Starting a Homestay in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

01 / Executive finding

The practical starting point

• The current regulatory base is the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Registration of Tourist Trade Act, 1982, read with the Goa, Daman & Diu Registration of Tourist Trade Rules, 1985 as extended/adapted and most recently amended by the Goa, Daman & Diu Registration of Tourist Trade (3rd Amendment) Rules, 2026, Notification No. 6/141/DDT/2016-17/171 dated 17 April 2026, published in the UT Gazette on 24 April 2026. The amendment states that it comes into force “at once”. [S1, pp.1–2; S9]
• The rules use a combined “Bed & Breakfast / Homestay Establishment (‘E’ Category)” rather than establishing separate current regulatory definitions for homestays and B&Bs in the 2026 amendment. A complete current official copy of all unchanged Part-E conditions, however, was not located. [S1, p.2, amendment ii–iv]
• The current numeric capacity rule that can be established with high confidence is minimum one lettable room and maximum eight lettable rooms. A current maximum number of beds, persons or guests was Not stated in the current official material reviewed. Nor was a separate cap on all rooms existing in the building located. [S1, p.2, amendment iii]
• The former condition requiring the owner/promoter and family to be physically resident in the same establishment was expressly omitted in 2026. This establishes that physical owner/family co-residence is no longer that Part-E condition; it does not, by itself, establish that every non-resident, corporate or third-party-operated structure is eligible. [S1, p.2, amendment ii]
• No current notified domicile or permanent-resident eligibility bar was located in the 2026 amendment or 24 April 2026 document circular. An older SWP application guide contains a question asking whether the applicant is a permanent resident of the then-named territory; because the authenticated current form could not be inspected, that field must be treated as a legacy portal-currentness issue, not as proof of a current residency bar. [S1, p.2; S7, legacy form field]
• The current Category-E fee is ₹5,000 per year. Older official SWP guides displaying ₹200 have been overtaken by the 2026 Gazette amendment and must not be used for the current fee. [S1, p.2, Rule 3(1) amendment; S7–S8 legacy]
• For the UT-wide process, the Director of Tourism’s 24 April 2026 Circular No. 6/141/DDT/2016-17/117 expressly suppresses earlier circulars and reduces the stated Category-E registration file to: Aadhaar of the person in whose name the establishment is to be registered; completion/occupancy evidence or the specified local-body-plus-structural-stability fallback; and a rent agreement where applicable. [S2, circular items 1–3]
• Diu is presently affected by an unresolved official-source conflict. A later district circular dated 29 May 2026 directs applicants to adhere strictly to a 7 November 2023 document circular, even though the UT-wide 24 April 2026 circular says earlier circulars on the subject stand suppressed. The referenced 2023 circular itself was not located during this review. The official sources are not aligned. [S2; S3, pp.1–2]
• The current Single Window page provides a 21-working-day service timeline for both new registration and renewal. It identifies the Information Assistant as the service-delivery officer, Director (Tourism) as first grievance appellate authority and Secretary (Tourism) as second grievance appellate authority. This is a public-service delivery timeline, not a promise that a truthful but non-compliant application will be approved within 21 days. [S5, service rows 1–2]
• A person beginning only with capital cannot complete the Category-E application until a property and its building-status evidence exist. The official SWP and Diu materials treat this registration as post-establishment; tourism registration should therefore not be treated as advance planning permission for a proposed building. [S7; S20, fields “Stage: Post-Establishment”]
• Companies, partnership firms, LLPs, trusts, societies, long-term lessees and professional management companies are not expressly confirmed as Category-E registration holders in the current 2026 sources located. The current circular refers to Aadhaar of “the person under whose name” the establishment is registered, while also contemplating a rent agreement “wherever applicable”. That is insufficient to invent a corporate-holder, lessee-holder or holder/operator-split route. [S2]
• The 2026 UT-wide registration document list does not list a Fire NOC or police-clearance certificate, while older portal materials do. This supports treating those older tourism-upload requirements as stale for the general UT process, but it does not establish that separate fire, police, building, local-body or other laws can never apply to a particular premises. [S2; S7; S20]
• No dedicated current homestay subsidy was located. The UT’s Investment Promotion Scheme 2022–2027 covers MSME/service-sector incentives generally, but its interest-subsidy provision is limited to service activities in Annexure I; Annexure I expressly lists “Hotels: 5 star and above”, not homestays. Homestay eligibility for any IPS incentive must therefore not be published as settled without written DIC confirmation. [S18, pp.4–6, 13–15, 53; S19]
• A full public guide should not yet be published as definitive because the complete current Part-E standards, bed limit, current authenticated portal fields, corporate/lease/operator eligibility, renewal documentary requirements and the Diu document conflict remain unresolved. [S1–S8]

