Adityapur entrepreneurs seek extension of factory license return filing date
Jamshedpur: The Adityapur industrial area entrepreneurs have sought from the department of factories to extend the factory license annual return filing date.
The factory owners have said that on-line filing of the return is exhaustive and complex due to which several entrepreneurs are experiencing difficulty in filing the return.
"The return filing demands comprehensive details about the safety measures, working hours, workers strength including permanent and temporary, vendors workforce, compliance with labour laws, wages, etc," said Sameer Singh, factory owner and member of the Industrial Stability and Reforms Organization (ISRO), a representative body of the entrepreneurs of Adityapur.
The department of factories in April this year issued notification making it mandatory for the micro and small industries to file factory license returns by June 30.
The factory license annual return provision, under the Factories Act 1948, was there for all manufacturing plants including micro, small, medium and heavy industries but it was not mandatory for the micro and small units.
"We have given a representation to the Chief Inspector of Factory Manish Kumar and have requested him to exclude micro and small units from the mandatory clause," said Santosh Khetan, senior entrepreneur and former president of Adityapur Small Industries Association (ASIA).
Earlier this week, both ASIA and ISRO organized special camps wherein the expert hands assisted the factory owners in filing the return.
About 250 plus entrepreneurs filed their return at the camps but several have not filed the return yet.
"We would urge the industry department to set-up help desk and give more time for filing the return. The best would be to remove the mandatory clause," said entrepreneur Mahesh Sonthalia.
Notably the industrial area houses 1000 plus factories with the overwhelming majority being the ancillaries of the Tata Motors plant.
The Chief of Factory, Manish Kumar, has said that extending the last date for filing the return is a matter which is at the discussion level in the department but nothing can be said at this point of time.
The officer said that there's no possibility of either dropping the mandatory clause or excluding the micro and small units from the compliance provision for now as it is a policy decision of the state government.
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