Industrial Licensing Policy
Industrial Licensing Policy
Industrial Licensing Policy
Policy
Industries licensing policy are regulated under the
Industries Development Regulation Act 1951
INDUSTRIAL LICENSING
To regulate the flow of investment in desired channels of
industries and locations and to match supply of industrial
commodities with demand on the lines of national
priorities
A license is a written permission from the Government to
an industrial undertaking to manufacture specific articles..
Objectives of licensing
Encouraging small scale industries.
Encouraging new entrepreneurs.
Regulating the location of the enterprise.
Ensuring balanced regional development.
Promoting technological advancement.
Checking the concentration of economic power.
Development and control of industrial investment and
production.
Compulsory Licensing
Following industries require compulsory industrial license under the
provisions of IDR Act, 1951.
Distillation and brewing of alcoholic drinks.
Cigars and cigarettes of tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes;
Electronic Aerospace and defense equipment: all types;
Industrial explosives, including detonating fuses, safety fuses, gun
powder, nitrocellulose and matches;
Hazardous chemicals;
Hydrocyanic acid and its derivatives
Phosgene and its derivatives
Isocyanates and di-isocyanates of hydrocarbon, not elsewhere specified (example:
Methyl Isocyanate).
Locational Restrictions
Industrial undertakings are free to select the location of their
projects. Industrial license is however required if the proposed
location is within 25 km of standard urban area limits of 23
cities having a population of one million as per 1991 Census.
The Locational restriction however does not apply:
If the unit were to be located in an area designated as an industrial
area before the 25th July, 1991.
In the case of Electronics, Computer software and Printing and any
other industry, which may be notified in future as non polluting
industry.
The location of industrial units is subject to applicable local zoning and
land use regulations and environmental regulations.
INDUSTRIAL SICKNESS
sick unit may mean a unit which is not healthy in terms
of yielding profits and fetching return on investment
It incurred cash losses for the current and the preceding
year
One
which
operates
below
20
Percentage
of
its
Licensing
Overcapity of the plant
Technological Obsolescence
Changes in consumer Preference
Natural Calamities
Development in International Trade
Internal Causes
Function Wise
Production
Marketing
Finance
Human Resources
Production
Imprpoer location of Plant
Bad/Wrong Technology in process
Unfeasible Plant size
Inadquate R&D
Less Maintenance
Marketing
Inaccurate demand Projection
Improper product mix
Inadequate sales promotion
High distributi o n costs
Poor customer service
Finance
Wrong capital structure
Bad investment decisions
Weak budgetary control
Inadequate MIS
Bad cash planning & control
Improper tax planning
HUMAN RESOURCE
Ineffective leadership
Bad labour Industrial relations
Inadequate human resources
Overstaffing
Poor commitment of employees