UPPCS GS-VI

UP Homestay and Bed & Breakfast Policy, 2025

Battle IAS UP current affairs title card: UP Homestay and Bed & Breakfast Policy, 2025 (, 3 June 2025)

What happened

  • The Cabinet approved the UP Homestay and Bed & Breakfast (B&B) Policy, 2025. [UP Cabinet]

Background

  • Until now such units registered on the Centre’s NIDHI Plus portal because UP had no policy. [UP Cabinet]

Why it matters

  • Homestays add rooms at pilgrim towns cheaply and give income to households.

How to use this in Mains

GS-VI UP tourism

  1. Homestays add rooms at pilgrim towns cheaply and give income to households.
Quotable data point

The Cabinet approved the UP Homestay and Bed & Breakfast (B&B) Policy, 2025 [UP Cabinet].

UP Information Dept: Cabinet decisions, 3 June 2025 (Hindi PDF)

Exam angle

UPPCS

GS-VI: UP tourism.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPPCS

Before UP's 2025 homestay policy, units registered on

Answer (b) & explanation

Source: as cited in this article.

Official source: UP Information Dept: Cabinet decisions, 3 June 2025 (Hindi PDF)

facts from cited sources only; numbers machine-checked against source text; faculty review pending