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Every filing, approval and registration tracked in our own register, for a Tamil Nadu industrial facility. Filter by domain and authority. A dash means the source data doesn't say. That is not the same as “no timeline exists.”

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Change of land use (planned areas)
DTCP / CMDA · TN Town and Country Planning Act 1971, s.49
Land inside a planning area whose designated use is agricultural, residential or anything other than industrial
Statutory
15 days
Development permission (non-planned areas)
Local body / DTCP · TN Town and Country Planning Act 1971
Land outside every planning area, typically village panchayat revenue land
No state timeline
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Collector concurrence for development on wet land
District Collector (Revenue Department)
Wet land (nanjai) in a non-planned area
Statutory
30 days
Layout approval
DTCP / CMDA · TN Combined Development and Building Rules 2019
Raw land being sub-divided or laid out into plots before building
Statutory
15 days
Planning permission and building permit
DTCP / CMDA / Urban Local Body / Rural Development and Panchayat Raj · TN Combined Development and Building Rules 2019
Any land on which industrial construction is proposed. Separate checklists apply to plots inside a SIPCOT or SIDCO approved industrial layout and plots outside one
Statutory
66 days
Plinth level inspection
DTCP / CMDA
Site under construction, foundation complete
Statutory
15 days
Last storey inspection
DTCP / CMDA
Site under construction, multi-storey building
Statutory
15 days
Completion certificate
DTCP / CMDA
Built site, construction complete in accordance with the approved plan
Statutory
15 days
Non-forest land certificate / distance-from-forest letter
Forest Department
Land adjoining or close to a reserved forest boundary
Statutory
15 days
NOC for construction near a protected monument
National Monuments Authority / Archaeological Survey of India
Land within an ASI prohibited or regulated zone, generally 100 m and 100-300 m from the monument boundary
Statutory
30 days
Coastal Regulation Zone Clearance
TNSCZMA (recommends) / MoEF&CC (Category A) or SEIAA Tamil Nadu (Category B) · CRZ Notification 2019 (as amended)
Activity and coastal zone (CRZ-I, II, III or IV) as listed in the CRZ Notification 2019 schedule
No state timeline
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Hill Area Conservation Authority clearances
PCCF; Chief Engineer (Agricultural Engineering); Geology and Mining; District Collector
Hill area land within HACA purview, including the Nilgiris, Dindigul and Salem hill stations
No state timeline
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NOC - Railways
Railways
Land within 30 m of a railway property boundary
No state timeline
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NOC - Civil Aviation / Air Force
Airports Authority of India / Air Force
Land in the vicinity of a civil aerodrome or an air force station
No state timeline
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NOC - Chennai Metro Rail
Chennai Metro Rail Limited
Land within 50 m either side of the CMRL alignment
No state timeline
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NOC - power line buffer
TANGEDCO
Land crossed by or adjoining LT or HT lines, where construction breaches the buffer norms in TNCDBR 2019 rule 19
No state timeline
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NOC for building plan and installation (public health)
Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Any built site, where required by the local body
Statutory
15 days
Land allotment in a government industrial estate
SIPCOT / SIDCO
Plot inside a SIPCOT or SIDCO industrial estate, taken on allotment rather than bought on the open market
Statutory
60 days
Property registration and encumbrance certificate
Inspector General of Registration · Registration Act 1908
Any land being purchased or leased; EC evidences title history
Statutory
1 (registration); 3 (EC)
Environmental Clearance
SEIAA (Category B) / MoEF&CC (Category A) · EIA Notification 2006
Activity and threshold listed in the EIA Notification schedule
No state timeline
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Consent to Establish - Water
TNPCB · Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974, s.25
Every unit, before establishing
Statutory
45 days
Consent to Establish - Air
TNPCB · Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981, s.21
Every unit - the whole of Tamil Nadu is an air pollution control area
Statutory
45 days
Consent to Operate - Water and Air
TNPCB · Water Act 1974; Air Act 1981
Before commissioning; CTE conditions must be complied with first
Statutory
45 days
Hazardous and other wastes authorisation
TNPCB · Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules 2016
Generation, storage, handling or disposal of listed hazardous waste
Statutory
45 days
Bio-medical waste authorisation
