Question 1

Is a shop and establishment licence compulsory if I have fewer than 10 employees?

Accepted Answer

Applies to shops and commercial establishments in Rajasthan under the state Act; the authority's fee page does not itself state a minimum-employee threshold for when registration becomes mandatory. Threshold: Fee is banded by employee count starting at 11 workers; the page read does not specify the minimum count that triggers mandatory registration or any exemption criteria. Fee basis: slab by number of employees (lifetime registration fee) Slabs: 11-50 employees — INR 20000; 51-100 employees — INR 50000; 101+ employees — INR 150000 Renewal: Lifetime (registration is not periodically renewed at these fee bands) Deadline: 100% penalty levied after 30 days past due registration date; same penalty structure applies to renewal where applicable Statute: Rajasthan Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1958 e-filing, e-payment and e-submission are mandatory; no hard copies accepted. Modification fee equals the difference between the fee for the new employee band and the fee already paid. The source page did not show a fee band for 0-10 employees; other reporting states a 2025 rule change confining mandatory registration to establishments with 11+ workers, but that specific rule change was not itself read on an authority page and is not recorded as verified here.

Question 2

Shops & Establishment Registration — Haryana

Accepted Answer

Every shop and commercial establishment in Haryana registers with the Labour Department; the department's own fee table has an explicit slab for an establishment owned and managed by the shopkeeper with no employees at all, so there is no minimum-employee threshold for registration. Threshold: No minimum employee count for registration; the fee slab depends on the nature of the business and on whether 10 or more employees are engaged. Fee basis: registration fee for a 3-year certificate, slabbed by nature of business (the department's own file states: 'The fees to be paid for the grant of a certificate of registration depends upon the nature of business') Slabs: Starred hotels, cinema houses, banks, insurance companies, financial institutions and/or Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Establishments and telecommunication establishments employing 10 or more employees — INR 5000; Nursing homes, privately managed educational institutions/universities and petrol pumps — INR 1000; Workshops, automobile service stations (not covered under the Factories Act, 1948), computer training centres, shorthand and type institutions, health & fitness clubs, clinics, medical laboratories, restaurants, un-starred hotels, and/or all establishments employing 10 or more employees — INR 500; All shops and commercial establishments not covered under the above three categories and employing fewer than 10 employees — INR 300; All shops and commercial establishments owned and/or managed by the shopkeeper himself/herself and not employing any employee — INR 100 Renewal: Registration certificate is granted for 3 years; the department's fee table is expressed as a 'Registration fee for 3 years'. Statute: Shops and Commercial Establishments Act 1958 (as named on the Labour Department's own registration page) The fee slabs were read directly from the Labour Department's own fee-structure spreadsheet at storage.hrylabour.gov.in (linked from.gov.in/shops/front/shop_terms), which the previous session could not parse.

Question 3

Shops & Establishment Registration — Maharashtra

Accepted Answer

Applies to every shop/commercial establishment; establishments with 0-9 employees file a simpler intimation (Form F) while those with 10+ employees file full registration (Form A). Both are free of charge per the state's own citizen-services portal. Threshold: Every shop/commercial establishment; Form F (intimation) for 0-9 employees, Form A (registration) for 10+ employees. Fee: INR 0 Renewal: Renewal of the registration certificate is applied for online in Form D (Rule 6); the renewed certificate issues in Form E within seven working days (Rule 7). The Rules as gazetted do not state the validity period on their face. Statute: Maharashtra Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2017 The Rules as published in the Maharashtra Government Gazette Extraordinary Part I-L of 23 March 2018 were read directly: Rule 3 (Form A registration for ten or more workers), Rule 4 ('No fee is prescribed under this Act and rules'), Rules 6 and 7 (Form D renewal, Form E renewed certificate, seven working days), Rule 8 (Form F intimation for fewer than ten workers), Rule 10 (Form I notice of change within thirty days) and Rule 11 (Form J / Form K closure). The zero fee is therefore a rule-level position, not merely a portal label.

Is a shop and establishment licence compulsory if I have fewer than 10 employees?

Shops & Establishment Registration — Rajasthan

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