Lakshadweep homestay guide

Practical property and application checklist
Reviewed 5 September 2026

### Starting facts
- [ ] Exact island
- [ ] Full parcel/building location
- [ ] Village (Dweep) Panchayat/subdivision
- [ ] Existing property / proposed construction / under construction / operating
- [ ] Proposed number of guest rooms
- [ ] Proposed beds/maximum guests
- [ ] Food service: yes/no
- [ ] Proposed statutory applicant
- [ ] Proposed day-to-day operator
- [ ] Owner/host resident on site: yes/no
- [ ] Foreign guests intended: yes/no
- [ ] Current IIMP/NDZ verification obtained
### Ownership and applicant file
- [ ] Ownership certificate/title
- [ ] Possession certificate
- [ ] Mutation/RoR/land-register extract/Patta as applicable
- [ ] Co-owner/legal-heir position checked
- [ ] Lease/rental document, if any
- [ ] Owner consent, if applicable
- [ ] Applicant ID
- [ ] Written confirmation of Tourism Permit-holder eligibility where applicant is lessee/company/LLP/operator
- [ ] No assumption that management agreement creates statutory eligibility
### Property readiness
- [ ] Land Diversion Certificate
- [ ] Building Permit where required
- [ ] Site/building/service plans
- [ ] Outside NDZ
- [ ] Other applicable IIMP/coastal permission checked
- [ ] Commercial electricity position confirmed
- [ ] Biodegradable waste bin
- [ ] Non-biodegradable waste bin
- [ ] Panchayat collection arrangement
- [ ] STP or accepted alternative liquid-waste system
- [ ] Rainwater-harvesting facility
- [ ] FSSAI Registration/Licence where food served
- [ ] Any applicable fire/environment/local certificates identified separately
### Application
- [ ] Current final August 2026 Guidelines used — not April draft
- [ ] Current Tourism Trade Permit form obtained
- [ ] Competent Authority confirmed
- [ ] Applicant eligibility confirmed
- [ ] Current fee schedule confirmed
- [ ] Current document list confirmed
- [ ] Current submission channel confirmed
- [ ] Payment receipt retained
- [ ] Copies of all supporting licences retained
### Inspection
- [ ] Current inspection checklist obtained
- [ ] Guest-room count confirmed in writing if required
- [ ] Waste segregation demonstrated
- [ ] Liquid-waste system operational
- [ ] Rainwater harvesting operational
- [ ] Commercial-power evidence available
- [ ] Food registration/licence available
- [ ] Query/deficiency correspondence retained
- [ ] No construction or operation represented as approved before actual permission
### Operations
- [ ] Valid Tourism Trade Permit
- [ ] Valid/current Trade Licence
- [ ] GSTIN compliance
- [ ] Land-use/diversion conditions maintained
- [ ] FSSAI compliance if serving food
- [ ] Waste segregation and Panchayat handover
- [ ] Liquid-waste system maintained
- [ ] Rainwater-harvesting facility maintained
- [ ] Guest entry-permit process communicated
- [ ] FRRO/Form III accommodator account before accepting foreigners
- [ ] Foreign arrival report within 24 hours
- [ ] Foreign departure report within 24 hours
- [ ] Foreign guest records electronically retained at least one year
### Renewal
- [ ] Tourism Permit issue date recorded
- [ ] Three-year expiry date recorded
- [ ] Renewal requirements requested well before expiry
- [ ] Current renewal fee checked
- [ ] Modification/ownership/operator changes disclosed as required
- [ ] Updated regulations checked before renewal
- [ ] No assumption of automatic renewal