TNPCB · Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules 2016
On-site occupational health centre generating bio-medical waste
Statutory
45 days
Solid waste management authorisation
TNPCB · Solid Waste Management Rules 2016
Own solid waste disposal facility
Statutory
45 days
Construction and demolition waste authorisation
TNPCB · Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules 2016
Construction above the prescribed threshold
Statutory
45 days
Plastic waste registration
TNPCB · Plastic Waste Management Rules
Producer, brand owner or importer of plastic packaging
Statutory
30 days
E-waste authorisation (manufacturer)
TNPCB · E-Waste (Management) Rules
Manufacturer of listed electrical and electronic equipment
Statutory
30 days
Battery waste EPR registration
Central Pollution Control Board · Battery Waste Management Rules 2022
Producer or importer of batteries
No state timeline
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Water cess assessment and returns
TNPCB · Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act 1977
Specified industries drawing water
No state timeline
Ongoing
Groundwater extraction clearance
Central Ground Water Authority · Environment (Protection) Act 1986, s.3(3)
Borewell or energised abstraction of groundwater by an industry, infrastructure or mining project
No state timeline
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Factory plan approval
DISH - Joint Director up to 250 workers; Additional Director 251-1,000; Director above 1,000. Dangerous or hazardous operations route upward · Factories Act 1948, s.6; TN Factories Rules 1950, rule 3
Before constructing, extending or taking into use any factory building
Statutory
14 days
Factory registration and licence
DISH - Joint, Deputy or Assistant Director by scale; registration number allotted by Additional Director · Factories Act 1948, ss.6 and 7
Every factory
Statutory
14 days
Notice of change of manager
DISH · TN Factories Rules 1950, rule 12-A
Manager changes
No state timeline
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Pressure vessel testing or examination
DISH / competent person · TN Factories Rules 1950, rule 56B(1)
Pressure vessels installed
No state timeline
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Site appraisal and major accident hazard notification
State Government / Site Appraisal Committee; DISH · Factories Act 1948, Chapter IV-A (ss.41A-41H)
Hazardous process factory or major accident hazard installation
No state timeline
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Safety officer, safety committee and on-site emergency plan
DISH · Factories Act 1948, Chapter IV-A; TN Factories Rules 1950
Hazardous process, or headcount above the prescribed threshold
No state timeline
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BOCW establishment registration
DISH · Building and Other Construction Workers (RECS) Act 1996
Construction workers engaged at or above the prescribed threshold
Statutory
7 days
Fire NOC - non-multi-storeyed building
Fire and Rescue Services Department
All categories of industry and warehouses. Required as an enclosure to planning permission, so it precedes it
Statutory
30 days
Fire NOC - multi-storeyed building
Fire and Rescue Services Department
Building height above 18.3 m
Statutory
30 days
Fire licence - non-multi-storeyed building
Fire and Rescue Services Department
On completion, before occupation
Statutory
30 days
Fire licence - multi-storeyed building
Fire and Rescue Services Department
On completion, before occupation
Statutory
30 days
NOC - cracker shop or cracker cluster shop
Fire and Rescue Services Department
Firework storage or sale
Statutory
15 days
Statutory approval of electrical drawings
Tamil Nadu Electrical Inspectorate (CEIG) · Electricity Act 2003; CEA (Measures relating to Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations 2010
HV or EHV installation. Approved planning permit is a mandatory enclosure. Above 630 KVA in Chennai region and above 2,500 KVA in Coimbatore region route to a higher authority
Statutory
5 days
Additions or alterations to approved drawings
Tamil Nadu Electrical Inspectorate
Any modification to an approved installation
Statutory
15 days
Electrical safety certificate
Tamil Nadu Electrical Inspectorate
Before energisation
Statutory
7 days
Revalidation or additions to safety certificate
Tamil Nadu Electrical Inspectorate
Alterations or periodic revalidation
Statutory
7 days
DG set installation registration
Tamil Nadu Electrical Inspectorate
Any diesel generator set installed
Statutory
30 days
Permission to erect lift; licence to work lift; renewal
Tamil Nadu Electrical Inspectorate · TN Lifts Act
Any lift installed
Statutory
30 each
Electricity tax exemption
Tamil Nadu Electrical Inspectorate
Eligible units
Statutory
15 days
Approval of boiler design and manufacturing drawings
Directorate of Boilers · Boilers Act 1923
Boiler to be installed
Statutory
15 days
Provisional registration of boiler
