The Andaman & Nicobar Administration is implementing an incentive oriented Scheme/Programme namely “5O% Subsidy for procurement of Pollution Control Equipments or Captive Power Generation Sets or Solar Power or Wind Power or Bio Mass or Hydro Power for Micro & Small Enterprises set up in Andaman & Nicobar Islands through the Directorate of Industries during the 12th Five Year Plan Period 2012-2017.

Under this programme, post investment subsidy would be granted to any Micro & Small unit registered with the Industries Department at 50% subsidy limit to a maximum of Rs 7.50 lakhs for the procurement of Pollution Control Equipments and Captive Power Generation Sets and Rs 10.00 Lakhs for the procurement of Solar Power, Wind Power, Biomass, and Hydro Power Machineries and Equipments.

All the registered (obtained EM II) Micro & Small Enterprises are eligible for subsidy under the programme.

The details of the scheme can be obtained from the officials of the Directorate of Industries, Port Blair as well as in the Branch offices at Diglipur, Bakultala, Little Andaman, Car Nicobar and Campbell Bay on working days between 09:00 AM & 05:00 PM or from the website of the A & N Administration (www.and.nic.in).

For further details, the Assistant Director (Tech-I), Directorate of Industries, Port Blair (Ph:231517), Shri A. Joga Rao, Industries Promotion Officer, Directorate of Industries, Port Blair, Industries Promotion Officer, ITC, Diglipur (Ph:272287), Industries Promotion Officer, ITC, Bakultala (Ph:277807), Industries Promotion Officer, ITC, Little Andaman (Ph: 284087), Industries Promotion Officer, ITC, Car Nicobar and Industries Promotion Officer, ITC, Campbell Bay (Ph: 264105) may be contacted.