Tripura homestay guide

Practical property and application checklist
Reviewed 5 September 2026

### Starting facts
- [ ] Exact property address.
- [ ] District.
- [ ] Municipality/Municipal Council/Nagar Panchayat/Gram Panchayat/Village Committee/TTAADC jurisdiction.
- [ ] Existing / under construction / proposed / already running.
- [ ] Total rooms in building.
- [ ] Proposed tourist rooms.
- [ ] Proposed tourist beds.
- [ ] Food service planned?
- [ ] Foreign guests planned?
- [ ] UNNATI funding planned?
- [ ] Owner will live on site?
- [ ] Family/legal representative will live on site?
- [ ] Caretaker proposed?
- [ ] Professional operator proposed?
### Ownership and applicant file
- [ ] Current title document.
- [ ] Encumbrance/title review.
- [ ] Co-owner details.
- [ ] Co-sharer affidavit where relevant.
- [ ] Legal-representative authority document.
- [ ] Lease/possession document if relevant.
- [ ] **Written Tourism clarification if applicant is lessee/company/LLP/operator/caretaker.**
- [ ] **Written Tourism clarification if owner/family will not reside on site.**
- [ ] Passport-size applicant photograph.
- [ ] Address/contact data.
- [ ] PCC status confirmed against current portal because S1/S3 conflict.
### Property readiness
- [ ] Lawful existing building / sanctioned status checked.
- [ ] Occupancy/use classification checked.
- [ ] Room plan reconciled with current Tourism conflict.
- [ ] Attached bathroom provision checked.
- [ ] Bedroom ventilation/window.
- [ ] Suitable beds and linen.
- [ ] Hot and cold water.
- [ ] Clean electricity supply.
- [ ] Kitchen ventilation.
- [ ] Fire extinguisher/fire blanket in kitchen.
- [ ] First aid.
- [ ] General fire equipment.
- [ ] Separate/appropriate dining area.
- [ ] Sitting/lobby area.
- [ ] Parking.
- [ ] Road/path access.
- [ ] Drinking-water system.
- [ ] Drainage/sewage.
- [ ] Waste bins and disposal.
- [ ] Guest-room locks/security.
- [ ] Public-liability insurance.
- [ ] Fire Service NOC applicability checked separately.
- [ ] Tree/forest/protected-monument screening completed where relevant.
### Application
- [ ] Online account/access.
- [ ] Annexure-I-equivalent current portal fields.
- [ ] Ownership/possession proof.
- [ ] Co-owner/legal-representative affidavit if applicable.
- [ ] Location plan.
- [ ] Exterior photographs.
- [ ] Interior photographs.
- [ ] Bathroom photographs.
- [ ] Living-room/lobby photographs.
- [ ] Bedroom photographs.
- [ ] Parking photograph.
- [ ] Annexure IV/current checklist.
- [ ] Previous certificate for renewal/duplicate.
- [ ] Current PCC answer obtained.
- [ ] Correct classification fee.
- [ ] Payment receipt.
- [ ] Application receipt/date retained for 15-day calculation.
- [ ] All declarations saved before submission.
### Inspection
- [ ] Property fully ready before application.
- [ ] No unfinished rooms presented for classification.
- [ ] Annexure IV checklist internally pre-audited.
- [ ] Annexure V scoring pre-audited.
- [ ] Ownership/property documents available.
- [ ] Fire/safety equipment operational.
- [ ] Water/hygiene tested operationally.
- [ ] Guest records/receipt books prepared.
- [ ] Insurance policy available.
- [ ] Inspection report/query retained.
- [ ] Any rectification deadline diarised.
### Operations
- [ ] Registration certificate displayed.
- [ ] Classification displayed.
- [ ] Approved-rate issue clarified and rates displayed.
- [ ] Emergency contacts displayed.
- [ ] Complaint/suggestion book.
- [ ] Guest/tourist register.
- [ ] Government ID data for Indian guests.
- [ ] Passport details for foreign guests.
- [ ] GST bill book if applicable.
- [ ] Numbered receipt book.
- [ ] Monthly visitor report process.
- [ ] Foreign Form III account if accepting foreigners.
- [ ] 24-hour arrival/departure reporting workflow.
- [ ] At least one-year electronic foreigner-record retention.
- [ ] FSSAI registration/licence if food-law applicable.
- [ ] Staff/host training.
- [ ] Local-body registration/licence.
- [ ] Waste-management process.
- [ ] Fire/safety checks.
- [ ] Insurance kept active.
- [ ] Facility changes reported to Tourism within 30 days.
### Renewal
- [ ] Certificate-expiry date.
- [ ] Three-month reclassification trigger diarised.
- [ ] 60-day renewal trigger diarised.
- [ ] Current Self Renewal portal instructions checked.
- [ ] Current renewal fee confirmed.
- [ ] Previous certificate uploaded.
- [ ] Current PCC requirement reconfirmed.
- [ ] Updated property photographs.
- [ ] Updated checklist.
- [ ] Changes in ownership/operator/title disclosed and written approval obtained where necessary.
- [ ] Renewal/reclassification certificate downloaded and displayed.