Directorate of Boilers · Boilers Act 1923
Pre-commissioning
Statutory
15 days
Final registration of boiler
Directorate of Boilers · Boilers Act 1923
On commissioning
Statutory
30 days
Renewal of boiler registration
Directorate of Boilers · Boilers Act 1923
Periodic
Statutory
7 days
Registration and certification of steam pipeline
Directorate of Boilers · Boilers Act 1923
Steam pipelines installed
Statutory
22 days
Permission for repair or alteration to boiler
Directorate of Boilers · Boilers Act 1923
Any repair or alteration
Statutory
30 days
Transfer of boiler ownership
Directorate of Boilers · Boilers Act 1923
Asset transfer
Statutory
22 days
Self-certification of boilers through boiler engineers
Directorate of Boilers · Boilers Act 1923
Eligible units
Statutory
15 days
Classification and exemption reference (not an approval)
Reference row · Petroleum Act 1934; Petroleum Rules 2002
Class A flash point below 23 C; Class B 23 C to below 65 C; Class C 65 C to below 93 C. Acetone, ethyl alcohol, methyl alcohol and wood naphtha are classified as petroleum. Non-bulk means a container up to 1,000 L; bulk means above 1,000 L. No licence needed for Class A up to 30 L not for sale, Class B non-bulk up to 2,500 L in receptacles up to 1,000 L, Class C in bulk up to 45,000 L, or anything with flash point at or above 93 C
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Licence to import and store petroleum Class A up to 300 L (Form XII)
District Authority · Petroleum Rules 2002
Small Class A stock
No state timeline
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Licence to import and store petroleum Class B up to 25,000 L (Form XIII)
District Authority · Petroleum Rules 2002
Most factory diesel, ethanol and methanol tanks below 25,000 L. The 2,500 L exemption covers non-bulk only, so a single bulk tank above 1,000 L is licensable
No state timeline
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No Objection Certificate under Rule 144
District Authority · Petroleum Rules 2002, rule 144
Prerequisite to Forms XIV, XV and XVI, and to any change in premises dimensions
No state timeline
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Licence to store petroleum in tanks with pump outfit for fuelling motor conveyances (Form XIV)
PESO Circle / Sub-Circle Office · Petroleum Rules 2002
In-plant fuelling point
No state timeline
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Licence to import and store petroleum in an installation (Form XV)
PESO Circle Office; PSU oil marketing companies at Head Office · Petroleum Rules 2002
Tank farm or storage installation
No state timeline
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Licence to import and store petroleum otherwise than in bulk (Form XVI)
PESO Circle Office · Petroleum Rules 2002
Class A above 300 L, Class B above 25,000 L, Class C above 45,000 L, or mixed classes, held in drums or containers
No state timeline
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Prior intimation for storage of petroleum Class C up to 45,000 L
PESO Circle Office · Petroleum Rules 2002
Furnace oil, LDO and similar
No state timeline
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Licence to carry petroleum by land on mechanically propelled vehicles (Form XI)
PESO Circle / Sub-Circle Office · Petroleum Rules 2002
Own tank trucks
No state timeline
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Licence to transport Class A or B in bulk for on-site refuelling (Form XIX)
PESO Circle / Sub-Circle Office · Petroleum Rules 2002
Mobile refuelling of plant equipment or heavy vehicles
No state timeline
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Tank test certificate
Competent person recognised by PESO · Petroleum Rules 2002, rule 126
Every storage tank
No state timeline
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Certificate of safety
Competent person recognised by PESO · Petroleum Rules 2002, rule 130
Before grant of licence
No state timeline
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Approval of Ex electrical apparatus
Chief Controller of Explosives · Petroleum Rules 2002 rule 102; Gas Cylinders Rules 2016 rule 22; SMPV(U) Rules 2016 rule 31
All electrical apparatus used in hazardous areas classified Zone 0, 1 or 2
No state timeline
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Pipeline laying approval and commissioning permission
Chief Controller of Explosives · Petroleum Rules 2002
Cross-country petroleum pipeline
No state timeline
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Storage of LPG, propane or flammable gas in pressure vessels
PESO · Static and Mobile Pressure Vessels (Unfired) Rules 2016
Bulk LPG, propane or ammonia storage
No state timeline
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Gas cylinder filling and storage licence
PESO · Gas Cylinders Rules 2016
Cylinder filling or storage above the prescribed threshold
No state timeline
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Explosives licence
