Factory means any premises where in 10 or more workers are working to carry out a manufacturing process with the aid of powers OR whereon 20 or more workers are working to carry out a manufacturing process without the aid of power.
Also, Government has made this act applicable to power looms, saw mills, certain industries which use hazardous chemicals, and certain processes carried out using flammable solvents by publishing a notification, even if the number of workers is less than 10.
Occupier is not allowed to use any premises as a ‘factory’ unless he has obtained a valid factory Act license.
FACTS OF THE CASE:
Following details about company:
| Sr No | Particulars | Details |
| 1 | Plant and Machinery | |
| 2 | Employees:
Male Female |
|
| 3 | Plot | |
| 4 | Built up |
SITE AND MACHINERY LAYOUT PLAN APPROVAL UNDER FACTORIES ACT 1948
The site plan, building layout plan and plant & machinery layout plan along with sectional elevation in duplicate shall be submitted to the Directorate of industrial Safety & Health office along with form. Following documents shall be attached with the application.
- Raw material list with maximum storage capacity and mode of storage.
- Process flow chart.
- Finished product list, intermediate product list.
- MPCB consent (optional).
- Allotment letter from MIDC / NOC from local authority.
- NOC for PESO.
- Site approval from Director of DISH in case of solvent Extraction plant.
- Brief Manufacturing process.
After receiving the plans for approval from the management of the Factory, serial no, date is put on the plan.
If some clarifications required from the management regarding the plans submitted, this additional clarification is sought from the management and necessary corrections are made in the plan. Additional information is taken if required. Plans are approval along with some conditions considering the safety and welfare provisions related to the workers in that factory. The Management has to comply these conditions.
TIME LIMIT FOR GRANTING REGISTRATION:
After making inquiry, the Government of Maharashtra may register such organization and grant him a certificate, ordinarily within ninety days from the date of receipt of application.
TIME LIMIT FOR RE-FILING OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION:
No organization shall make a second application for registration within a period of six months after submitting an application for the grant of registration for the same project.
AN OCCUPIER OF A FACTORY IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT UNDER FACTORIES ACT?
An occupier of a factory is required to submit Annual Return on or before 01st Feb every year for the past calendar year.
PLACE OF RENDERING SERVICES:
The place of rendering services generally shall be our office situated at Off No. 106, Sr. No. 55, Sukhniwas, Mangalwar Peth, Pune-411011
FEES:
Package of expenses for various registrations will be as mention table below: –
| Sr No. | Particulars | Estimated Expenses in INR |
| 1. | Registration of Factory Act
i. Factory license for Plan approval
|
Shall be Discuss in Meeting
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| 2. | Compliance related to Labour Laws | Depends on facts of the case |
Government fees will be reimbursed at actuals.
GST will be additional @ 18% on invoice amount.
For us clients are important and we are interested in always keeping long term relationship with our client.
If any query please feel free to contact.
Thanking you and assuring best of our professional services.
Sd/-
PRAMODKUMAR R. LADDA
Company Secretary and Insolvency Professional
Along with Company Law we are also dealing in all types of Licensing, registration and Liasoning services. Few areas in which we had already served to our clients are:
- Business Setup Services
- MPCB (Maharashtra Pollution Control Board) Consent To Establish
- MIDC (Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation) Provisional
- Factory Inspector Approval
- Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF)
- Water Connection Sanction from MIDC
- MSEDCL (Power) Approval
- PESO (Petroleum and Explosive Safety Organization)
- CCOE (Chief Controller of Explosives) Approval
- Support for EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) (EIA documentation by MITCON or other Authorities)
- MPCB Consent to Operate
- Any other statutory approval not indicated above
- MIDC (Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation) approvals
- Fire (Petroleum and Explosive) Department approvals
- SEZ (Special Economic Zones)
- EOU (Export Oriented Units)
- STPI (Software Technology Park of India)
- PSARA License for Security Guard providing Agencies
- Hotel Setup and Subsidies
- Finding of land (especially in MIDC area) for Companies and do necessary things till allotment of land
- RBI (Reserve Bank of India) various permissions and compliances
- Recently we arranged FFMC (Full Fledged Money Changer) license for Pune based Company where Company now Authorized to do business of Dollar or other foreign currency conversion against INR
- FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act)
- FDI (Foreign Direct Investment)
- NBFC (Non-Banking Financial Companies)
- Private Banking license (recent one week announcement by RBI)
