Starting a Homestay in Meghalaya

01 / Executive finding

The practical starting point

• Meghalaya does not presently yield one located, consolidated Tourism Department instrument governing ordinary homestay eligibility, registration, classification, fees, validity, renewal, transfer and appeal. The current framework located in this research is fragmented across the Meghalaya Tourism Policy 2023, building bye-laws, accommodation-data directions, district/police NOC directions, fire rules and a separate incentive scheme. [S1, pp. 6–7; S3, pp. 1–2; S4, press release; S6, A2.26]
• Within Master Plan Areas, Municipal areas and Scheme Areas, the current Meghalaya Building Bye-Laws define a “Home Stay” as part of a building comprising not more than 5 rooms, used for boarding tourists with or without meals. This is a building-law classification, not proof of Tourism Department registration or approval. [S6, A1.2; A2.26, Gazette pp. 130, 134]
• The same building bye-laws define a guest house/lodge as not more than 10 rooms and a hotel as more than 10 rooms. Thus a proposal with six to ten rooms does not fit the located building-law “Home Stay” definition in areas where those bye-laws apply. [S6, A2.24–A2.26, Gazette p. 134]
• A major official conflict exists because the Chief Minister's Homestay Mission Component 3 defines a Boutique Homestay as at least 10 rooms, including new construction and expansions, yet requires construction to comply with the latest Meghalaya Building Bye-Laws. Exactly 10 rooms falls within the building-law guest-house/lodge definition and more than 10 within the hotel definition. No located instrument expressly reconciles the labels. The official sources are not aligned. [S6, A2.24–A2.26; S10, §3 and §11]
• The Tourism Department has directed all accommodation providers, including homestays, to register in its online accommodation-data system and use it for daily check-in/check-out recording. The 2024 OM set a 31 March 2024 registration deadline; the obligation remains reiterated in the July 2025 direction. [S3, OM No. Tourism.5/2021/43; S4, press release]
• All accommodation providers have also been directed to obtain NOCs from both the District Administration and District Police. The current official material located does not supply the application form, fee, validity, renewal procedure or appeal process for those NOCs. [S4, lines 8–15]
• For buildings in Shillong city and adjoining areas, a 26 September 2024 Home (Police) Department notification expressly makes a Fire Service Organisation NOC compulsory for hotels, lodges, homestays, resorts and business buildings. This source must not be extrapolated to every Meghalaya address. [S8, Notification No. HPL.127/2023/43]
• No general Meghalaya Tourism source was located establishing an owner/family-residence requirement, domicile condition, permanent-resident requirement, minimum rooms, bed limit or resident-host rule for an ordinary homestay. Those matters must therefore be published, at present, as Not stated in the current official material reviewed, rather than importing standards from another state or from the incentive scheme.
• Companies, LLPs, firms, lessees, caretakers and professional management companies cannot presently be stated to be eligible as the holder of an ordinary homestay registration. No current general Tourism registration rule establishing those routes was located. Component 3 separately allows a “registered entity”, but its documents use society/cooperative and President/Secretary terminology extensively, so applicability to a private company or LLP requires written clarification. [S10, §3; Annexure-I entity form]
• Construction, material alteration or change in occupancy/use in areas covered by the 2021 Building Bye-Laws can engage building-permission requirements. An Occupancy Certificate is mandatory for buildings subject to those bye-laws after completion; the authority is to communicate approval/refusal within 15 working days after the required completion filing. That 15-day period is not a homestay-registration timeline or approval guarantee. [S6, A1.4, A9–A10]
• If food is commercially prepared or supplied, tourism status does not replace FSSAI/FoSCoS compliance. The current FoSCoS eligibility document updated 1 April 2026 contains food-service registration/licence categories and fees, including “boarding houses serving food”. [S14–S15, FoSCoS p. 7]
• For foreign guests, the Immigration and Foreigners Rules, 2025 expressly include a “home stay” within accommodation. The keeper must electronically retain required guest particulars for at least one year and submit Form III—formerly Form C—within 24 hours of arrival and departure. [S17, r.17; Form III]
• Component 3's Tourism Department assistance is stated in the operative scheme text as up to ₹15 lakh—₹10 lakh EMI assistance plus a conditional ₹5 lakh National Games Accommodation Bonus—but its own application form asks for “50% of Total Cost, capped at ₹35,00,000”. The official sources are not aligned. [S10, pp. 5, 18, 21]
• The missing ordinary Tourism registration instrument and the unresolved room-category conflict are material enough that a definitive public “how to register a Meghalaya homestay” guide should not yet be published as settled law. A narrower guide clearly distinguishing building classification, mandatory operational reporting and incentive schemes could be prepared with written Tourism/Urban-authority clarification.