02 / Document chronology

Use the current rules and implementation

1982 — Tourist Trade Act. Act 10 of 1982 created the tourist-trade registration framework. The current India Code entry identifies the adapted UT-wide Act as the *Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Registration of Tourist Trade Act, 1982*. [S9] 1985 — Principal Tourist Trade Rules. The 2026 amendment expressly refers to the *Goa, Daman and Diu Registration of Tourist Trade Rules, 1985* as the principal rules. [S1, p.2, Rule 2] 27 November 2001 — extension to Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Ministry of Home Affairs Notification G.S.R. 866(E) extended the Act to Dadra and Nagar Haveli with modifications. The current merged-UT Act was later republished/adapted. [S9; historical India Code notification] 2017 — apparent creation of Part E. The current 2026 amendment unmistakably establishes that Annexure A already contained Part E, Bed & Breakfast/Homestay Establishment (E Category) and points (a)–(j). However, the original official instrument inserting Part E was Not stated in the current official material reviewed. Discovery metadata attributes it to Notification 3-109/DT-ADM/Part/2016-2017/184 dated 2 August 2017. This metadata is not relied upon for current standards. 30 March / 1 April 2022 — post-merger adaptation publication. The UT’s Law and Justice Department published the adapted Tourist Trade Act for the merged Union Territory. [S9] 7/20 May 2022 — IPS 2022. Investment Promotion Scheme 2022 was notified for a five-year operative period; the present official DIC service listing identifies its period as 20 May 2022 to 19 May 2027. [S18] 7 November 2023 — document circular referred to by Diu. Diu’s 29 May 2026 circular identifies Circular No. 6/125/DT/HS-B&B/2021-22/849 dated 07/11/2023 as prescribing Category-E documents. The actual 2023 instrument was Not stated in the current official material reviewed. [S3] 12/20 March 2026 — draft third amendment. Draft Notification 6/141/DDT/2016-17/22 proposed the changes ultimately made in April. [S12; S1, p.1] 23 March 2026 — hotel-only document rationalisation. Separate hotel-registration documents were prescribed. They must not be copied into Category-E requirements. [S13] 17/24 April 2026 — final third amendment. Category E fee became ₹5,000/year, the co-residence condition was removed, maximum lettable rooms rose from six to eight and document selection was delegated to the prescribed authority. [S1, p.2] 24 April 2026 — UT-wide Category-E document circular. Earlier circulars on the subject were expressly suppressed; three document groups were prescribed. [S2] 29 May 2026 — Diu district circular. Diu repeated the April amendments but then directed applicants to continue adhering strictly to the 7 November 2023 document circular. This creates an unresolved hierarchy/currentness problem. [S3] 17 June 2026 — draft municipal trade-licence amendment. A draft proposes exempting tourism establishments, expressly including homestays, from Municipal Council trade/commercial licences. It is not safe to rely on: the Gazette page invites comments and the enclosed draft says commencement requires a subsequent Central Government notification. [S17, pp.1–2] 17 August 2026 — Right to Public Services amendment. Current grievance rules allow automatic complaint/appeal escalation where a notified service is not delivered within its prescribed timeframe. [S21, p.2] 19 August 2026 — IPS circular. Interest-subsidy computation and other IPS conditions were amended with stated effect from 1 April 2026. [S19] No later Tourism Gazette amendment rescinding S1 was located by the research date.

