For running of a Restaurant various clearances are to be obtained from various government departments. The procedure differs from state to state.Like in Delhi, the basic approval from Tourism Department is not mandatory, through independent restaurants having minimum capacity of 30 persons, can apply to the Tourism Department of the Delhi State, which may in turn entitle such approved restuarants to certain benefits. Approval certificate is valid for 5 years initially, issued to those Restaurants who follow the prescribed guidelines and have undergone a rigorous procedure of inspection and evaluation.

Restaurant Licence involves many differet approvals and licences as follows:

-Approval / Re-Approval of Restaurants from Tourism Department, mandatory only in certain cases.
-Food Safety License from FSSAI (mandatory)
-Eating House License from Police Commissioner, Licensing
-Health / Trade License from State Health Department (mandatory)
-Environmental Clearance from Pollution Control Board of the state
-NOC from Fire Department (mandatory)
-Shop and Establishment Act – registration compulosry (mandatory)
-Insurance required to be taken (mandatory) in respect of Public Liability, Product Liability, Fire Policy, Building & Asset.
-Nominations under Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, apply to Director Prevention of Food Adulteration of the State.
-Lift Licence from Electrical Inspector, Office of the Labour Commissioner (mandatory, if lift installed)
-Signage License from Municipal Corporation (mandatory)
-Playing of Music in restaurants – License from Indian Performing Right Society/ Phonographic Performance Limited (mandatory)

Shop & Establishment Registration was again notified by Labour Ministry wef 13 November 2009. Therefore, every new or existing Shop or Establishment has to get themselves registered according to the respective state laws. For example, Delhi has the following law in force: “The Delhi Shops and Establishments Act, 1954”, which governs the registration of Shop and Establishments in the state of Delhi.

The object of Delhi Shops and Establishments Act, 1954, was to give some benefits & relief to the unorganized sector of employees, employed in various Shops and Establishments in the national capital territory of Delhi. The act lays down for the working hours, leaves for employees, maintaining of various registers and records, cleanliness of the shops and establishment.

The basic douments required for registration includes:

1.Lease Agreement
2.Light Bill
3.Telephone Bill
4.Pan Card of Business Owner
5.In case of Company – Company’s PAN Card, and
6.Respective Licenses.

Online registration can be applied under Delhi Shop & Establishment Act, 1954

Import Export Code Registration India – Import Export Code (IEC) is required to be obtained compulsorily by Importers and Exporters, before they can import or export any goods or services. Import Export Code is a 10 digit code issued by the Director General of Foreign Trade and forms primary document recognized by Govt of India as an Importer and Exporter. Further on the basis of IEC, companies can obtain various benefits on their exports/imports from DGFT, Customs, Export Promotion Council etc.

The application to DGFT is required to be made in prescribed format, accompanied with a letter on a letter head, PAN, Fees of Rs 250, Certificate from Bank and Two photographs. The IEC Code is normally issued within 2 days time and the status can be tracked online, over DGFT website. These days, online application form “2NF2A” is also available, which should be accompanied with \ Appendix-18B.

IEC is regulated by The Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 and the Foreign Trade Procedures as prescribed thereunder.

Cyber Cafe Registration India – With the increase in cyber crime, especially use of cyber cafes to issue threatening emails by anonymous person to various VIPs and Government organizations, forced various states to lay down various rules and regulations over the last few years, like Kerala, Delhi, Gujarat, etc. But in a view to bring uniformity in the Cyber Cafe Regulations all over India, Ministry of Information Technology under Central Government came up with Information Technology (Guidelines for Cyber Cafe) Rules, 2011.

The Information Technology (Guidelines for Cyber Cafe) Rules, 2011 have been laid down under powers conferred by various provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Rule 3 provides for compulsory regitration, stating that all cyber cafes shall be registered with a unique registration number with a specified agency.

Other provisions lay down about establishing of Identification of user by keeping copy of any of various specified documents and even additionally clickng user with the help of a web camera. Further, a log register containing various details of the user are to be maintained compulsorily by all the cyber cafe users.