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Licenses for Opening New Restaurant

When you decide to open a restaurant in India, certain licenses and permits are
required.
Tags: licensing, restaurant license, Food safety license, Health/Trade license, Eating house
license, Liquor license, Fire Department, fire safety guidelines, Pollution certificate, Delhi
Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Lift clearance, Music license, license
BY | May 24, 2013 | comments ( 6 ) |

Licenses are of different types:

1. Food safety license: This is obtained by FSSAI (Food Safety and
Standards Authority of India). Check out the website of Ministry of

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Health and Family Welfare and you can find the link to FSSAI
(http://foodlicensing.fssai.gov.in/UserLogin/Login.aspx).
2. Health/Trade license: This can be acquired from local civil authorities of that area. In
case you open a restaurant in Gurgaon, you need to visit their respective site
(http://www.mcg.gov.in/MCGPortal/User/TradeLicense.aspx) and get registered to complete
the process.
3. Eating house license: This is provided by Licensing Police Commissioner of that city. In
case you open a restaurant in Delhi, you need to go to the site of Licensing Police
Commissioner of Delhi (http://delhipolicelicensing.gov.in/eating/eating-house.htm) and
follow the procedures.
4. Liquor license: In case your restaurant is to serve liquor, you must have this license. This
can be obtained from local Excise Commissioner. In case you open a restaurant in Delhi, you
need to go to the site of Delhi Government
(http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_excise/Excise/Home/Licences/) and follow the
procedures.
5. Fire Department: You have to ensure the compliance of all the fire safety guidelines.
This has to be done before submitting the application, for obtaining a NOC, to the Chief Fire
Officer. You can also contact the Chief Fire Officer in case there is a delay in carrying out the
inspection or issue of fire safety guidelines, or issue of NOC after the inspection has been
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carried out etc. The department does not levy any charges for this job for the time being.

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6. Pollution certificate: Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) is responsible for

providing this license (http://www.dpcc.delhigovt.nic.in/indexdup.php).
7. Lift clearance: In case yours is a multi-storey restaurant and you want to install a lift, you
need to get clearance from an inspector from electricity department as well as the Labour

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Commissioner of the city.

8. Music license: For playing recorded music or video in your restaurant, you need to obtain
this license Phonographic Performance Ltd. (PPL) (http://www.pplindia.org/licctg.aspx). They
have been functioning as copyright providers for sound recordings of music and creations of
its members.
9. Certificate of Environmental Clearance (CEC): This permit is from the EMA for
certain types of projects or activities. You can obtain it from the Ministry of Environment and
Forests after submitting the questionnaire for environmental appraisal
(http://moef.nic.in/divisions/iass/quest/q-hot.pdf).
10. Insurance: You can consult any insurance company for these insurances:

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There are other insurance policies also which are not mandatory but useful.
11. Prevention of Food and Adulteration (PFA) Act, 1954: The PFA Act covers food
standards, general procedures for sampling, analysis of food, powers of authorized officers,
nature of penalties and other parameters related to food. It protects India against impure,
unsafe, and fraudulently labelled foods.
12. Shops and Establishment Act: You are required to register your restaurant under the
Shops and Establishment Act.
13. Signage license: You will be required to obtain this license from local civil authorities.
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Dinesh November 23, 2014 At 7:51 Pm

Really very helpful article for me.
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Munaf September 04, 2014 At 10:11 Pm

How much does it cost to have a license to open a restaurant?
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MANSING JAGTAP

September 01, 2014 At 12:22 Am

I would like to know for opening a new restaurant/food joints (only veg and without
Alcohol) in Uttar Pradesh probably in Vadodara Gujarat, which licence / registration/ NOC
are required.Kindly provide authority name who issues such NOC/ licences, required time
period for getting these licences and their fees / charges / expenses.
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SMITA SINGHAL August 11, 2014 At 12:20 Pm

Is there anyone who has information on whether food trucks is a valid and legal concept in
India, especially in the NCR region. And if there are what are the guidelines in order to
start one or the limitations of the same. Would appreciate some guidance for the same.
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Qspl February 18, 2014 At 4:29 Pm

Nice post, I bookmark your blog because I found very good information on your blog,
Thanks for sharing.
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Subroto Das August 27, 2013 At 11:19 Am

I would like to know for opening a new restaurant/food joints (only veg and without
Alcohol) in Uttar Pradesh probably in Lucknow, which licence / registration/ NOC are
required.Kindly provide authority name who issues such NOC/ licences, required time
period for getting these licences and their fees / charges / expenses. Thanking you
Subroto Das
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