02 / Document chronology

Use the current rules and implementation

2011 — Previous Tourism Policy. The 2023 Policy records that the previous policy was notified as Tourism 74/2009/85 dated 1 February 2011 and says the State undertook a comprehensive relook to produce a revamped Tourism Policy. [S1, p.6] 25 March 2021 — Meghalaya Building Bye-Laws 2021. These expressly repeal the Meghalaya Building Bye-Laws 2011 and 2015 amendment while saving prior actions. [S6, H13] 2023 — Meghalaya Tourism Policy 2023. Current official Tourism/Invest Meghalaya pages continue to make it available. A formal clause saying “the 2011 policy is hereby repealed” was not located, although the document describes itself as the revamped policy replacing the policy approach formulated in 2011. 24 January 2024 — Tourism online accommodation-data OM. Introduced mandatory online provider registration and daily reporting, with 31 March 2024 deadline. [S3] 26 September 2024 — Shillong/adjoining-area Fire NOC notification. [S8] 2024–2026 — Building Bye-Law amendments. The current Urban Affairs index was reviewed through the 7 May 2026 amendment. None of the amendments reviewed replaces A2.24–A2.26's guest house/hotel/home-stay room definitions. [S7] 30 June/1 July 2025 — dual NOC requirement. Tourism directed all accommodation providers to obtain NOCs from both District Administration and District Police. [S4] 28 October 2025 — Chief Minister's Meghalaya Homestay Mission 2025, Notification No. Tourism.39/2025/2. This instrument is cited/depended upon by subsequent official material, but the controlling original was Not stated in the current official material reviewed during this research. 24 November and 2 December 2025 — priority-cluster addenda. Additional locations were inserted for the Mission. 4 December 2025 — Component 3: Boutique Homestays. Added a medium/large investment component with its own eligibility, loan structure and standards. [S10] 9 December 2025 — MIIPP (Amendment), 2025. Effective immediately. [S13] 6 February 2026 — further Mission priority-cluster additions. 6 March 2026 — Component 3 corrigendum and Tura-region cluster addition. [S11–S12] 7 May 2026 — latest Building Bye-Law amendment reviewed. It did not amend A2.26.

Unresolved chronology issue

Because Tourism.39/2025/2 dated 28 October 2025 was not located, it is not possible to reconstruct Components 1 and 2 of the current Homestay Mission to the evidentiary standard requested. Older Government statements referring to 35%, 45% or combined 70% assistance should therefore not be converted into a present entitlement.

03 / Category definitions

Choose the right accommodation category

The Tourism portal's category names are operational/listing labels and are not evidence of regulatory definitions.

04 / Eligibility decision tree

Check whether the applicant and property qualify

Step 1 — Establish exact property address and local-body category. Is the parcel inside a Master Plan Area, Municipal area or Scheme Area?