PESO · Explosives Act 1884; Explosives Rules 2008
Manufacture, possession, storage or use of explosives
No state timeline
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Ammonium nitrate licence
PESO / District Authority · Ammonium Nitrate Rules 2012
Storage or use of ammonium nitrate
No state timeline
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Calcium carbide licence
PESO / District Authority · Carbide of Calcium Rules 2003
Storage of calcium carbide
No state timeline
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NOC for retail outlet - establishment, storage and sale of petroleum
Revenue Department (District Collector)
Fuel retail outlet
Statutory
30 days
Permanent licence for sale of crackers
Revenue Department (District Collector)
Firework sale
Statutory
30 days
Mine opening notice, statutory appointments, mine plan approval and regulation permissions
DGMS · Mines Act 1952; Metalliferous Mines Regulations 1961 / Coal Mines Regulations 2017
Captive mine or quarry operated. DGMS does not attach to a factory with no mineral extraction - DISH is the safety authority there
No state timeline
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Mining or quarry lease and mineral concession
Department of Geology and Mining, Tamil Nadu · MMDR Act 1957; TN Minor Mineral Concession Rules 1959
Mineral extraction
No state timeline
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HT new power connection
TANGEDCO
HT load
Statutory
60 days
LT new power connection
TANGEDCO
LT load
Statutory
22 days
HT or LT load addition or reduction
TANGEDCO
Change in sanctioned load
Statutory
60 (HT); 22 (LT)
Temporary power connection
TANGEDCO
Construction phase
Statutory
60 (HT); 22 (LT)
Solar rooftop empanelment
TANGEDCO
Rooftop solar on an industrial or commercial LT connection
Statutory
22 days
Water connection for industries
Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board
Site within Chennai metro
Statutory
28 days
New water connection for industries and institutions
Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board
Site outside Chennai metro
Statutory
34 days
Water or sewer connection for commercial establishments
Commissionerate of Municipal Administration / Directorate of Town Panchayats
Non-industrial premises
Statutory
30 days
Road cutting permission
Local body / Greater Chennai Corporation / TN Highways Department
Utility trenching
Statutory
7 (local body); 15 (Highways)
Principal employer registration - contract labour
DISH · Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970, s.7
Contract labour engaged at or above the prescribed threshold
Statutory
7 days
Contractor licence - contract labour
DISH · Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970, s.12
Contractor supplying labour; requires the principal employer's Form V certificate
Statutory
7 days
Principal employer registration - inter-state migrant workmen
DISH / Labour Department · Inter-State Migrant Workmen (RECS) Act 1979
Inter-state migrant workmen engaged
Statutory
7 days
Contractor licence - inter-state migrant workmen
Labour Department · Inter-State Migrant Workmen (RECS) Act 1979
Contractor supplying inter-state migrant workmen
Statutory
7 days
Shops and Establishments registration
Labour Department · TN Shops and Establishments Act 1947
Office, godown or other non-factory premises
Statutory
1 days
Motor Transport Workers registration
Labour Department · Motor Transport Workers Act 1961
Own transport fleet
Statutory
15 days
Catering establishment registration
Labour Department · TN Catering Establishments Act 1958
Factory canteen
Statutory
7 days
EPF registration
EPFO (central) · Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1952
Headcount at or above the prescribed threshold
No state timeline
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ESI registration
ESIC (central) · Employees' State Insurance Act 1948
Headcount at or above the prescribed threshold
No state timeline
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Professional tax assessment number
Local body (Municipal Administration / Town Panchayat / Corporation)
All employers
Statutory
7 days
Certification of standing orders
Labour Department · Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act 1946
Workmen at or above the prescribed threshold
No state timeline
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Statutory registers, returns and displays
DISH / Labour Department · Factories Act 1948; Payment of Wages Act 1936; Minimum Wages Act 1948; Payment of Bonus Act 1965; Payment of Gratuity Act 1972; Maternity Benefit Act 1961; POSH Act 2013
All factories - ongoing obligation
No state timeline
Ongoing
Industry Licence
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj
Plant located in a village panchayat area
Statutory
45 days
Trade Licence
Commissionerate of Municipal Administration / Directorate of Town Panchayats / Greater Chennai Corporation
Plant located in a municipal, town panchayat or corporation area
Statutory
15 days
Dangerous and Offensive trades licence