03 / Category definitions

Choose the right accommodation category

the guide must therefore not say that B&B and homestay have separate current ownership, residence or operator tests unless the missing full Part-E instrument or Tourism provides written clarification.

04 / Eligibility decision tree

Check whether the applicant and property qualify

Start with the exact property address and local-body category.

1. Is the exact site identified?

• No; the person has only capital or an early idea → a Category-E registration assessment cannot yet be completed because building/local-body evidence is part of the application. Not established in the published material
• Yes → continue.

1. Identify whether the property is in Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli or Diu and whether it is within a Municipal Council, District Panchayat/village area or another planning jurisdiction.

• Diu → current document requirements are affected by the S2/S3 conflict. Confirm this in writing with the authority
• Daman/DNH → continue under the general 24 April circular, while checking local planning/building law.

1. Identify ownership or lease.

• Individual owner with clear building documents → continue.
• Long-term lessee → rent agreement is contemplated by S2, but lessee-as-registration-holder status is not expressly stated. Confirm this in writing with the authority
• Joint/inherited/co-owned property → current co-owner-consent requirements not located. Confirm this in writing with the authority
• Company/LLP/firm/trust/society owns or leases it → entity eligibility as Category-E holder is not expressly established. Confirm this in writing with the authority

1. Identify the proposed registration holder and residency.

• Individual holder → no current 2026 same-premises residence requirement remains. Continue.
• Individual lives elsewhere → the former physical co-residence rule has been removed; no current domicile bar was located. Because the legacy portal contains a permanent-resident field, Confirm this in writing with the authority before relying on a non-local structure.
• Company/LLP/firm holder → Confirm this in writing with the authority

1. Identify who will actually operate the establishment.

• Registration holder personally → continue.
• Caretaker, manager or professional management company → current holder/operator split not expressly addressed. Confirm this in writing with the authority

1. Count lettable guest rooms.

• Zero → no operating Category-E premises yet. does not appear to fit the published homestay definition
• 1–8 → continue. [S1, p.2]
• More than 8 → does not appear to fit the published homestay definition; Consider another accommodation category

1. Check bed/guest capacity.

• A proposed capacity has been chosen → current maximum bed/guest limit is Not stated in the current official material reviewed. Not established in the published material

1. Check building status.

• Completion/occupancy certificate available → published document route exists.
• No completion/occupancy certificate, but the competent local body can issue the relevant certificate and a licensed/qualified engineer can issue structural stability → S2 expressly contemplates this fallback.
• Neither route can be met → does not appear to fit the published homestay definition at current application-readiness stage.

1. Property stage.

• Proposed/under construction → secure land, planning, construction and building-status compliance first. Confirm this in writing with the authority for any tourism-specific pre-construction assurance.
• Existing home/building with the required evidence → This appears to fit the published route, subject to the remaining checks, subject to missing Part-E standards and authority review.
• Existing/running accommodation with 1–8 lettable rooms → This appears to fit the published route, subject to the remaining checks if the registration-holder and building/document conditions are met; operating without required registration should not be assumed lawful.
• More hotel-like/high-capacity/commercial layout → Consider another accommodation category Use these branches as a starting test and confirm the result for the exact property.

05 / Applicant and operating structures

Set the ownership and operating structure

06 / Property and classification standards

Prepare the property for inspection

Critical publication gap: the 2026 amendment modifies existing Part-E points but does not reproduce points (a) and (c)–(j). Until the current official full Part-E text is obtained, room/bathroom/amenity/safety standards must not be imported from Ministry of Tourism guidelines, Goa rules or another State.

07 / Documents and declarations

Assemble the application file

The older portal guide’s file-size restrictions must not be copied into the guide as current until the authenticated form is inspected.

