Starting a Homestay in Mizoram

01 / Executive finding

The practical starting point

• Mizoram has a state-specific statutory tourist-trade regime. The Mizoram (Registration of Tourist Trade) Act, 2020 applies throughout Mizoram; its statutory definition of “hotel” expressly includes homestays, B&Bs, guest houses, lodges and resorts. A person intending to operate a hotel must apply for registration before operation. [S1, ss. 1, 2(i), 9; PDF pp. 31–35]
• The principal operating material located for homestays is the Tourism Department's Homestay Guidelines, 2020, Notification No. C.31012/3/2020-TOUR/9 dated 28 August 2020, read with the 2020 Rules, their 2021 amendment and the 18 August 2021 homestay corrigendum. [S2–S5, compendium pp. 45–110, 170–182]
• This guide cannot certify that those materials contain every rule currently in force because the Mizoram Legislative Assembly's official List of Business records that The Mizoram (Registration of Tourist Trade) (Amendment) Rules, 2026 were laid before the House on 2 March 2026, but the complete notified/gazetted text was Not stated in the current official material reviewed during this review. [S24, List of Business, item 3(i)]
• A separate Mizoram (Registration of Tourist Trade) (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was introduced and passed by the Assembly on 24 February 2026. The official Assembly material reviewed did not establish final assent/commencement; its purpose included expanding regulation to parks, picnic spots and recreation centres. It must not be treated here as enacted law without the assent/gazette instrument. [S23, Bill No. 40/2026]
• The published homestay eligibility guideline says the owner/promoter should own the property and should physically reside with the family either in the same homestay unit or on the same premises/campus in close proximity. It describes eligible houses as those owned by individuals/families. No separate Mizoram domicile or permanent-resident certificate requirement was located in the reviewed homestay provisions. [S4, eligibility items 1–3; PDF pp. 173–174]
• The guideline permits not more than five tourist rooms, each with toilet facilities. Annexure E of the Rules creates a material inconsistency by requiring a minimum of three lettable rooms and a maximum of five rooms/ten beds. A truthful one- or two-room proposal therefore requires a written Tourism Department determination. [S4, eligibility item 3; S2, Annexure E, PDF p. 65] The official sources are not aligned.
• Baseline dimensional standards located are 100 sq ft for a single room, 120 sq ft for a double room and 30 sq ft for a bathroom. Annexure E also covers attached bathrooms, hot/cold water, dining, kitchen hygiene, fire equipment, waste, parking, first aid, smoke/heat detectors and public-liability insurance. [S2, Annexure E, PDF pp. 65–66; S4, eligibility standards]
• Homestays are classified Gold, Silver or Bronze. Annexure F uses a 100-point assessment: Gold 75+; Silver 50–74; Bronze below 50. Some items such as internet availability contribute classification points and are not independently shown as baseline legal conditions. [S2, Annexure F]
• For hotel registration, the notified prescribed authority is the Director of Tourism for the whole of Mizoram, with SDO (Sadar)/SDO (Civil) acting for their concerned sub-divisions under the notification. The statutory appellate authority is the Secretary, Tourism Department and revisional authority the Chief Secretary. [S7, Notification No. C.31012/1/2020-TOUR/11, 14 September 2020; PDF p. 250]
• The homestay guideline states a three-year registration/classification validity. It calls for reclassification sufficiently before expiry and addresses renewal fees before expiry, but the exact renewal workflow on the live authenticated portal was not inspectable without creating an account. [S4, validity/renewal provisions, PDF p. 176]
• The 31 July 2020 fee notification historically prescribed ₹20 processing, three-year registration fees of ₹9,000 Gold/₹6,000 Silver/₹3,000 Bronze, and renewal at 50% of the corresponding registration charge. Crucially, that notification expressly fixed its rates “for a period of 3 years.” No subsequent official fee notification was located. Current Tourism registration, renewal and processing fees: Not stated in the current official material reviewed. [S6, PDF p. 244]
• The state has a live 2026 Tourism registration portal whose unauthenticated signup page collects name, email, “Register As”, district, phone, address and password. The actual post-login homestay form, current declarations, upload limits, fee screen and certificate-download process were not inspected because no applicant account was created. [S8, public registration page]
• A second major applicant-structure conflict exists: the Homestay Guidelines say the owner/promoter should own the property, while Form 3 expressly asks whether title is “owned/leased” and calls for sale/lease deeds; the document list also recognizes a Lease Certificate. A lessee should not be advertised as clearly eligible until this is resolved in writing. [S4, eligibility item 1; S2, Form 3, PDF pp. 76–77] The official sources are not aligned.
• Foreign-guest accommodation reporting is now governed nationally by the Immigration and Foreigners Rules, 2025: an accommodation keeper, expressly including a homestay, must electronically report prescribed foreigner details in Form III within 24 hours of arrival, report departure within 24 hours and keep electronic records for at least one year. [S11, r.17; Gazette pp. 26–27]
• There is currently enough official material to design a serious pre-application due-diligence process, but not enough to publish current fees or present the 2020/2021 homestay text as exhaustively current until the complete 2026 Amendment Rules are obtained and the identified room/title conflicts are resolved.

