Before you apply
Start with the category, not the listing.
Write down who owns the property, who will live there, its location and every room’s proposed use. Use those facts to establish the registration route before commissioning work or signing a management agreement.
This guide includes the June 2026 amendments. Older summaries are not enough.
Scope: A source-checked planning guide for Uttar Pradesh, prepared with AI assistance—not independently reviewed legal advice or confirmation that a particular property qualifies. Conflicting official wording is identified below rather than treated as settled.
01 / Current policy
Read the policy with its amendments.
The scheme began with the order dated 9 June 2025. The portal’s consolidated file includes amendments through 16 June 2026; its final two pages revise room limits, the B&B lease provision and renewal. UP Tourism · Policy and amendment orders · p. 27
The official services portal separates the Homestay and B&B Policy 2025 registration from Tourism Policy 2022 investment services. Follow the service matching your purpose. UP Tourism · Official services and policy downloads
Keep a dated copy of the material used for your application. If someone gives you a different answer, ask which order, clause and property category it is based on. A screenshot without a source date is difficult to rely on later.
02 / Property category
Who lives there changes the route.
| Category | Starting distinction |
|---|---|
| Homestay | The owner or the owner’s family resides on site. The June amendment permits 1–8 registered rooms, up to 16 beds. |
| Rural homestay | The SOP places this category outside the urban/municipal boundary; homestay eligibility otherwise applies. |
| B&B | A resident caretaker is required; the owner need not reside there. The June amendment permits up to 8 let rooms, or a 16-bed dormitory, and specifies a minimum three-year lease for leased buildings. |
UP Tourism · Policy and amendment orders · p. 27 UP Tourism · Current standard operating procedure · p. 3
For a managed property: describe the actual living and staffing arrangement. Calling the accommodation a homestay on a booking website does not decide its legal category. For land or a property that still needs development, resolve the permitted use before assuming this registration route will fit the finished project.
03 / Points needing confirmation
Do not design around an unresolved rule.
The amended B&B clause excludes buildings above 8 rooms; the SOP eligibility text says above 9, while its inspection checklist still shows 6 let rooms. Ask for written confirmation of the total-room and guest-room counts for your plan. UP Tourism · Policy and amendment orders · p. 28 UP Tourism · Current standard operating procedure · p. 12
Prepare one marked floor plan showing guest rooms, owner/caretaker rooms and shared areas. Ask the district tourism office to identify the applicable clause before you add a room or pay for a conversion.
For a leased property, also ask who can register and receive benefits: the amended B&B definition discusses leasing, while the SOP uses owner-only registration language. Do not treat a management contract or an LLP as an automatic answer. UP Tourism · Current standard operating procedure · p. 4
Save the written response with your application file. These are specific questions to resolve, not reasons to guess that a property is either eligible or prohibited.
04 / Documents
Prepare one consistent property file.
The SOP lists identity, ownership and address evidence, a room-marked plan and affidavit, a police character certificate, and caretaker identity for applicable B&B cases. Co-ownership requires other owners’ consent. UP Tourism · Current standard operating procedure · p. 4
Our working-file checklist adds practical organisation around those requirements. It is not a replacement for the department’s application form:
- Use the same applicant name, address and property description across the file.
- Keep a labelled plan and photographs that describe the property as it is today.
- Record outstanding consents, missing records and discrepancies rather than concealing them.
- Keep submission receipts, queries, replies and the eventual certificate together.
Use the right affidavit.
The homestay format asks about rooms, personal use and family residence. The B&B format separately refers to personal and caretaker use. Both specify ₹100 stamp paper and notarisation. UP Tourism · Homestay affidavit format UP Tourism · B&B affidavit format
Download the official format, not a recreated form from this site. Some wording refers to an already registered unit: establish the correct application-stage wording with the department before signing. Never sign a declaration that is untrue.
Download our property-file checklist (.txt) ↓05 / Registration
Apply through the department. Keep the trail.
The public registration login includes a “Register Here” account link. We checked that entry point, not a completed submission or payment. UP Tourism · Homestay and B&B registration login
- Confirm the category. Resolve the specific property questions before entering information as settled fact.
- Prepare the file. Compare your documents with the current portal and SOP, not a saved checklist from an older year.
- Submit and retain the acknowledgement. Keep the application reference and copies of what you supplied.
- Track requests and inspection. Assign one person to check the application, answer queries and maintain the reply record.
- Review the outcome. Check the certificate’s names, address, category, room count, conditions and dates before relying on it.
The SOP sets a 60-day district process and 15 days to answer queries. Its fallback referral to the Directorate is not automatic registration. UP Tourism · Current standard operating procedure · p. 6
A Rudraleela property enquiry is for assessing a possible partnership. It does not submit your government registration, pay an official fee or authorise opening.
