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Licenses & Registrations
Everything to gather before you apply for Shops & Establishment registration on your state's labour-department portal, sorted by identity, premises, and people documents, with no state-specific fee or timeline figures baked in since those vary and change.
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Shops & Establishment vs Trade License vs GST vs Udyam: What's Actually Different
Four separate registrations from four separate regulators. Holding a GST number or an Udyam certificate does not excuse you from Shops & Establishment registration, and it may not excuse you from a Trade License either.
What Is Shops & Establishment Registration, and Does Your Business Need It?
It regulates working hours, leave and record-keeping at your premises. It has nothing to do with GST, Udyam or incorporation, and in Delhi, Karnataka and Maharashtra it applies whether you have one employee or fifty.
Shops & Establishment Registration: Process, Fees & Renewal in Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana
Registration process, fees and renewal cycles for Shops & Establishment licenses vary by state. Karnataka's fee is the best-documented; Maharashtra gives lifetime registration to small establishments; Delhi's fee and timeline are genuinely contested across sources.
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