02 / Document chronology

Use the current rules and implementation

1. 2020 — Mizoram Responsible Tourism Policy 2020. Background policy appears in the Tourism compendium. It informs state tourism policy but is not a substitute for the statutory registration scheme. [Tourism compendium]
2. 2020 — Mizoram (Registration of Tourist Trade) Act, 2020. Establishes the statutory registration framework and applies across Mizoram. [S1]
3. 2020 — Mizoram (Registration of Tourist Trade) Rules, 2020. Implements applications, forms, registration processes and schedules. [S2]
4. 31 July 2020 — fee notification No. C.31012/1/2020-TOUR. Sets fees expressly for three years. [S6]
5. 28 August 2020 — Homestay Guidelines, No. C.31012/3/2020-TOUR/9. Establish homestay eligibility, registration, classification, inspection and operating conditions. [S4]
6. 14 September 2020 — authority notification No. C.31012/1/2020-TOUR/11. Identifies prescribed, appellate and revisional authorities. [S7]
7. 18 August 2021 — Homestay Guidelines corrigendum. Located changes concern numbering/layout rather than a substantive new eligibility regime. [S5]
8. 29 November/3 December 2021 — Registration of Tourist Trade (Amendment) Rules, 2021. Corrects particular rules/form references. The official Gazette confirms commencement on Gazette publication. [S3]
9. February 2026 — Amendment Bill. The Assembly record shows introduction/passage; final enactment/effective Act text was not established in the reviewed official sources. [S23]
10. 2 March 2026 — Amendment Rules, 2026 laid before the Assembly. The title is officially established, but the complete text and Gazette/effective date are Not stated in the current official material reviewed. [S24]

Supersession/currentness assessment

• The 2021 Rules expressly amend the 2020 Rules and must be read with them.
• The 2021 homestay corrigendum does not appear to create a replacement homestay scheme.
• The 2020 fee schedule contains its own three-year limitation and should not be silently carried forward to 2026.
• The 2026 Amendment Rules create an unresolved currentness problem until their complete official text is obtained.
• No official instrument was located expressly rescinding the Homestay Guidelines, but absence of rescission is insufficient to prove that none of their provisions has been affected by the 2026 Rules.

03 / Category definitions

Choose the right accommodation category

The Act's broad definition means that “homestay” should not be treated simply as an informal label: it is part of the registered tourist-trade framework. [S1, s.2(i)]

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 known?

• No → establish district, village/ward, local council/municipal status, road access and land status before committing capital. Not established in the published material for an address-specific approval.
• Yes → continue.

1. Is the applicant the owner/promoter?

• Individual/family owner → continue.
• Long-term lessee → Form 3 contemplates leases, but the guideline says the promoter should own the property. Confirm this in writing with the authority.
• Company/LLP/partnership proposed as registration holder → no explicit homestay provision located confirming that route. Confirm this in writing with the authority.

1. Who will physically live at the property?

• Owner/promoter with family in the unit or same premises/campus close by → continue.
• Owner permanently elsewhere, with caretaker only → caretaker substitution is not established in the Mizoram homestay guideline. does not appear to fit the published homestay definition, unless Tourism gives a written contrary interpretation or another category applies.
• Professional manager plus resident owner/family → operational outsourcing may be possible contractually, but the legal status of the manager as operator/registration holder is not established. Continue only after separating owner/resident host from operator.