Local body under the applicable municipal or panchayat Act
Listed D&O trade carried on
No state timeline
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Property tax and company tax assessment
Local body
All premises
Statutory
30 (property tax); 1 (company tax, GCC)
Telecom infrastructure installation permission
Greater Chennai Corporation (Chennai) / District Collector (other districts)
Tower or over-ground telecom infrastructure
Statutory
15 days
FSSAI licence or registration
FSSAI (via TNSWP) · Food Safety and Standards Act 2006
Food manufacturing or handling
Statutory
1 days
Drug manufacturing licence; loan licence; test licence
Food Safety and Drug Administration · Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940
Pharmaceutical manufacture
Statutory
75 (manufacturing); 75 (loan); 7 (test)
WHO-GMP certificate and additional product endorsement
Food Safety and Drug Administration · Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940
Export pharmaceuticals
Statutory
75 (certificate); 30 (endorsement)
Legal Metrology manufacturer, dealer or repairer licence
Labour Department (Legal Metrology) · Legal Metrology Act 2009
Weighing or measuring instruments manufactured, sold or repaired
Statutory
15 each
Packer and importer registration
Labour Department (Legal Metrology) · Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011
Pre-packaged commodities packed or imported
Statutory
7 each
Verification and stamping of weights and measures
Labour Department (Legal Metrology) · Legal Metrology Act 2009
Every weighbridge, scale and measure in use
Statutory
1 days
Insecticide manufacturing licence
Agriculture Department · Insecticides Act 1968
Pesticide manufacture
Statutory
1 days
Excise permits and FL licences
Prohibition and Excise Department · TN Prohibition Act 1937 and rules
Alcohol used as a raw material or produced - relevant to any ethanol-handling plant
Statutory
15-30 depending on service
BIS licence or CRS registration
Bureau of Indian Standards · BIS Act 2016
Products under mandatory certification
No state timeline
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Narcotics and psychotropic substances licences
Narcotics Commissioner / State Excise · NDPS Act 1985
Controlled precursors handled
No state timeline
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GST registration
Central / State · CGST Act 2017; TNGST Act 2017
All
Statutory
30 days
Udyam registration, IEC and incentive claims
MSME Ministry / DGFT / Guidance / SIPCOT / Commissionerate of Industries and Commerce
Optional or scheme-linked
Statutory
45 (most incentive services)
Major Accident Hazard (MAH) unit notification / registration
Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules 1989
Hazardous chemicals held above the MSIHC Schedule threshold quantity
No state timeline
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On-site Emergency Plan
DISH · Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules 1989
Major Accident Hazard (MAH) unit under MSIHC Rules 1989
No state timeline
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Off-site Emergency Plan
District Collector / District Disaster Management Authority · Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules 1989
MAH unit with an On-site Emergency Plan in place; the Off-site Plan is built on it
No state timeline
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Nucleonic gauge / radioactive source licence
Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
Process units using radioactive level or density instruments (nucleonic gauges), common in refinery and petrochemical FCC, coker and aromatics units
No state timeline
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Dock safety approval
Chief Inspector of Dock Safety · Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act 1986
Conditional: facility includes a marine terminal or jetty (for example an LNG import or marine unloading facility). Not applicable to inland plants
No state timeline
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Importer-Exporter Code (IEC)
DGFT · Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act 1992
Any business that wants to export from or import into India; a prerequisite for DGFT export-promotion schemes
No state timeline
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Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) Authorisation
DGFT · Foreign Trade Policy - EPCG Scheme
Zero-duty import of capital goods for pre-production, production or post-production, subject to an export obligation. Requires a valid IEC first
No state timeline
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District Disaster Management Plan coordination
Tamil Nadu State Disaster Management Authority / District Disaster Management Authority · Disaster Management Act 2005
MAH unit under MSIHC with an Off-site Emergency Plan; coordinated through the DDMA into the district Disaster Management Plan
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