Open the official registration login ↗06 / Fees and renewal
Separate the registration fee from the setup budget.
| Category | Registration fee |
|---|---|
| Silver homestay / B&B | ₹2,000 |
| Gold homestay / B&B | ₹3,000 |
| Rural homestay / dormitory | ₹100 |
The SOP gives three-year certificate validity. Confirm the payable amount on the official portal; these are not Rudraleela fees. UP Tourism · Current standard operating procedure · p. 7
The June amendment introduces portal self-renewal during the three months before expiry. The SOP retains older advance-application wording. Confirm the live renewal workflow; do not assume a certificate renews without action. UP Tourism · Policy and amendment orders · p. 28
Budget separately for required work, professional services, documents, equipment and working cash. A small registration fee says nothing about the cost of making a particular property ready. Set reminders for every approval and keep proof of renewal, not only proof of payment.
07 / Property readiness
Use the inspection checklist as a work list.
Use the SOP’s inspection checklist to assess gaps before purchasing equipment. UP Tourism · Current standard operating procedure · p. 12 Separate confirmed requirements from questions awaiting a department response.
For each gap, record the work, the person responsible, the quoted cost and how completion will be checked. Test water, lighting, bathrooms, guest access and emergency arrangements. Keep photographs and service records where they help demonstrate what has been completed.
For any camera installation, protect guest privacy: do not place cameras in bedrooms, bathrooms or other private spaces. Establish an appropriate common-area plan, signage, access controls and secure recordings rather than interpreting surveillance wording as permission to film everywhere.
Keep building use, local permissions, food service, taxes and foreign-guest reporting as separate checks. The national permissions guide provides official starting points. A tourism registration is not a substitute for checking those requirements.
08 / Money and management
Agree how the property will run.
The state portal mentions financial incentives and grants, but that is not a sanction for your property. UP Tourism · Official services and policy downloads Before including assistance in your cash plan, identify the scheme, eligible applicant, qualifying expenditure, application stage and written approval needed.
Keep the project workable if assistance is delayed or unavailable. Prepare monthly income-and-cost assumptions, an opening cash allowance and a list of work that can wait. Our national budget example explains why revenue is not the same as an owner’s payout.
For a Rudraleela partnership, the registration holder, property rights, required capital and daily responsibilities need to fit together. We would establish the registration path before agreeing who receives money, employs the team or contracts with guests—not force every property into the same share or entity.
09 / Common questions
Before you decide.
I live elsewhere. Does that end the discussion?
No. Describe the actual arrangement and use the category comparison to frame the question. A property being unsuitable for one category does not establish that every other route is available—or unavailable.
Can we form the LLP first and settle registration later?
That risks creating agreements around the wrong applicant or operating arrangement. Establish those roles first, then choose the business structure and contracts that fit.
Can Rudraleela guarantee registration or a subsidy?
No. The relevant authority decides. Our role in a proposed partnership is to organise the property review and preparation, not promise an approval we do not control.
Is this enough to open for bookings?
No. Use it to organise the process. Opening should follow the requirements confirmed for the address, completed work, available operating cash and a team ready to manage guests.
10 / Sources and review
Go back to the official document.
Checked . Policy and SOP summaries are our English explanations of the linked Hindi documents, not official translations. Where their wording differs, this guide identifies the question instead of claiming departmental confirmation.
- UP Tourism · Policy and amendment orders
Hindi. Original policy dated 9 June 2025; consolidated file includes the 16 June 2026 amendment on PDF pages 27–28. Read the revised column, not the superseded text beside it.
- UP Tourism · Current standard operating procedure
Hindi. Eligibility pp. 3–4; documents p. 4; process pp. 5–6; fees and renewal p. 7; owner duties pp. 9–10; inspection checklist p. 12. Some wording is not aligned with the amendment orders.
- UP Tourism · Official services and policy downloads
The starting point for the 2025 scheme, current document downloads and registration link. Its Tourism Policy 2022 investment service is a separate route.
- UP Tourism · Homestay and B&B registration login
Public login and account-registration link checked. No account was created and no application or payment was submitted during this review.
- UP Tourism · Homestay affidavit format
Official English format for the homestay declaration. Check that every statement is true for your property before signing.
- UP Tourism · B&B affidavit format
Official English format for the B&B declaration; distinct from the homestay format.
Review record
3 September 2026: First edition. Checked the portal-linked policy bundle, June amendment, SOP, affidavit formats and public registration entry point. Room-count, applicant and renewal questions remain subject to property-specific confirmation. No independent professional review is claimed.
Send a correction with the relevant official source. For property planning in Varanasi, continue with the Varanasi city guide; for the national sequence, use the India starting guide.