1. How many tourist rooms/beds?

• 3–5 rooms and no more than 10 beds, with standards satisfied → This appears to fit the published route, subject to the remaining checks.
• 1–2 rooms → guideline appears broad enough below its five-room maximum, but Annexure E says minimum three. Confirm this in writing with the authority.
• More than 5 tourist rooms → This does not appear to fit the published route and Consider another accommodation category.

1. Does each proposed room/bath meet dimensional and facility standards?

• Yes → continue.
• No → does not appear to fit the published homestay definition/STANDARDS until rectified.

1. Is the building existing, proposed, under construction or already operating?

• Existing suitable home → proceed to documentation/inspection.
• Proposed/new construction → local building/land/use permission must be established independently before relying on future homestay registration. Confirm this in writing with the authority where use is uncertain.
• Running unregistered accommodation → the Act requires registration before operation. It should not be assumed that later application cures prior operation. [S1, s.9]
• Existing but >5 guest rooms → Consider another accommodation category.

1. Is the property in a protected/forest/heritage/specially controlled site?

• Yes/possibly → Tourism registration alone does not answer those permissions. Confirm this in writing with the authority.
• No identified special restriction → proceed, subject to local building/use review. 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

The Act's general recognition of an owner/operator or manager cannot safely be used to erase the narrower resident-owner conditions in the homestay guideline.

06 / Property and classification standards

Prepare the property for inspection

Because the complete 2026 Amendment Rules are missing, “MEDIUM” is used for many state-rule claims that would otherwise be explicit.

07 / Documents and declarations

Assemble the application file

No current public portal specification for PDF/JPG extensions, maximum file size or digital-signature requirements was located.

Download the Mizoram property and application checklist ↓

08 / Application and inspection process

Follow the application and inspection process

Processing-period caution

Section 9(3) of the 2020 Act contains a three-month disposal/deemed-acceptance mechanism for registration applications. The homestay guideline separately says classifications would be finalised within 30 days of receipt of a complete application. These should not be merged into a promise of “approval in 30 days.” [S1, s.9(3); S4, inspection/classification provision] No deemed registration under the Tourism Act should be represented as deeming separate building, fire, food, local-body, environmental, tax or foreigner-reporting compliance.

09 / Fees, timelines, validity and renewal

Confirm fees, timing and certificate validity

Legacy certificates

A certificate issued for a three-year period should be checked by its actual issue/expiry dates. No official instrument was located automatically extending historical certificates merely because the old fee schedule expired.

10 / Operating duties after registration

Run the registered homestay correctly

Display, rates and billing

Registered homestays are required under the located guideline to maintain/display prescribed information including:

• name/identity of the establishment;
• registration/classification certificate conspicuously;
• Government-approved room tariffs;
• emergency contacts;
• emergency-exit information inside rooms; and
• classification status. The guideline says the owner is to charge Tourism-approved rates and provides for tariff revision through the classification mechanism; the published wording contemplates revisions generally once every two years on application. Bills/receipts and prescribed books must be maintained. [S4, operating provisions]

Guest records

The published state materials require:

• a tourist/guest register;
• guest identity details;
• address and stay information;
• passport particulars for foreigners;
• Government-issued identification information for Indian guests;
• arrival/departure entries;
• visitor records;
• complaint/suggestion book; and
• prescribed bill/receipt records. The guideline also calls for a monthly visitor report to the Director of Tourism and fortnightly guest information to the concerned municipal body and police. [S2 Annex E; S4] The applicable retention period for ordinary domestic guest records is Not stated in the current official material reviewed.

Foreign guests

The state guideline's older references to Form 25/Form C should not be presented as the current national immigration instrument without qualification. The Immigration and Foreigners Rules, 2025 now require an accommodation keeper, including a homestay, to:

• electronically transmit prescribed foreign-guest particulars in Form III no later than 24 hours after arrival;
• transmit departure particulars no later than 24 hours after departure; and
• retain the electronic accommodation record for at least one year. [S11, r.17]

Staff and police verification

• Owner/promoter local police clearance is explicit.
• A universal Mizoram homestay requirement for police verification of every employee or caretaker was Not stated in the current official material reviewed.
• Individual scheme conditions, local police directions or other employment law may add requirements and should be checked separately.