• Yes: Meghalaya Building Bye-Laws 2021 apply. Proceed to room-count classification. [S6, A1.2]
• No / uncertain: identify the ADC, town committee, traditional/local authority and planning regime. Confirm this in writing with the authority.
• No applicable instrument located: Not established in the published material. Step 2 — Count the rooms proposed to be used for guest accommodation.
• 1–5 rooms: the project may fit the published building-law definition of Home Stay. This appears to fit the published route, subject to the remaining checks, subject to all other approvals.
• 6–9 rooms: exceeds A2.26 but falls within A2.24. Consider another accommodation category.
• Exactly 10 rooms: falls within building-law Guest House/Lodge, while Component 3 calls 10+ rooms a Boutique Homestay. Confirm this in writing with the authority.
• More than 10: building law calls it a Hotel, while Component 3 may call it Boutique Homestay. Confirm this in writing with the authority. Step 3 — Establish title/lease position.
• Owner with clear title: proceed to building/local authority verification.
• Joint/inherited/customary title: co-owner/community/local-rights implications must be established; general homestay consent rule Not stated in the material reviewed.
• Lessee: ordinary homestay eligibility as registration holder Not stated in the material reviewed.
• Component 3 registered entity with ≥15-year lease: scheme text expressly supports possession through ownership or qualifying lease. [S10, §3]
• Component 3 individual lessee: checklist accepts a notarized ≥15-year lease, while the main eligibility table speaks of rightful ownership or local NOC. Confirm this in writing with the authority. Step 4 — Identify the intended applicant.
• Individual owner: general ordinary-tourism eligibility Not established in the published material.
• Company/LLP/firm: general ordinary registration-holder eligibility Not established in the published material.
• Caretaker: no source located allowing caretaker to substitute for eligible holder. Confirm this in writing with the authority.
• Professional operator: management agreement alone does not establish Tourism-registration eligibility. Confirm this in writing with the authority. Step 5 — Determine who will live there. No current general Meghalaya source was located requiring the owner or owner's family to reside in an ordinary homestay. Accordingly: Not established in the published material. Do not turn absence of the rule into a statement that an absentee-owner homestay is permitted. Step 6 — Determine property status.
• Proposed/new building: building/local planning approval required where applicable.
• Under construction: verify sanction and permitted use before changing design.
• Existing house proposed for conversion: A1.4.4 expressly brings change in occupancy/use within the Bye-Laws; H10 also addresses existing buildings. Confirm this in writing with the authority on the specific conversion.
• Running homestay: verify its existing title/use/permissions, District NOCs, Mtime registration, fire position and guest reporting; do not assume past operation cures missing approval.

05 / Applicant and operating structures

Set the ownership and operating structure

06 / Property and classification standards

Prepare the property for inspection

Component 3's Annexure II is titled “Recommended Standards”, yet §11 says applicants “must adhere” to the recommended standards. For scheme beneficiaries they should therefore be treated conservatively as scheme obligations pending written clarification. [S10, §11; Annexure II]

07 / Documents and declarations

Assemble the application file

No general Meghalaya Tourism requirement for an affidavit on stamp paper, character certificate, police verification of owner, co-owner affidavit or notarised ordinary-homestay declaration was located.

Download the Meghalaya property and application checklist ↓

08 / Application and inspection process

Follow the application and inspection process

A. Ordinary accommodation/homestay — only the verified sequence can presently be stated

There is no located current general Tourism source describing a statewide sequence of ordinary-homestay application → Tourism inspection → approval → certificate download → appeal.

B. Component 3 Boutique Homestay scheme process

The scheme is much more explicit:

1. register the unit on UNNATI and Invest Meghalaya portals; [S10, §6]
2. submit eligibility material, concept note/DPR and financial documents;
3. District Tourist Officer plus designated Sports Department official performs a site visit and joint inspection report;
4. State Level Screening Committee chaired by Director Tourism verifies/scrutinises;
5. evaluation includes location, DPR/design, complete documents and bank-loan eligibility;
6. shortlisted applications proceed to the State Investment Committee chaired by the Chief Secretary for in-principle Single Window approval;
7. bank independently evaluates lending; the scheme merely says the bank is expected to make best efforts to process/disburse within 30 days from Tourism sanction—this is not a statutory guarantee; [S10, §7]
8. construction is monitored and must be completed within 12 months of loan disbursal under the scheme; [S10, §9]
9. mandatory training must be completed within six months of loan disbursal; [S10, §8]
10. applicable incentive claims occur after or in relation to commercial operations and separate MIIPP/UNNATI conditions. None of these scheme approvals automatically substitutes for building permission, trade licences, fire clearance or ordinary accommodation operating obligations. The scheme itself expressly requires necessary trade licences and permissions and compliance with the latest Building Bye-Laws. [S10, §11]

09 / Fees, timelines, validity and renewal

Confirm fees, timing and certificate validity

Legacy certificates

No current official source was located explaining conversion, grandfathering or renewal treatment of older Meghalaya Tourism homestay certificates. Not stated in the current official material reviewed.