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08 / Application and inspection process

Follow the application and inspection process

The current SWP identifies 21 working days for registration and renewal, Information Assistant as the service-delivery officer, Director (Tourism) as first grievance appellate authority and Secretary (Tourism) as second. [S5] The August 2026 Right to Public Services amendment permits a complaint to be system-generated where a notified service is not rendered in time and provides for automatic first-appeal escalation if the grievance is not disposed of within the prescribed period. [S21, Rules 8, 11 and 13 amendments] A legacy SWP guide describes document scrutiny followed by site inspection, site-plan/detail verification and licence issue if approved. Because the guide also contains superseded fees and documents, its inspection sequence is implementation evidence, not a substitute for a current 2026 inspection SOP. [S7]

Statutory-period caution

The original Tourist Trade Act historically contains a three-month disposal/deemed-acceptance provision for hotel registration. A current consolidated official rendering of that section after all UT adaptations was not retrievable in this review. Therefore no public guide should advise an applicant that a Category-E application is legally approved merely by passage of a period. The separately published current SWP service target is 21 working days and should itself be described as a service timeline rather than approval assurance.

09 / Fees, timelines, validity and renewal

Confirm fees, timing and certificate validity

Legacy certificates: a certificate issued under an earlier fee schedule should not be assumed invalid merely because the fee changed; conversely, an old certificate should not be assumed renewable indefinitely under old ₹200 terms. The current renewal treatment for legacy certificates should be confirmed with Tourism.

10 / Operating duties after registration

Run the registered homestay correctly

Food-service dependency

FSSAI’s 13 March 2026 order states that, with effect from 1 April 2026, food-business categorisation uses these turnover thresholds: registration up to ₹1.5 crore, State licence above ₹1.5 crore up to ₹50 crore and Central licence above ₹50 crore. These are national food-business thresholds, not homestay classification thresholds. [S14, paras 3–5] A property serving or selling food must determine its actual food-business category in FoSCoS. Tourism registration does not substitute FSSAI registration/licensing.

Foreign guests

The current FRRO/Form C public notice states that accommodators are legally obliged to file the prescribed forms for foreigners, including OCI cardholders. [S16] The exact current reporting deadline was not established in the official public material retrieved and is therefore Not stated in the current official material reviewed for purposes of this guide.

11 / Adjacent approvals and dependencies

Close the approvals outside Tourism

Municipal licence caution

The 17 June 2026 Gazette publication is not a safe exemption. Its covering page calls the instrument a draft and invites comments; the enclosed draft would exempt “hotel, homestay, guesthouse, tour operator etc.” but says the Regulation would commence only on a date appointed separately by Central Government notification. No such commencement/finalisation source was located in this review. [S17, pp.1–2]

12 / Incentives, subsidy and funding

Evaluate incentives without assuming sanction

14.1 Dedicated homestay subsidy

Not stated in the current official material reviewed. No current Tourism Department scheme was located that gives a registered Category-E homestay an automatic capital subsidy, interest subsidy, reimbursement or concession merely because it obtains tourism registration.

14.2 Investment Promotion Scheme (IPS) 2022–2027

Scheme: Investment Promotion Scheme (IPS) – 2022 – UT DNH&DD. Notification: DIC/5(519)/IPS-2021/2021/316 dated 7 May 2022, Gazette Series II No.19. Operative period: current DIC service page identifies 20 May 2022–19 May 2027. [S18]

General scope

Scheme A states that its target beneficiaries are MSMEs, including new manufacturing/service units and eligible expansion/diversification projects in the UT. “Tourism & Hospitality Services” appears among examples of the service sector, and MSME status requires Udyam acknowledgement under the scheme definition. [S18, pp.4–5] That broad wording does not prove that a Category-E homestay qualifies for every Scheme-A incentive.