Training

Post-registration training is described as compulsory in the guideline; failure to attend can support cancellation. [S4] A local-employment quota for ordinary Mizoram homestays was Not stated in the current official material reviewed.

Safety and maintenance

Ongoing duties include:

• maintaining cleanliness, hygiene and facilities;
• fire and safety arrangements;
• CCTV at reception/corridors under the published guideline;
• smoke/heat detectors under Annex E;
• proper garbage disposal;
• public-liability insurance under Annex E;
• first-aid/medical contacts;
• maintaining advertised facilities accurately; and
• correcting deficiencies found during inspection.

Food

Tourism classification does not replace food-safety regulation. Where the operator carries on a food business, current FSSAI/FoSCoS rules must be assessed separately. From 1 April 2026 the general turnover categories are:

• Registration: turnover up to ₹1.5 crore;
• State Licence: above ₹1.5 crore and up to ₹50 crore;
• Central Licence: above ₹50 crore. FSSAI licence/registration validity is now perpetual unless suspended, cancelled or surrendered, subject to continuing compliance. [S12] This does not mean that every homestay automatically needs the same FSSAI category; the actual food activity must first be classified.

Tax

Tourism registration does not settle income tax or GST. CBIC's section 22 currently states a ₹10-lakh threshold for taxable supplies made from a special-category state such as Mizoram, subject to other compulsory-registration provisions and the actual supply structure. [S14, CGST Act s.22] GST treatment should be reviewed against the actual owner/operator contracts, turnover, supplies and platform arrangements rather than inferred from the Tourism certificate.

Incident reporting

A separate comprehensive state homestay incident-reporting rule beyond ordinary police/emergency obligations was Not stated in the current official material reviewed.

11 / Adjacent approvals and dependencies

Close the approvals outside Tourism

12 / Incentives, subsidy and funding

Evaluate incentives without assuming sanction

A. Mizoram Homestay Guidelines — state-listed facilitation/concessions

The guideline lists benefits for duly registered homestays including:

• use of Mizoram Tourism branding;
• domestic electricity/water-rate treatment;
• residential property-tax treatment by appropriate authorities;
• facilitation of loans from financial institutions for improvement/conversion of existing houses;
• training;
• listing on Tourism websites/brochures;
• possible participation in tourism fairs/B2B activity; and
• recognition/award opportunities. [S4, incentives section, PDF pp.179–180] Important limitation: no separate current utility order, property-tax order, loan-sanction mechanism or automatic entitlement instrument was located during this review. The applicant should therefore not model a domestic tariff, tax saving or loan as guaranteed until confirmed with the actual competent authority. There is also an internal source conflict because an eligibility line says the proposed homestay should not be enjoying benefits under a State/Central policy/Act/guideline while the same Homestay Guidelines later enumerate benefits for registered homestays. See §17.

B. UNNATI 2024 — DPIIT Homestay Guidelines

The official DPIIT Homestay Guidelines under UNNATI 2024 recognize homestays as eligible service-sector projects subject to the scheme's separate investment, registration, location and sanction conditions. [S17] Key scheme conditions located include:

• minimum eligible investment of ₹50 lakh;
• separate UNNATI registration/approval rather than automatic eligibility from a Tourism certificate;
• state Tourism registration and other statutory licences;
• location-linked requirements, including scheme guidance concerning proximity to identified tourist attractions/events;
• investment/appraisal documentation and DIC/state/DPIIT implementation stages;
• scheme-specific room/caretaker/title provisions that do not amend Mizoram's homestay registration rules. The scheme's Capital Investment Incentive formula distinguishes Zone A/Zone B and GST-applicable/non-applicable units, with separate ceilings; Capital Interest Subvention and Manufacturing & Services Linked Incentive are also scheme-specific. Do not use the UNNATI capacity wording as Mizoram licensing permission. The UNNATI homestay document permits a broader scheme range than Mizoram's located five-room homestay ceiling. State Tourism eligibility remains separately necessary. Application status: the statutory/official UNNATI registration period was subsequently extended in 2026, but the official UNNATI implementation portal was found to state that further registrations had been stopped because applications exceeded available funding. Accordingly, a prospective 2026 applicant must not be promised an open intake merely from the formal end date. Assistance is not automatic: registration, appraisal, location eligibility, expenditure eligibility, fund availability and sanction all matter.