10 / Operating duties after registration

Run the registered homestay correctly

Accommodation data. The Tourism Department's system is intended for day-to-day check-in/check-out recording for accommodation providers and captures information including visitor counts, gender, origin and identity proof/visa-related information. [S3–S4] District/Police NOCs. Current Tourism direction requires both NOCs; there is no located exemption for an already running homestay. [S4] Foreign guests. Under Rule 17 of the Immigration and Foreigners Rules 2025, every keeper of accommodation must:

• record/sign prescribed foreigner/OCI particulars;
• keep the electronic particulars for at least one year;
• make them available for inspection;
• submit Form III electronically within 24 hours after arrival; and
• submit departure details within 24 hours after departure. “Accommodation” expressly includes a home stay. [S17, r.17] Form III is expressly labelled “Earlier Form ‘C’”. [S17, Form III] Food. Where food is commercially prepared or served, determine the correct FoSCoS Kind of Business before commencement. The April 2026 FoSCoS table expressly includes “boarding houses serving food”. [S15, p.7] For the following ordinary homestay duties, the requested current state source was Not stated in the material reviewed:
• mandatory room-rate display;
• prescribed invoice format;
• Tourism complaint book;
• Tourism certificate-display requirement;
• separate monthly tourism statistics beyond daily data reporting;
• domestic-guest paper register format;
• state retention period for domestic records;
• staff police verification;
• caretaker police verification;
• incident-reporting protocol;
• mandatory insurance;
• local-employment quota;
• mandatory staff-training rule;
• ordinary homestay classification reinspection;
• ordinary Tourism renewal process. Component 3 beneficiaries additionally assume scheme-specific obligations including training, prescribed standards, minimum operation period, monitoring and contractual clawback. These must not be imposed on ordinary homestays merely because both use the word “homestay”.

11 / Adjacent approvals and dependencies

Close the approvals outside Tourism

Invest Meghalaya's approval system itself separates pre-establishment, pre-operational clearances and commercial operation before incentive claims, supporting the conclusion that investment/tourism status is not a universal licence. [S9]

12 / Incentives, subsidy and funding

Evaluate incentives without assuming sanction

14.1 Chief Minister's Homestay Mission — Components 1 and 2

A current official Mission exists and subsequent official addenda identify the base notification as Tourism.39/2025/2 dated 28 October 2025. However, that original instrument was Not stated in the current official material reviewed during this research. Accordingly, this guide will not publish a definitive Components 1/2 subsidy percentage, ceiling, beneficiary contribution, bank route or eligibility formula. Official Government communications referring to older 35%, 45% and combined 70% subsidy arrangements cannot substitute for the missing controlling notification. Current application status: NOT CONFIRMED.

14.2 Component 3 — Development of Boutique Homestays

This programme is sufficiently documented to describe as a scheme, but not as ordinary licensing law.

Eligible applicant

Individual:

• permanent resident/domicile of Meghalaya;
• age 18–58;
• not a credit defaulter;
• literate;
• one eligible family member;
• required land/NOC position;
• adequate net worth for margin. Registered entity:
• registered and operational in Meghalaya;
• no credit default;
• designated representative satisfying individual criteria;
• possession of land through ownership or lease for at least 15 years;
• local-authority NOC;
• sufficient net worth. [S10, §3]

Project base

• Boutique Homestay: at least 10 rooms.
• Minimum investment in building/durable physical assets: ₹75 lakh.
• Minimum scheme project cost: ₹80 lakh.
• Illustrative financing structure: 90:10 debt-equity, i.e. ₹72 lakh debt and ₹8 lakh applicant equity for the ₹80 lakh model. [S10, §§3–4] These are scheme conditions, not market-cost estimates supplied by this guide.