Fixed capital investment subsidy — A.1

The original IPS states:

• subsidy at 15% of eligible GFCI;
• ceiling ₹15 lakh for micro, ₹30 lakh for small and ₹35 lakh for medium enterprises;
• additional ₹10 lakh where eligible GFCI exceeds ₹10 crore;
• application through the online portal within the specified loan/commencement window; and
• payment only after commencement of commercial activity. [S18, p.11, A.1.1–A.1.2] For the service sector, GFCI expressly excludes land and building. [S18, pp.6–7, definition 9] Homestay applicability: NOT ESTABLISHED. The scheme’s 2026 amendment now defines a new enterprise by reference to an “eligible activity as mentioned in this scheme”. Because the relationship between the general tourism/hospitality example and the specific eligible-services Annexure is not sufficiently clear for Category-E homestays, the fixed-capital subsidy should not be advertised as a homestay entitlement without DIC confirmation. [S18; S19, p.2]

Interest subsidy — A.2

For service businesses, A.2 is much more specific: only new MSMEs in the service sector “as listed at Annexure I” are eligible, and the eligible term-loan assets exclude land and building. [S18, p.13, A.2.2] Annexure I’s eligible-service list contains “Hotels: 5 star and above” at item 23. It does not list Category-E homestays. [S18, p.53, Annexure I] Therefore: A Category-E homestay cannot be represented as eligible for A.2 on the located text. WRITTEN DIC CONFIRMATION REQUIRED. The original 2022 formula provided 50% of interest charged by the bank, subject to ₹30 lakh per annum, for five years or the loan-repayment period if earlier. [S18, p.13, A.2.3] A current 19 August 2026 amendment further states, with effect from 1 April 2026:

• if the bank interest rate is 10% or less, subsidy is 50% of the interest rate charged;
• if the bank rate is more than 10%, interest subsidy is capped at 5%;
• all other IPS terms and conditions remain unchanged. [S19, pp.1–2] Other A.2 conditions include:
• bank/financial-institution term loan under RBI guidelines;
• NBFC loans excluded;
• service enterprise GST registration;
• Annexure-I service enterprises to employ at least 10 permanent persons in the UT;
• online application timing rules; and
• direct credit of interest subsidy to the bank/financial institution. [S18, pp.14–15] Again, those are scheme conditions for an eligible enterprise, not proof that a homestay is an eligible enterprise.

Sanction route

For eligible IPS applicants:

1. application is made through the Single Window portal to the General Manager, District Industries Centre;
2. DIC scrutinises the file and performs physical verification;
3. the Investment Promotion Council examines the proposal and grants/declines in-principle clearance;
4. Secretary (Industries) approval is required;
5. GM DIC issues the sanction order;
6. subsidy is credited to the relevant loan/CC account; and
7. the UT expressly reserves power to change, withdraw or modify the scheme. [S18, p.51, payment procedure] Sanction is therefore separate, discretionary/approval-dependent and not automatic. DIC grievance/contact in the scheme: General Manager, District Industries Centre; dic-dnh@nic.in; 0260-2643122 / 2642367. [S18, p.52]

Incentive conclusion for public use

The defensible statement is: > No dedicated Category-E homestay subsidy was located. The general IPS 2022–27 exists, but the currently located eligible-service wording does not establish Category-E homestay eligibility; obtain written DIC confirmation before modelling any subsidy.

13 / Business implications

Translate the rules into a workable project

Before selecting or acquiring property

the project team should establish, property by property:

• exact address and local-body jurisdiction;
• title/lease/right-to-use position;
• whether the proposed registration holder is an individual or another entity;
• whether the holder will live at the property;
• whether a caretaker or separate management company will operate it;
• number of lettable rooms;
• intended bed/guest capacity, noting the present bed-limit evidence gap;
• existence of CC/OC or eligibility for S2’s fallback route;
• planning/land-use position;
• Diu-specific documentation position where applicable;
• coastal/forest/heritage or other siting restrictions; and
• which adjacent licences are triggered. A capital-only participant should therefore be treated first as a property-selection and legal-feasibility case, not as someone already eligible to apply for Category-E registration.

Before construction or renovation

The team should not design around the eight-room rule alone. The missing current Part-E standards and independent planning/building/fire requirements need to be resolved before architectural freeze. Tourism registration is a post-establishment process in current/legacy service materials and should not be treated as a substitute for sanctioned drawings, lawful use, structural compliance or local approvals. [S2; S20]

Registration holder versus operating entity

The sources do not establish that these may always be different. A management agreement can allocate commercial duties between private parties but cannot itself:

• make an LLP/company an eligible Category-E registration holder;
• cure an ineligible applicant;
• transfer a tourism certificate;
• cure unlawful land/building use;
• replace owner consent;
• or eliminate FSSAI, immigration, tax, fire or local obligations.

