Factory Licence and Compliance Services
We obtain and renew your factory licence and run every Factories Act obligation, from plan approval and safety registers to welfare facilities and statutory returns, so your plant stays licensed, safe and inspection-ready.
Keep your factory licensed, safe and compliant
Factories carry the heaviest compliance load of any workplace. The Factories Act, 1948 and the state factory rules regulate licensing, building plans, machinery safety, working hours, overtime, health, welfare and reporting, and they are enforced through inspections that can stop production when serious gaps are found.
Nhancesmart supports manufacturers with end-to-end factory compliance. We manage your factory licence and plan approvals, maintain the statutory registers, prepare and file returns, and check that safety and welfare provisions match your headcount and processes. Our team also handles the labour laws that run alongside the Factories Act in a plant, including contract labour, PF, ESI and minimum wages.
With Complysmart, every licence, register, return and inspection is tracked against due dates, and our AI gap analyser compares factory practice with requirements continuously, flagging drift before it becomes an inspection finding.
What's included
- Factory licence application, renewal and amendment
- Building plan approval and stability certificate coordination
- Statutory registers: adult workers, leave with wages, overtime, accidents and more
- Annual and half-yearly returns under the state factory rules
- Working hours, weekly holidays, overtime and night shift compliance
- Health, safety and welfare checks matched to headcount
- Accident and dangerous occurrence reporting support
- Coordination of contract labour, PF, ESI and minimum wage compliance at the plant
Laws and rules covered
- Factories Act, 1948
- Applies to premises with 10 or more workers using power, or 20 or more without power, where a manufacturing process is carried on.
- State factory rules
- Licence fees, forms, registers and returns prescribed by each state, such as the Karnataka Factories Rules.
- Working hours and overtime
- No more than 48 hours a week and 9 hours a day for adults, with overtime paid at twice the ordinary rate.
- Welfare provisions
- First aid, canteen (250+ workers), crèche (30+ women workers), welfare officer (500+ workers) and safety officer where notified.
- Code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions, 2020
- Subsumes the Factories Act and revises thresholds, licensing and safety obligations.
- Environmental and allied clearances
- Pollution control consents and other approvals that a factory licence typically depends on.
How our factory compliance service works
- STEP 01
Inspect
We assess your plant, processes and records against the Factories Act and state rules, including a site walk-through.
- STEP 02
License
Licences, plan approvals and allied registrations are obtained, renewed or amended as your plant changes.
- STEP 03
Maintain
Registers, returns, safety and welfare obligations run on a calendar we manage with your plant team.
- STEP 04
Prepare
We keep the plant inspection-ready and support you during visits by the factory inspectorate.
Factories Act and OSH Code compliance audit
Our Factories Act and OSH Code compliance audit reviews licences, safety, welfare, working hours and registers at every plant, and our new Labour Code implementation advisory plans the move from the Factories Act to the OSH Code as state rules are notified.
As industrial labour law compliance services, we also cover factory licence renewal and inspection support: renewals are tracked before they fall due, records are kept inspection-ready, and our team supports you through every visit by the factory inspectorate.
Factory compliance and the OSH Code
The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 replaces the Factories Act along with 12 other laws. It raises the threshold for a factory to 20 workers with power and 40 without power, introduces a common registration, and permits women to work at night with their consent and adequate safeguards. Manufacturers should review licences, shift patterns and safety committees as state rules come into force.
Industries we support
Our factory compliance clients include manufacturers in engineering, automotive components, paints and chemicals, building materials, consumer goods and electronics. Many run multiple plants across states, and we manage each site's licence and calendar in one system.
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Factory Compliance: frequently asked questions
Factory compliance means meeting the Factories Act, 1948 and state factory rules: the factory licence, building plan approval, health, safety and welfare provisions, working hours (48 hours a week and 9 hours a day), overtime, statutory registers and annual returns.
Factory registration and licence renewal under the Karnataka Factories Rules, CLRA compliance for contractors inside the factory, maintenance of statutory registers, liaison with the Department of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety and Health, and audits against the Factories Act.
Complysmart tracks licence expiry dates, creates tasks for returns, maps shift overtime to the Factories Act, and keeps all registers inspection-ready in its document vault.
Health (cleanliness, ventilation, drinking water), safety (machinery fencing and guarding), welfare (washing facilities, canteens, first aid), working hours, overtime, statutory registers and annual returns.
Yes. We coordinate building plan approval, stability certificates and the factory licence application with the factories department.
The Factories Act provides for fines and imprisonment for contraventions, with higher penalties for repeat offences and for violations that cause accidents. Serious or repeated non-compliance can also lead to a factory being ordered to stop work.
Yes. Complysmart's multi-plant dashboard tracks each factory's licence, compliance status and vendor compliance in one place.
Yes. We handle inspections end to end: liaison with the inspector, presentation of registers and replies to any notices.
Shops and Establishments Acts cover offices and shops. The Factories Act covers manufacturing premises with 10 or more workers using power, or 20 or more without power, and its requirements are much stricter.
We specialise in manufacturing, combine factory, contract labour and contractor governance in one platform, and have hands-on experience with Bangalore's industrial areas.
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