Tourism Department support

The main scheme text states:

• ₹10 lakh EMI assistance, described as ₹83,333/month for 12 months after commercial operations; plus
• conditional ₹5 lakh National Games Accommodation Bonus for eligible Shillong/Tura/Jowai units operational by 1 February 2027;
• maximum Tourism Department support therefore ₹15 lakh. [S10, pp.4–5] But the application form asks for: > “Government Subsidy Requested (50% of Total Cost, capped at ₹35,00,000)” [S10, p.18 and p.21] Status: The official sources are not aligned. No applicant should model the ₹35 lakh figure as an entitlement without a written Tourism Department determination.

UNNATI-linked benefits stated by Component 3

Component 3 states, subject expressly to UNNATI's own rules:

• capital investment incentive described as 30% of eligible building/durable physical assets;
• 3% annual interest subvention for seven years in East Khasi Hills, West Garo Hills and West Jaintia Hills;
• 5% for seven years in other districts;
• differentiated GST-linked reimbursement limits. [S10, p.5] The general Invest Meghalaya UNNATI presentation separately describes:
• Zone A capital incentive: 30%, cap ₹5 crore where GST applies;
• Zone B: 50%, cap ₹7.5 crore;
• different caps where GST does not apply;
• service-sector minimum investment ₹50 lakh. [S9, UNNATI section] Because Component 3 gives a scheme-specific summary and says the respective UNNATI guidelines control, the headline rates must never be detached from the beneficiary's actual zone, registration timing and eligible-investment computation.

MIIPP-linked benefits stated by Component 3

Component 3 refers to:

• additional 2% interest support for specified districts;
• net-GST reimbursement;
• rainwater-harvesting, DG-set, power-connection and EPF benefits subject to MIIPP. [S10, pp.5–6] The general MIPA page separately presents broader MIIPP incentives and criteria. [S9]

Application timing/current status

As of 05 September 2026, the live Invest Meghalaya website still displays: > “MIIPP 2024 Registrations open till 31st March 2026” That displayed date has already passed. [S9, live banner] Therefore: CURRENT MIIPP APPLICATION WINDOW: NOT CONFIRMED. A stale banner must not be treated as evidence that applications are open.

14.3 Nature of assistance

All identified assistance remains:

• subject to separate application;
• subject to eligibility;
• subject to bank credit appraisal where borrowing is involved;
• subject to scheme budget/sanction;
• subject to post-operation or reimbursement conditions where stated;
• not automatic merely because a project is a homestay.

13 / Business implications

Translate the rules into a workable project

Before selecting or acquiring property

the project team should establish at minimum:

1. exact address and district;
2. ADC/local planning/municipal/Master Plan/Scheme Area status;
3. ownership/customary-title/lease chain;
4. whether the intended guest-room count is ≤5, 6–10 or >10;
5. intended accommodation category;
6. whether an existing building has sanctioned plans/OC and permissible use;
7. Fire NOC scope;
8. local-authority and police NOC route;
9. environmental/forest constraints;
10. who is intended to hold every registration. A capital-only participant should not be presented with a “homestay structure” before these facts are fixed.

Before construction or renovation

The architect/design team must not treat the Tourism expression “Boutique Homestay” as a planning classification. In areas governed by the 2021 Building Bye-Laws, the five-room home-stay definition and 10-room guest-house/hotel thresholds must be resolved with the building authority before design is frozen.

Registration holder versus operating entity

No current ordinary Meghalaya Tourism source was located establishing that: property owner → Tourism holder → operator → employer → booking merchant may all be different entities. Therefore the project team should not advertise that a management agreement automatically allows the project team, an LLP, a project SPV or another operator to hold or use an owner's homestay registration.

What an LLP or management agreement cannot solve

An LLP agreement or management contract does not, by itself:

• cure defective title;
• establish permissible building use;
• convert a >5-room building into a building-law homestay;
• satisfy District Administration or Police NOC requirements;
• substitute for fire approval;
• establish Tourism-holder eligibility;
• confer subsidy eligibility;
• replace FSSAI/GST/foreigner-reporting obligations.