C. PM-JUGA — Development of Homestays in Tribal Areas

The Ministry of Tourism scheme provides, subject to the State/UT cluster route:

• up to ₹5 lakh per village for community requirements;
• up to ₹5 lakh per household for construction of two new rooms; and
• up to ₹3 lakh per household for renovation of existing rooms. The scheme contemplates 5–10 homestays per village in a cluster of 5–6 villages, with assistance to a State/UT capped at ₹5 crore under the guidelines. [S18] For Mizoram, an official 2026 project list records: > Development of Tribal Homestays in Central and Southern clusters, Mizoram — sanctioned cost ₹5.00 crore. [S19] This is not a general ₹5-lakh grant automatically available to any Mizoram property owner. The State identifies the eligible villages/beneficiaries and submits/implements the sanctioned cluster project.
• Current named beneficiary villages: Not stated in the current official material reviewed reviewed here.
• Current public individual application window: Not stated in the material reviewed.
• Current Mizoram beneficiary-disbursement status: Not stated in the material reviewed in a sufficiently recent project-specific official release.

D. PMMY/MUDRA for homestays

The Ministry of Tourism confirms that a homestay category was introduced under PMMY and that rural homestays may use the Jan Samarth route. [S22] Current general PMMY limits are:

PMMY is institutional collateral-free credit, not a subsidy; sanction is by participating banks/NBFCs/MFIs and other member lending institutions. Interest rate, repayment period, underwriting and disbursement are lender-specific. [S21] No property acquisition or operating plan should assume that digital eligibility equals lender sanction.

13 / Business implications

Translate the rules into a workable project

Before selecting or acquiring a property

For each proposed project, establish at minimum:

1. exact address and local-body jurisdiction;
2. current title and all co-owner interests;
3. whether ownership is individual, joint, inherited or leased;
4. proposed Tourism-registration holder;
5. who will actually live on the premises;
6. whether the owner/promoter residence condition is achievable;
7. tourist-room/bed plan;
8. whether a one- or two-room configuration is contemplated;
9. sanctioned building status;
10. road/access position;
11. protected/forest/environmental constraints;
12. applicable local registration/trade requirements; and
13. whether any proposed incentive is genuinely open and property-applicable. A capital-only participant should therefore begin with regulatory/property screening rather than assuming a corporate wrapper creates homestay eligibility.

Before construction or renovation

Design should be tested against:

• 100/120 sq ft room minima;
• 30 sq ft bathroom minimum;
• attached bathroom requirements;
• hot/cold water;
• drainage;
• dining/kitchen arrangements;
• fire equipment/detectors;
• guest safety;
• waste;
• access;
• parking;
• insurance;
• classification requirements; and
• local building rules. Tourism standards do not substitute for sanctioned planning/building permission.

Registration holder versus operating entity

The Act's generic “hotel keeper” concept accommodates owner/operator/manager relationships at a broad tourist-trade level. The homestay-specific guideline, however, is based around a resident owner/promoter and individuals/families. Therefore:

• it is not established that a professional management company may itself be the homestay certificate holder;
• it is not established that an LLP may replace the individual resident owner;
• it is not established that management-contract control can cure a non-resident owner;
• a lease is specifically contemplated in Form 3 but conflicts with the published ownership eligibility condition. A management agreement may allocate commercial and operational responsibilities between parties, but it cannot independently create regulatory eligibility.

Property-development scope

Any construction, extension, conversion or material alteration depends on:

• title/lease rights;
• local building permission;
• land/use status;
• engineering compliance;
• address-specific fire/environment rules; and
• eventual Tourism inspection.

