Trade licence — Chandigarh
Trade licence does not apply here. Chandigarh appears not to operate a general municipal trade licence at all. The Municipal Corporation's own online services list carries no trade licence service - the only licence it offers online is for pedal rickshaws and loading rehris. A business in Chandigarh is registered under the Shops and Commercial Establishments Act and, where applicable, the Factories Act, but is not separately trade-licensed by the corporation. Threshold: Not a…
Indicative — not from the authority's own pageChecked 2026-09-14Municipal Corporation Chandigarh, New Deluxe Building, Sector 17, Chandigarh (0172-2787200, comm-mcc-chd@nic.in)
Trade licence — Madhya Pradesh
Every trade or business inside an urban local body needs a trade licence, but Madhya Pradesh sets no state-wide fee: each municipal corporation or council fixes its own, and the schedule is revised once every three years. Threshold: Any trade or business within the limits of a municipal corporation or municipality. The applicant must be 18 or over. Fee basis: the licence fee itself is not fixed state-wide and is revised once every three years by each urban local body; the onl…
Indicative — not from the authority's own pageChecked 2026-09-14Municipal Corporations and Municipal Councils under the Urban Administration and Development Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh; the approving officer is the Municipal Commissioner, Additional Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner. Applications route through the MP e-Nagar Palika portal.
Trade licence — Punjab
Trade licences in Punjab are issued by the urban local bodies under the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 and the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976; the Department of Local Government offers 'Apply for Trade License Online' through its mSeva municipal-services portal and a licence search at stvending.punjab.gov.in/pmidc/tradelicense. Fees are fixed per ULB and are not published centrally. Threshold: every trade/business premises within a municipal area Fee basis: set by each ur…
Indicative — not from the authority's own pageChecked 2026-09-14Urban local bodies (Municipal Corporations/Councils) under the Department of Local Government, Government of Punjab - mSeva portal
Trade licence — Tamil Nadu
A trade licence from the Greater Chennai Corporation is required for listed trades; the Corporation publishes a trade licence schedule per zone (Zones 1 to 15) plus a consolidated list of trades under Schedules I to VI, with a rate against each named trade. Threshold: Every trade named in Schedules I to VI. Schedule I covers micro cottage industries; the fee is set per named trade, and for some trades varies by zone and by horsepower. Fee basis: Rate per named trade, publishe…
Read at sourceChecked 2026-09-13Greater Chennai Corporation (Revenue Department)