Factory Setup & License

A factory — any premises where 10 or more workers work with power, or 20 or more without power, in a manufacturing process — must be registered and licensed under the Factories Act, 1948, administered by the State Chief Inspector of Factories (Directorate of Industrial Safety & Health). Unlike a generic trade licence, a factory licence is granted only after the premises, layout and safety arrangements are approved, and it governs everything from worker safety and working hours to hazardous-process controls. The sequence is front-loaded: the building / factory plan must be approved by the Chief Inspector before construction (Form 1 type approval), followed by application for registration and grant of licence under Sections 6 and 7. Around it sits a stack of supporting approvals — Fire NOC, Pollution Control Board CTE / CTO, building / occupancy certificate, and — where steam pressure plant is used — boiler registration under the Boilers Act, 1923. Factories engaged in a "hazardous process" (Schedule to the Act) carry heightened obligations: site appraisal, on-site emergency plans, mandatory safety and welfare officers, and disclosure to workers and the public. Operating a factory also triggers labour registrations and welfare compliance — PF, ESI, Contract Labour licensing, and statutory registers and returns. We handle factory licensing end-to-end — plan approval, licence application and grant, the supporting NOC stack, boiler and hazardous-process compliance, and annual licence renewals and returns — so production starts on a fully compliant footing.