LICENCES OR CLEARANCES REQUIRED TO SETUP / RUN INDUSTREIS /

ENTERPRISES UNDER MICRO AND SMALL SECTOR

Before according necessary approval for any assistances, the authority concerned
demands that the entrepreneur should obtain the necessary clearances and/or licenses,
as may be required as per statues from the relevant authorities relating to various Acts
and rules framed thereunder. An illustrative list of such licences / clearances vis-a-vis the
issuing authorities against each category of enterprise is given below :

Sl Type of Issuing Type of groups of

No. Licences / clearances Auithority Industries requiring licences
A. GENERAL FOR ALL GROUP
1 Trade licence or Trade Concerned ‘ Gram Panchayat’ , All types/groups of
Certificate of Enlistments ‘ Municipality’ or ‘ Notified industry/Trade etc.
Authority’
2 Health licence/Food licence Concerned/municipality All types/groups of industries
attract health precautions
3 VAT Registration Commercial Tax Office Almost every group of
Beliaghata, Calcutta & Branch industries, excluding those
Office of Assistant C.T.O. at specifically exempted.
District Level
4 Central Excise a) Commissioner of Central Exclusive list not available.
a) Registration excise, Poddar Court, Illustratively, Bidi (Scale or
Calcutta production) plywood,
b) Clearance b)Asst.Commissioner, Branch chemicals, paints, paper,
Office, at the respective paper board, glass, glass
district bottles, containers, plastic and
polymer products, m/c mfg.,
consumer durables, printing
ink, printing m/c & its
accessories, oils & fertilizers
vegetagle oil, electronics.
5 Pollution Control i)West Bengal Pollution Industries falling under
a) No objection certificate Control Board, Paribesh Special Red, Red, Orange &
Bhawan, Bldg. No.10A, Block- Green Categories (list
b) Environment protection / LA, Sector-III, Salt Lake City, available with DIC)
Prevention and Pollution Kolkata-98
Control – Water / Air ii)Environmental Engineer,
c) Consent WBPCB, How.Regnl.Office,
7,Haradev Bhattacherjee Ln,
Shibpur,Howrah-711102
iii)DIC for some specified
category.
6 Licences/Registration under a)Chief Inspector of Factories/ Specified group of industries
the Factories Act, 1948, Labour Commissioner, employing 10 & above with
otherwise, memorandum to be N.S.Bldgs., Kolkata power or 20 & above without
filled to the central b) District Inspector of power and 50 or 100
secretariate. Factories. respectively in case of small
scale.

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Sl Type of Issuing Type of groups of
No. Licences / clearances Auithority Industries requiring licences
7 Employees state Insurance a) Director / ESI, Grant Lane, Industries attracting the
and Provident Fund Kolkata relevant provisions of the
clearances b)Commissioner/Asst.Commi- respective acts and rules
ssioner Public Provident Fund framed thereunder.
Park Street, Kolkata.
c)Employees Provident Fund
Organisation, Sub-Regional
Office, 24,Belilious Rd, How-1
8 Professional Tax Professional Tax Any type / group of business
Commissioner, Kolkata (industries/service/trade)
B. PRODUCT BASED
9 Dangerous/hazardous items Panchayat Samity Industries of Chemical groups
Dealing/manufacturing licence
10 Fire Licence a) Directorate of Fire Service, Colour, Paints, Hazardous
a) Licence Free school Street, Kolkata chemi-cals, printing ink,
b)No objection certificate b) Deptt. Of LGUD, Stephen Paraffin, Camphor, Sulphur,
Spirit, FO, LPG, Bitumen
(as per range of use) House, Kolkata Plastic & Polymer products,
c)District Magistrate Jute, paper & allied items, oils
d)Panchayet & Municipality & fertilizer, vegetable oil,
kerosene oil etc. etc.
11 Food Procesing Order / Food Processing & Fruits & Vegetable
Licence Horticulture Industries Corpn. preservation activity &
Of West Bengal, Mayukh products out of them.
Bhawan, Salt Lake City,
Kolkata-91.
12 Drugs & Cosmetics License a) Department / Drug Centre, Drugs & Pharmaceutical
CMS Bldg, 141, AJC Rd, based items and cosmetics
group
Kolkata-14
b)Drug Controller, Colootola
Street, Kolkata-12 (other than
Alophatic)
13 Forest License Divisional Forest Officer Saw Mill / katha out of Khoir
Wood / Plywood veneer /
wood panel products / match
box / boxes / industrial
packing case out of wood.
14 Explosive Clearance a)Controller of Explosives, a) Fire Works
a)License 8, Esplanade East, b) Match Sticks
b)No objection certificate Kolkata-69 c) Furnace Oil (as per range
c)Clearance b) District Authority of storing)
15 Husking / Milling licence District Controller of Food & Paddy husking Agricultural
Supply rice milling
16 Quarry Permit / Royalty DLLRO of the District Brick / Tiles & Mineral
Based product
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Sl Type of Issuing Type of groups of

No. Licences / clearances Auithority Industries requiring licences
C. LOCATION BASED
17 Clearance under Town and a) Zilla Parishad All industries going in for land
country planning Act b) Notified Area Development under possession &
Authority construction for business.
18 Urban Land Ceiling Clearance a)Sub-Divisional Officer Industries having excess
b)DLLRO vacant land under possession.
19 Conversion of land a) BLLRO of the Block Any industry having land
(Clearance) & Mutation b)DLLRO of the District in possession.
c)Panchayet/Municipality
D. EQUIPMENT BASED
20 Installation of Diesel Genera- a) Commercial Officer, Any type/group of business
ting set Clearance / Permi- Power Deptt., Harish Mukh- (industry / service / trade)
Ssion and Registration erjee Rd, Kolkata
b)Inspector of District Level
21 Boiler Registration Certificate Chief Inspector of Boiler All types of industries using
New Secretariat Bldg, Kol-1 Boiler
E. STORAGE OF E.C.
22 a) Licence a) District Controller of Food Industries using commodities
b) Permit & Supply under ‘ Essential Commodities
c)No objection certificate b) Sub-Divisional Officer Classification’ in terms of the
relevant Act.
c)District Magistrate

LGUD=Local Government and Urban Development, FO=Furnace Oil, LPG=Liquid Petroleum Gas,
DLLRO=District Level Land Revenue Officer, EC=Essential Commodities.