M/o Tourism Formulates Action Plan for Incredible India Bed & Breakfast /Home Stay Scheme
1. As Home Stay / Bed & Breakfast is the need of the hour, it was decided to revisit the scheme guidelines and update it based on present and future requirements.
2. To ensure expansion of Home Stay Scheme in State where it is already prevalent and introduction where it is not there.
3. Move towards ease of doing business through rationalization of taxes, simplification of procedures etc.
4. Launch an aggressive marketing strategy to enlist more B&B Establishments. 5. Involve online travel agents in promoting this scheme and bring it on the fast-track.
6. Groups were constituted to study various aspects of this scheme and submit recommendations in a time bound manner.
The Ministry of Tourism organised a Workshop on Incredible India Bed & Breakfast /Home Stay Scheme here on 30th May 2016. It was chaired by Shri Vinod Zutshi, Secretary, M/o Tourism and attended by officials from various State Governments, representatives from Hospitality and Travel Trade Industry, CEOs of online travel agents and officials of the Ministry of Tourism.
This workshop was conducted with the prime objective of meeting shortage of rooms in accommodation sector – specially the budget category. As construction of hotels has a long gestation period, it was felt that the desired additional hotel capacity can be supplemented substantially by giving impetus to the Incredible India Bed & Breakfast Scheme of the Ministry of Tourism as well as similar schemes run by the State Governments and Online Travel Agents.
- Bed and Breakfast Scheme
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What about GST on ” Incredible India Bed & Breakfast /Home Stay Scheme”
Is it applicable. Because all Travel Agents who sell like Make my trip.com Booking.com etc do not have a segregation of Bed & Breakfast/Guest Houses and Hotels. They are all listed together.
Although it clearly says Please read below.
Services in any case by way of renting of residential dwelling for use as residence, is exempt for levy of GST, vide srl no. 7 (Page 6)of Service Tax Exemption schedule….. as decided by GST Council as given at the following site.
http://www.cbec.gov.in/resources//htdocs-cbec/gst/Schedule%20of%20GST%20rates%20for%20services.pdf
Please kindly help….verify and confirm.
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