Property-development scope

Development feasibility should be conditional on:

1. planning/use confirmation;
2. building-condition and structural review;
3. local-body position;
4. tourism-holder structure;
5. current Part-E standards;
6. inspection readiness;
7. food/guest-reporting model; and
8. Diu-specific clarification where relevant.

Commercial-planning inputs

The property assessment should expressly record:

• title/lease status;
• applicant/holder;
• proposed operator;
• local body;
• building certificate route;
• number of lettable rooms;
• intended guest capacity;
• missing Part-E standards;
• current tourism document file;
• Diu conflict status;
• planning/fire/environment dependencies;
• food-service model;
• foreign-guest capability;
• current renewal evidence;
• and any incentive assumption separately labelled unconfirmed. No property valuation, room rate, occupancy, operating return, construction cost, income commitment or fixed ownership percentage should be derived from this regulatory guide.

14 / Official-source conflicts

Resolve conflicting official instructions

Conflict 1 — current registration fee

Source A: S1, 2026 Gazette — Category E ₹5,000 per year. Source B: S7/S8 legacy official SWP guides — ₹200. Hierarchy/date: S1 is a later notified Gazette amendment to Rule 3 itself. Result: RESOLVED. ₹5,000 per year controls. The ₹200 portal-guide figure is obsolete. [S1, p.2]

Conflict 2 — general UT registration documents

Source A: S2, 24 April 2026 — expressly suppresses previous document circulars and prescribes three document groups. Source B: S7 legacy SWP guide and S20 Diu service page — list substantially more documents, including Fire NOC, police clearance and other items. [S20] Hierarchy/date: S2 is the specific later Tourism Department circular and expressly suppresses prior circulars. Result outside Diu-specific S3 issue: RESOLVED IN FAVOUR OF S2 for the general Tourism registration document list. Important qualification: independent fire, police, building or local laws may still apply even if Tourism no longer asks for those documents in its general Category-E upload list.

Conflict 3 — Diu documentation

Source A: S2 dated 24 April 2026: earlier circulars on Category-E documents are suppressed. Source B: S3 dated 29 May 2026: Diu’s Additional Director tells applicants to adhere strictly to the document list in Circular 6/125/DT/HS-B&B/2021-22/849 dated 07/11/2023. Date: S3 is later. Hierarchy: S2 is UT-wide and issued by Director (Tourism); S3 is district-level and issued by Additional Director of Tourism, Diu. Express override: S3 does not explain how its revival of the 2023 list interacts with S2’s express suppression clause. Underlying source availability: the actual 7 November 2023 circular was not located. Result: The official sources are not aligned. Affected properties: all proposed/new Category-E registrations in Diu. Written resolution should be obtained from: Director-cum-Joint Secretary/Director (Tourism), DNH&DD, with copy to Additional Director of Tourism, Diu and Secretary (Tourism).

Conflict 4 — owner residence versus legacy permanent-resident field

Source A: S1 removes the requirement that the owner/promoter and family physically reside in the same establishment. Source B: S7 legacy portal material asks whether the applicant is a permanent resident of the former-named UT. These are not exactly the same legal proposition. One concerns living in the establishment; the other is a domicile/residency data field. Result: no current domicile eligibility rule was located. The old form field cannot be treated as a current prohibition. Status: PORTAL CURRENTNESS NOT ESTABLISHED.

Conflict 5 — renewal documents

Source A: S8 legacy renewal guide requires renewed Fire NOC and shows ₹200. Source B: S1 changes Category-E annual fee to ₹5,000; S2 gives a simplified document list for “registration” but does not expressly prescribe a 2026 renewal checklist. Result: fee aspect resolved by S1; current renewal documents remain Not stated in the current official material reviewed.