Property assessment/commercial planning file

A project property assessment should expressly record:

• title status;
• co-owner consent;
• applicant/resident-host structure;
• room count and bed count;
• room/bath measurements;
• local building file;
• safety deficiencies;
• utility position;
• local registration requirements;
• FSSAI implications;
• foreign-guest workflow;
• insurance;
• current fee uncertainty;
• incentives only as conditional/upside items; and
• unresolved written-authority questions. No fixed ownership percentage, capital contribution or income commitment can be derived from the Tourism rules.

14 / Official-source conflicts

Resolve conflicting official instructions

Conflict 1 — minimum number of rooms

Source A: Homestay Guidelines, eligibility section. Proposition: an individual/family may make available up to five rooms; no minimum is stated. Source B: Annexure E to the Registration Rules/checklist. Proposition: minimum three lettable rooms, maximum five rooms/ten beds. Affected properties: proposed one- and two-room homestays. Hierarchy/date resolution: no amendment expressly resolving the contradiction was located. Status: The official sources are not aligned. Written authority required: Director of Tourism/concerned Prescribed Authority and classification authority.

Conflict 2 — owner versus lessee

Source A: Homestay Guidelines eligibility item 1. Proposition: owner/promoter should own the property. Source B: Form 3 under the Rules. Proposition: title is expressly requested as owned/leased, with sale/lease deed documentation and Lease Certificate references. Affected properties: long-term lessees; owner/operator lease structures; company leases. Hierarchy: Form 3 is within the statutory Rules, while the Homestay Guidelines provide category-specific eligibility. The documents do not say how to reconcile them. Status: The official sources are not aligned.

Conflict 3 — appeal period

Source A: Act s.35. Proposition: appeal from an order under the Act within 90 days of communication, subject to delayed admission for sufficient cause. Source B: Homestay Guidelines. Proposition: appeal concerning classification/reclassification is stated within 30 days to the Secretary, Tourism. Affected properties: applicants challenging classification/refusal. These may represent a special administrative classification route versus the broader statutory appeal, but the source does not expressly reconcile them. Status: The official sources are not aligned / scope clarification required. Practical risk control: do not rely on the longer period where a 30-day classification appeal may apply.

Conflict 4 — inspection report at application stage

Source A: Form 3 document list. Proposition: an Inspection Report appears among application documents. Source B: Homestay Guidelines process. Proposition: physical inspection occurs after application. Affected properties: all new applicants. Status: The official sources are not aligned as to staging.

Conflict 5 — “no benefits” eligibility language versus incentive section

Source A: Homestay eligibility clause. Proposition: proposed homestay language includes not enjoying benefits under State/Central policy/Act/guidelines. Source B: Homestay Guidelines incentives section. Proposition: duly registered homestays are specifically eligible for listed benefits/facilitation. Affected properties: subsidised/concession-backed properties. The first clause may intend to prevent overlapping pre-existing benefits, but that interpretation is not expressly established. Status: The official sources are not aligned.

Conflict 6 — Protected Area Permit information for foreigners

Source A: current Mizoram Tourism foreign-entry information page says, following the 17 December 2024 change described there, foreigners are to use the PAP/e-FRRO process and accommodation providers must lodge foreigner details. [S9] Source B: current Mizoram Tourism “Entry Formalities” page says foreign tourists are not required to obtain Protected Area Permit, except specified nationalities/origins requiring prior MHA approval. [S10] Affected persons: foreign guests and accommodation providers advising them. Status: The official sources are not aligned. The accommodation provider's national Form III reporting duty is separately clear under S11 and should not be conflated with guest-entry permission.

Conflict 7 — UNNATI room rules versus Mizoram homestay licensing

UNNATI's funding guidelines use scheme-specific capacity/title/caretaker parameters that are broader than the state homestay material. [S17] This is principally a scope conflict, not proof of statutory repeal. A central funding guideline cannot safely be read as expanding the state licence to nine rooms or replacing the resident-owner model. Practical rule: a Mizoram project seeking UNNATI support must independently satisfy the state Tourism registration that is actually applicable.