Property-development scope

Development scope should be conditional on:

• planning/building sanction;
• change-of-use answer;
• access/parking conditions;
• wastewater/water solution;
• local/traditional authority consent;
• any protected-area limitation;
• category-specific room design.

Commercial assessment file

Every proposed property should contain separate fields for:

• land/title risk;
• building-use category;
• current room count;
• proposed room count;
• tourism-registration evidence;
• District Administration NOC;
• District Police NOC;
• Fire NOC;
• Mtime registration;
• FSSAI;
• foreign-guest reporting setup;
• GST entity;
• Udyam if relevant;
• incentive eligibility;
• unresolved authority questions.

Before proposing business terms

the project team should first know:

• who owns the property;
• who can lawfully lease it;
• who may be registration holder;
• who will operate;
• who invoices guests;
• who employs staff;
• who assumes regulatory liability;
• who makes capital expenditure;
• whether the category permits the intended scale;
• whether an incentive requires retention/no-transfer covenants. No fixed ownership percentage, contribution or revenue commitment should be proposed from the regulatory material alone.

14 / Official-source conflicts

Resolve conflicting official instructions

Conflict 1 — five-room building-law Home Stay vs 10+ room Boutique Homestay

Source A: Meghalaya Building Bye-Laws 2021, A2.24–A2.26. Proposition: Home Stay ≤5 rooms; guest house/lodge ≤10; hotel >10. Source B: Component 3, §3 and §11. Proposition: Boutique Homestay ≥10 rooms, while buildings must comply with latest Meghalaya Building Bye-Laws. Hierarchy: S6 is a notified building regulatory instrument; S10 is an incentive-scheme addendum. No express amendment of A2.26 is contained in S10. Status: The official sources are not aligned. Affected properties: Component 3 proposals located in Master Plan, Municipal or Scheme Areas. Written answer required from: Tourism Department plus applicable building authority/MUDA/ADC.

Conflict 2 — Component 3 expansion eligibility vs “new project” declaration

Source A: §3 defines Boutique Homestay to include “newly constructed units and expansions of existing units”. [S10] Source B: Individual/entity declaration states the proposed project “is a new project” and has not received subsidy/grant from another Government scheme. [S10, p.19/p.22] Status: The official sources are not aligned. Affected properties: Existing accommodation businesses seeking Component 3 expansion. Resolution office: Director of Tourism / State Level Screening Committee.

Conflict 3 — ₹15 lakh support vs ₹35 lakh form field

Source A: Main Component 3 scheme caps Tourism Department subsidy/support at ₹15 lakh. [S10, pp.4–5] Source B: Application financial plan asks for 50% of total cost capped at ₹35 lakh. [S10, pp.18,21] Status: The official sources are not aligned. Affected properties: All Component 3 applicants. Resolution office: Tourism Department and MIPA, preferably in writing before financial modelling.

Conflict 4 — Component 3 individual ownership language vs lease checklist

Source A: Eligibility table says individual must be rightful landowner or have a valid local-authority NOC for development/operations. Source B: §6 and the individual checklist permit proof of land ownership or a lease for at least 15 years, with the checklist referring to a notarised lease. Status: The official sources are not aligned / AMBIGUOUS. Affected applicants: Individuals who do not own the land.

Conflict 5 — generic “registered entity” vs entity-form governance terminology

The main scheme recognises a generic “Registered Entity” and the checklist asks for a Registration/Incorporation Certificate. Yet the designated representative is repeatedly called President/Secretary; declarations refer to members of a “society/cooperative”; and a managing-committee resolution is requested. Status: The official sources are not aligned / INCOMPLETE FOR CORPORATE FORMS. Affected applicants: Private companies, LLPs, conventional partnerships and other entities without President/Secretary/Managing Committee structures.

Conflict 6 — Annexure II “recommended” standards vs mandatory adherence

Source A: Annexure II heading calls them “Recommended Standards”. Source B: §11 says applicants “must adhere” to DPR designs and recommended standards in Annexure II. Practical treatment: Until clarified, a Component 3 beneficiary should plan to satisfy them. They should not be represented as statewide ordinary-homestay standards.

