Factories Act, 1948
According to the Delhi factories act, any person who wants to construct, reconstruct, extend or to use any building as the factory in Delhi has to get prior permission from the prescribed authority in advance before the beginning of the manufacturing process.
The Delhi factories act is formulated with the aim of ensuring the installation of adequate safety measures and promoting the welfare and health of the workers employed in the factories. Also, it aspires to curtail the hazardous growth of factories. To complete the Delhi Factory Registration and to obtain a Delhi factory license you need to follow three steps:
- Obtain factory plan approval and permission to construct, reconstruct, extend or to take use any building as a factory
- Registration of factory and get factory license under the Factories Act, 1948 and Delhi Factories Rules, 1950
Eligibility Criteria
Factories in which ten or more workers are employed with the aid of power for the manufacturing process and factories and factories, which are engaging twenty or more workers without using power in the manufacturing process, need to be registered in Delhi under the Factories Act, 1948.
Any entrepreneur who wishes to reconstruct, construct, extend or to take any building as a factory in Delhi needs to get plan approval and permission. After the construction of the factory, the factory owner or the manager has to register the factory under the Delhi factories act, 1948.
When to Apply?
Application for Factory Plan Approval
Before starting construction, reconstruction of a factory or in case of expansion of the factory, the entrepreneur/applicant needs to apply for factory plan approval and to get permission for construction.
Application for Factory License
If the request for approval of factory plan and permission to construct a building as a factory has been successfully accepted and you can register the factory in Delhi and apply for a factory license before the commencement of manufacturing operation.
Licensing Authority
Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health, Government of Delhi facilitates the process of Delhi factory registration.
- The Director of Factories is the prescribed authority for Factories plan Approval
- Deputy Director of Factories is the prescribed authority for factory registration and issuing factory license
Validity of License
Factory license issued under Factories act, 1948 is valid up to 31 December of the year in which it has been granted.
Renewal of License
A factory may get the license renewed for either one year or five years. In case application for license renewal has been made for five years, five times the fee need to be paid.