Conflict 8 — UNNATI's FSSAI wording versus current FSSAI framework

UNNATI's homestay document contains scheme-era food-licensing wording, while FSSAI changed the general licensing/registration thresholds and validity framework from 1 April 2026. [S12/S17] For food law, current FSSAI rules govern. For UNNATI's own documentary checklist, DPIIT/DIC should confirm whether its older scheme field has been administratively updated.

Conflict/currentness gap 9 — 2026 Amendment Rules

The Assembly officially records that Amendment Rules, 2026 were laid on 2 March 2026, but their complete text was not located. [S24] This means individual 2020/2021 rule statements cannot yet be described as the entire current rulebook.

Conflict/currentness gap 10 — fees

The only located state Tourism fee notification expressly covered three years from 2020. No later schedule was located. Status: CURRENT FEE Not stated in the current official material reviewed.

15 / Unresolved questions for the authority

Take the remaining questions to the authority

1. Please provide the Gazette publication, Gazette issue number, effective date and complete text of The Mizoram (Registration of Tourist Trade) (Amendment) Rules, 2026 laid before the Assembly on 2 March 2026, and identify every provision of the 2020/2021 Rules or homestay guidelines that it modifies.
2. What is the current 2026 fee notification for a new Gold, Silver or Bronze homestay, processing/inspection, renewal, duplicate certificate and reclassification, given that the 31 July 2020 notification expressly fixed fees only for three years?
3. Can a property offering one or two tourist rooms register as a Mizoram homestay, given the Homestay Guidelines' five-room maximum but Annexure E's three-room minimum?
4. Can a registered long-term lessee be the homestay registration holder, given Form 3's “owned/leased” field and lease-deed requirements but the Homestay Guidelines' owner/promoter ownership condition?
5. Can a private limited company, LLP or partnership firm hold a Mizoram homestay registration in its own name?
6. If a company/LLP cannot be the certificate holder, may it act solely as management/operator while the resident individual owner holds the registration?
7. Can a caretaker satisfy the physical-residence condition where the owner lives elsewhere?
8. Does the requirement that the owner/promoter reside “in the same premises/campus in close proximity” have a measurable distance or title test?
9. Does the three-room Annexure E rule count only guest rooms or all rooms in the building?
10. How is the ten-bed maximum calculated for extra beds/children?
11. Is an Inspection Report genuinely required as an initial Form 3 attachment, or is it generated by Tourism after filing?
12. Is a separate Fire NOC currently required for every homestay, or only when triggered by building size/use/location?
13. Is a structural-stability, completion or occupancy certificate now required in addition to the certified building plan?
14. What is the current online route for renewal, and how should the three-month reclassification language be reconciled with the 60-day renewal-fee language?
15. Which changes require prior approval rather than simple notification—for example additional rooms, reduction of rooms, change of owner, change of operator, company management agreement or major renovation?
16. For homestay classification disputes, does the 30-day guideline appeal replace or coexist with the Act's 90-day appeal under s.35?
17. How should the eligibility language concerning establishments not enjoying State/Central benefits be reconciled with the Homestay Guidelines' own incentive section?
18. Are domestic electricity/water tariffs and residential property-tax treatment currently implemented statewide for registered homestays? If so, please identify the implementing orders.
19. What documentary process applies for post-Tourism Local Council/Village Council registration, and what is the equivalent requirement in urban/municipal areas?
20. Please provide a current district/sub-division directory of prescribed authorities for Aizawl, Lunglei, Champhai, Kolasib, Serchhip, Lawngtlai, Mamit, Siaha, Khawzawl, Saitual and Hnahthial.
21. Which of the two current Mizoram Tourism foreign-entry pages gives the Department's present official position on PAP requirements for foreign tourists?
22. For PM-JUGA's ₹5-crore Central/Southern Mizoram homestay project, which villages/households are eligible, what is the beneficiary-selection process and is any application currently open?
23. Under UNNATI, what Mizoram list/map defines eligible attractions and the required location radius for homestay projects?
24. If the UNNATI portal is not currently accepting further applications because of funding limits, can any new Mizoram homestay application still be accepted through DIC/DPIIT?
25. Has any 2026 notification changed the Form 3 upload list, police-clearance requirement, classification scores, room limits or three-year validity?