Conflict 6 — municipal trade/commercial licence exemption

S17 is internally unsuitable as a current exemption source:

• the covering Gazette notification expressly publishes a draft regulation for comments;
• the enclosed draft says it would commence only on a separately appointed date;
• no subsequent current final/commencement notification was located. Result: DO NOT PUBLISH A MUNICIPAL-LICENCE EXEMPTION AS CURRENT LAW. [S17, pp.1–2]

Conflict 7 — IPS tourism wording versus eligible-service list

Source A: S18’s general “Service Sector” definition gives Tourism & Hospitality Services as an example. Source B: A.2.2 restricts interest subsidy to new MSMEs “as listed at Annexure I”, and Annexure I expressly lists only Hotels: 5 star and above in the accommodation field. Result: broad tourism terminology cannot be converted into a Category-E homestay entitlement. For A.2, the specific Annexure-I restriction controls the benefit analysis unless DIC formally adds/recognises homestays. Status: HOMESTAY ELIGIBILITY NOT ESTABLISHED.

15 / Unresolved questions for the authority

Take the remaining questions to the authority

1. Please provide the current consolidated Annexure A Part E, including points (a) and (c)–(j), after Notification 6/141/DDT/2016-17/171, so current room, bathroom, amenity, safety, parking, utility and classification standards can be verified.
2. Does Part E impose any maximum number of beds, guests or persons, in addition to the current maximum of eight lettable rooms?
3. Does the eight-room rule limit only rooms offered to guests, or also the total number of rooms in the building?
4. In Diu, which document list presently controls: Circular 6/141/DDT/2016-17/117 dated 24/04/2026 or the 07/11/2023 list re-invoked by Circular 3-5-99/DT-ADM/2026-27/32 dated 29/05/2026?
5. Please provide a copy of Circular 6/125/DT/HS-B&B/2021-22/849 dated 07/11/2023 and state whether it remains effective after the 24/04/2026 suppression clause.
6. After omission of the same-premises residence condition, is there any current requirement that a Category-E applicant be a permanent resident/domiciliary of DNH&DD?
7. May a private limited company, partnership firm, LLP, trust or society be named as the Category-E registration holder?
8. If an entity may be holder, whose Aadhaar must satisfy item 1 of the 24/04/2026 circular?
9. May a long-term lessee be the registration holder, or is the rent agreement merely evidence of lawful possession for an owner-linked holder?
10. If the lessee may register, is an owner NOC or specific minimum lease term required?
11. What consent/documents are required for jointly owned or inherited properties?
12. Can the registration holder appoint a caretaker or professional management company to conduct all guest operations?
13. If yes, must that operator/manager be disclosed or endorsed on the certificate?
14. What is the current process for changing the operator, manager or caretaker?
15. What is the current process for increasing/decreasing the number of registered guest rooms?
16. What is the process following sale, succession, inheritance or change in ownership/control?
17. Is the Category-E certificate assignable or must a new holder apply?
18. What is the current renewal window, current renewal document list and current renewal fee/payment process?
19. Is a current Fire NOC or police clearance still requested anywhere in the authenticated Category-E portal after the 24/04/2026 circular?
20. Please provide the current inspection checklist used for Category-E properties.
21. What current portal file formats, file-size limits and photograph/plan uploads are mandatory?
22. At what stage is the ₹5,000 fee paid, and what is the refund treatment if the application is withdrawn or refused?
23. Does the Tourism Department currently apply any statutory deemed-approval provision to Category-E applications, and how does it interact with the 21-working-day SWP service timeline?
24. What is the present district-level Tourism contact/processing office for Dadra and Nagar Haveli?
25. What is the present district-level Tourism contact/processing office for Daman?
26. Has the proposed 2026 amendment exempting homestays from Municipal Council trade/commercial licences been finally promulgated and brought into force? If yes, please provide the final Gazette and commencement notification.
27. Under IPS 2022 as amended on 19/08/2026, can an MSME registered as a Category-E homestay claim any Scheme-A benefit, given that Annexure I expressly names only “Hotels: 5 star and above” for the A.2 service list?
28. If any IPS benefit is available to a homestay, which exact scheme item, eligible expenditure base, application window and DIC checklist apply?