AKHB Industrial Investment Desk

Industrial investment policies
and project-readiness guides.

A practical starting point for promoters comparing location, incentives, approvals and evidence across Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha.

Benefits by type

Industrial Benefits Explorer

Select your priorities to create a focused review checklist. The result identifies review areas, not an incentive amount or approval.

Select a state, sector, stage and benefit priorities to organise your review.

Tax-character review

What is the subsidy designed to do?

The scheme label is not the conclusion. Record its operative purpose, trigger, measure and use restriction before evaluating tax or accounting treatment.

Start with the notification.Complete all four fields to generate an indicative evidence note. This is not an eligibility, tax or accounting conclusion.

Read the 7 October 2026 Mepco purpose-test note →

Build a review list

Select one or more benefit categories above. Then compare the state policy route and gather the evidence noted below.

Benefits by state

Five official policy routes, one comparison discipline

These cards identify the official policy universe and the first questions to test. Validity and continuation remain subject to the operative instrument and implementation guidelines.

Bihar

Industries Department & sector schemes

Review the principal investment-promotion framework together with sector policies, BIADA location, eligible fixed capital, commencement and claim procedure.

  • Industrial promotion framework
  • Textile, leather, bio-fuels and other sector routes
  • Land, power, employment, SGST and stamp-duty questions
Official Bihar Industries portal ↗Portal availability was intermittent during this review; confirm the operative instrument before reliance.
Uttar Pradesh

IIEPP 2022 and implementation orders

The official Invest UP page classifies large through ultra-mega projects and presents mutually exclusive incentive options, geographic stamp-duty treatment and implementation orders.

  • Investment category and eligible capital
  • Capital subsidy, net SGST or PLI top-up option
  • Regional, employment, export and ecosystem conditions
Official Invest UP policy page ↗Rates and ceilings require project-specific verification under the policy and applicable GO/SOP.
Jharkhand

Principal, MSME and sector policies

The State portal lists the Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy 2021 and later industrial park, logistics, MSME, export, ethanol and food-processing policies.

  • Principal-policy validity and sector overlap
  • MSME or larger-project classification
  • Location, mineral, logistics and processing conditions
Official Jharkhand policy repository ↗A listing alone does not prove that every older policy remains operative.
West Bengal

MSME incentive and SilpaSathi routes

Review the applicable generation of the state incentive scheme, enterprise classification, location and the prescribed route for capital, interest, power, stamp-duty and SGST claims.

  • Scheme generation and validity
  • MSME registration and location category
  • Application, sanction and claim-stage evidence
Official West Bengal MSME portal ↗Confirm the current scheme, forms and application window on the official system.
Odisha

IPR 2022, amendments and sector policies

Invest Odisha publishes IPR 2022, two amendments and sector policies covering manufacturing, food processing, logistics, renewable energy, MSMEs, pharmaceuticals and more.

  • Priority-sector and thrust-sector status
  • Amended IPR conditions and negative list
  • IDCO land and state approval route
Official Invest Odisha framework ↗Apply the principal resolution together with amendments and the relevant sector policy.

Location comparison

Compare what changes the answer

The same project can produce a different result across states because definitions, geography, eligible investment and timing differ.

Decision factorBiharUttar PradeshJharkhandWest BengalOdisha
Principal routeIndustries Dept.Invest UP / IIEPPState policy repositoryMSME / SilpaSathiInvest Odisha / IPR
Project classVerify policy categoryLarge to Ultra-Mega; MSME routes separatelyMSME / sector / larger projectEnterprise and scheme categoryPolicy and sector category
GeographyDistrict and industrial areaRegion and districtLocation and sectorLocation categoryDistrict, sector and industrial area
Benefit amountDetermine only after eligible-investment, cap, period, exclusions and commencement are verified.

Investor-readiness file

Evidence to assemble before choosing a location

  1. 01

    Project identity

    Promoter, entity, ownership, MSME status, sector, product, capacity and implementation schedule.

  2. 02

    Investment base

    Land, building, plant and machinery, utilities, intangible and pre-operative costs with funding sources.

  3. 03

    Operating footprint

    Power, water, raw material, logistics, employment, exports, environmental impact and industrial-park needs.

  4. 04

    Milestones & approvals

    Land control, registrations, consent-to-establish, construction, trial production, commercial production and incentive applications.

  5. 05

    Audit trail

    Invoices, payments, asset register, financing, employment records, tax deposits, certificates and claim reconciliations.

Potential eligibility, not a promise

AKHB can convert the project facts into a policy comparison, approvals matrix, evidence plan and claim-readiness review. Sanction and disbursal remain with the competent authority.

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