tourism in the State, Department of Tourism has formulated Odisha Tourism Policy, 2016 which has been published in the Extraordinary issue of the Odisha Gazette bearing No.2164, dated the 26th November, 2016. Para. 8.11 of the said Policy envisages that land for tourism units will be allotted at concessional rates as per the provisions of IPR- 2015 or as per guidelines to be fixed by the Government from time to time.
Keeping the above in view, Government after careful consideration, have been pleased to lay down the following principles for allotment of land for tourism projects across the State.
(I) Land allotment for Tourism projects across the State (including Bhubaneswar, Puri, Cuttack, Berhampur, Rourkela and Sambalpur) shall be done through IDCO as per the prevailing procedure for industrial units.
(II) For Bhubaneswar Municipal Limits, land for Hotel projects will only be allotted to reputed national and international brands for 4-Star & above category hotels and Convention Centre with minimum 3000 pax capacity.
Hotel projects in Bhubaneswar which are of 3 Star and below will not be allotted land at IPR rate.
(III) IDCO shall identify and acquire suitable Govt. and Private land parcels across the State for tourism projects and create a Land Bank.
(IV) In case of back-to-back lease of land to project proponent without infrastructure development, IDCO may charge nominal administrative charges @ 2% on the IPR rate.
2 (V) In case IDCO carries out infrastructure development on the subject land parcel, the development cost will be loaded to the land rate, as is theprevailing practice for other industrial units.
(VI) The practice followed by IDCO, for allotment of land to industrial units i.e. initially signing an 'Agreement to Lease' with the project proponent followed by 'Lease Agreement' on completion of project, shall also be followed for all tourism projects.
This notification shall supersede all existing notifications / resolutions of
Government of Odisha in this regard.
ORDER : Ordered that the Notification be published in the Extraordinary issue of the Odisha Gazette and copies thereof be forwarded to all Departments of Government / all Heads of Department of Government / Board of Revenue, Odisha, Cuttack / all RDCs / all Collectors / IDCO for information.
By Order of the Governor
VISHAL KUMAR DEV
Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government