Conflict 7 — FSSAI threshold material

The April 2026 FoSCoS Kind-of-Business document uses ₹1.5 crore as the registration threshold in multiple relevant food-service rows, while older FSSAI explanatory pages have continued to display legacy ₹12 lakh language. Status: OFFICIAL CENTRAL MATERIAL NOT FULLY ALIGNED. For a current application, the live FoSCoS eligibility determination and controlling Gazette amendment should be checked rather than publishing the older ₹12 lakh figure as settled.

Conflict 8 — state “C-form” wording vs new central Form III nomenclature

Meghalaya's July 2025 direction refers to visa/C-form uploads. The subsequently effective Immigration and Foreigners Rules 2025 renamed the accommodation report Form III [Earlier Form ‘C’]. [S4; S17] This is principally a chronology/nomenclature issue; the current central rules should govern foreigner-reporting nomenclature.

15 / Unresolved questions for the authority

Take the remaining questions to the authority

1. Under which current Tourism Department notification/rule/SOP is an ordinary homestay, as opposed to a Component 3 Boutique Homestay, registered or recognised in Meghalaya?
2. Does that instrument impose any requirement that the owner or owner's family permanently reside on the premises?
3. Is Meghalaya domicile/permanent residence required for an ordinary homestay holder, or is the domicile rule confined to the incentive scheme?
4. Can a private limited company be the ordinary homestay registration holder?
5. Can an LLP be the registration holder?
6. Can a partnership firm be the holder?
7. Can a long-term lessee register an ordinary homestay?
8. Can the property owner remain registration holder while a professional management company operates the property?
9. What is the current ordinary-homestay application fee, inspection fee, certificate validity and renewal fee/window?
10. What is the current ordinary-homestay application-document checklist?
11. What inspection checklist is used and who is the inspecting authority?
12. What are the current suspension, cancellation, hearing and appeal provisions?
13. For properties under the 2021 Building Bye-Laws, how should Tourism treat a 10-room Component 3 Boutique Homestay when A2.24 classifies 10 rooms as Guest House/Lodge?
14. How should Tourism/building authority classify a Component 3 unit with 11 or more rooms, when A2.25 defines that scale as Hotel?
15. Does Tourism.39/2025/13 itself change any building occupancy classification? If not, what building category should Component 3 applicants seek?
16. For a Component 3 individual, does a notarised 15-year lease satisfy eligibility, notwithstanding the main eligibility table's ownership/local-NOC wording?
17. Does “registered entity” in Component 3 include Companies Act companies and LLPs? If yes, what replaces President/Secretary/Managing Committee requirements?
18. Can Component 3 be used for an expansion of an existing unit, despite the Annexure declaration that the proposed project is a “new project”?
19. Is Tourism Department assistance under Component 3 capped at ₹15 lakh or ₹35 lakh, and what does the 50%-₹35-lakh form field represent?
20. Is a trade-registration certificate for an existing hospitality enterprise mandatory for a first-time individual Component 3 applicant?
21. What form, documents, fee, validity and renewal process apply to the District Administration NOC?
22. What form, documents, fee, validity and renewal process apply to the District Police NOC?
23. Does the compulsory Fire NOC notification's phrase “Shillong city and adjoining areas” have a notified mapped boundary?
24. Outside that boundary, which homestay categories/sizes require Fire NOC?
25. For an existing residential building converted to a ≤5-room homestay, what change-of-use/building filing is required under A1.4.4 and H10?
26. Does Table D-1's “lodging establishments tourist homes, hotels” parking ratio expressly include A2.26 Home Stays?
27. Is an ordinary ≤5-room Home Stay treated as residential or public/commercial for Section E accessibility requirements?
28. What current Tourism policy governs succession after death, sale of property, transfer of certificate or change of operator?
29. Is the original Tourism.39/2025/2 dated 28 October 2025 available publicly, and what are the current Components 1 and 2 subsidy terms?
30. As of 05 September 2026, are applications under the Homestay Mission/MIIPP/UNNATI-linked routes currently being accepted?