Approval and Procedure to Setup an Industry in Gujarat
| Approval Type | Authority | Remarks | |
| 1.0 | Industrial Approval | ||
| 1.1 | Entrepreneurship Memorandum (EM) | District Industries Centre | For setting up SME
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| 1.2 | Industrial Entrepreneurship Memorandum(IEM) | Secretariat For Industrial Approval(SIA), New Delhi | For setting up projects other than SME, and not included in the list of compulsory licensing provision
Format of Follow-Up Report to be submitted |
| 1.3 | Letter of Intent(LOI) | Do | Projects requiring compulsory licensing
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| 1.4 | 100% Export Oriented Units(EOU) & SEZ units | Development Commissioner, KASEZ | Application in prescribed form |
| 2.0 | Business Constitution | ||
| 2.1 | Registration as Firm | Registrar of Firms | Proprietary concerns or Partnership Firm |
| 2.2 | For approval of Name of Private/Public Limited Company and incorporation thereof | Registrar of Companies | Private Ltd. or Public Ltd. Company |
| 2.3 | Cooperative Society | Registrar of Cooperatives | For forming Cooperative Society |
| 3.0 | Land for project | ||
| 3.1 | Allotment of plot/shed in Industrial Estate | GIDC | Application in prescribed form |
| 3.2 | Allotment of Government land | District Collector | No prescribed application |
| 3.3 | Agricultural Land | Purchase through negotiation | No prior permission required |
| 4.0 | NA Permission | Collector/DDO | Prescribed application form for deemed NA |
| 5.0 | Environment Clearance | ||
| 5.1 | No Objection Certificate | Gujarat Pollution Board | Application in the prescribed form by polluting industries like chemicals, pharmaceuticals, etc. (other than 99 industries listed by GPCB) |
| 5.2 | Environmental Clearance (EC) | Ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF) | Specific projects need prior environmental clearance from MOEF/State level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) |
| 5.3 | Consent and Authorization | G.P.C.B. | On completion of the project and meeting the norms for disposal of effluents, G.P.C.B. will issue consent letter |
| 6.0 | Construction of Building | ||
| 6.1 | Plan Approval in Industrial Estate | GIDC | Application to Regional Manager, GIDC |
| 6.2 | Plan Approval in other area | Local Authority, | Application to concerned local authority, where site is selected |
| 7.0 | Water Requirement | ||
| 7.1 | In Industrial Estate | GIDC | Application to Regional Manager/ Executive Engineer of GIDC |
| 7.2 | River/Public Service | Department of Narmada & Water Resources, GoG | Application to Executive Engineer in-charge of concerned Irrigation scheme |
| 8.0 | Power Requirement | ||
| 8.1 | Power requirement | Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd.-Distribution Company or respective agencies | Application in prescribed form |
| 9.0 | Financial Requirement | ||
| 9.1 | Capital Issue | SEBI | Application in prescribed form to Security Exchange Board of India |
| 9.0 | Financial Requirement | ||
| 9.2 | Term Loan | Financial Institutions or Bank | Application in prescribed form along with detailed Project Report |
| 9.3 | Working Capital | Banks |
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| 10.0 | Final Approval | ||
| 10.1 | SME | DIC | EM Part II |
| 10.2 | Large Units | SIA |
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| 11.0 | Registration of Establishment | ||
| 11.1 | Registration under Shops & Establishment Act | Local Authority/Municipal Corporation | Registration of an industrial unit not covered under Factories Act |
| 11.2 | Registration as Factory | Chief Inspector of Factories | Application in prescribed form under the Factories Act |
| 12.0 | Value Added Tax | ||
| 12.1 | VAT Registration | Commercial Tax Officer | Application for certificate of registration under GVAT Act 2003. (In case of turnover exceeding Rs. 5 lakhs having sales of above Rs. 10,000 VAT applicable items) |