FCDA

Foundry Cluster Development Association

Unique Features

Compared to Other Industrial Parks

What Is an Industrial Park?

An industrial park is a portion of a city that is zoned for industrial use rather than residential or commercial needs. Industrial parks may contain oil refineries, ports, warehouses, distribution centers, and factories. Some industrial parks offer tax incentives for businesses to locate there, such as tax increment financing.

Key Takeaways

  • An industrial park is a section of the city that has been designated, planned, and zoned for industrial development.
  • An industrial park is a variation on a business park or office park, which might have offices and lighter industry.
  • An industrial park might include companies that provide manufacturing, transportation, and storage facilities, such as chemical plants, airports, and beverage manufacturers.
  • Industrial parks can be useful in bringing companies together that provide services and features that are complementary to each other. 
  • On the downside, industrial parks often create environmental worries, due to increased pollution and the potential for the grounds and surrounding area to be damaged by contaminants.

Conversion

Building a Lead Conversion Process

Having a robust and streamlined lead conversion process is essential for any business to survive in today’s highly competitive market place. A good conversion strategy can not only boost your business dramatically but help to get good leads aboard. Below mentioned are five steps to building an effective and efficient lead conversion process. 

  • Prepare Quality Content

Adding quality content to your website significantly increases the chances of getting more leads for your business. Write catchy website copies, create informative content such as blogs, ebooks, white papers, and work on product demos. 

When you generate qualified content, it develops the trust of your customers and nurtures a healthy relationship with them. Their trust and relationship can indirectly generate good revenue for your business. So, tell your content team to produce engaging and converting content. 

Land Registration

Land & Property Registration

For property transactions happening in West Bengal, the property buyer has to pay stamp duty and registration charges applicable on the sale of the property, to the West Bengal Property & Land Registration Department. A part of this property document registration process in Kolkata and other cities of West Bengal, can be done online. This includes submission of identity proofs, property details and preparation of the e-deed. Here is a step-by-step guide to property registration in West Bengal and details about the documents required for this process.

Purpose of Land Registration

There are following benefits which are mentioned below for the registration of property.

  • To provide a conclusive guarantee of the genuineness of the document.
  •  To afford publicity to transactions.
  •  To ensure prevention of frauds, conservation of evidence, transfer of title to the owner.
  • To maintain an up to day public record by registering a property.
  •  To afford the facility of determining whether a property has already been sold with and
  •  To afford security of title deeds and facility of proving titles in case the original deeds are lost or destroyed.

Trade License

What is a Trade License?

A trade license is a document/certificate that gives permission to the applicant (person seeking to open a business) to commence a particular trade or business in a particular area/location.

It ensured that the business or trade is carried by adhering to all the standards of safety as issued by State Municipal Corporation . It protects the residents from being affected by any health hazards.

However, the license does not allow the holder to carry out any other trade or business than for it is issued. Furthermore, this license does not pass on any kind of property ownership to the holder of the license.

Eligibility for applying for Trade license

The eligibility conditions for applying trade license are as follows:

  • The applicant should be more than 18 years old
  • The applicant should not have any criminal records
  • The business should be legally permissible

Electricity / Water connection

This procedure explains various ways to Apply for No Objection Certificate for Water and Electricity in Kolkata.

NOC for Electricity connection

  1. Noc is an important document for Electricity connection in West Bengal
  2. This Noc is required to clarify that the premises for which the new connection applied is not having any dues or any other litigation earlier.
  3. In order to obtain NOC, please visit Taluk / Thasildhar office applicable for your area and apply as advised
  4. This application will then be processed. They will do their due diligence.
  5. Once the process is completed and the reports are satisfactory, the applicant will receive Noc.
  6. Supply of power is given to consumers, individuals, limited partners, Private Company, Government Organizations and Commercial Line.

NOC for Water Connection

  1. Noc is an important document for Water connection in West Bengal
  2. This Noc is required to clarify that the premises for which the new connection applied is not having any dues or any other litigation earlier.
  3. In order to obtain NOC, please visit Taluk / Thasildhar office applicable for your area and apply as advised
  4. This application will then be processed. Authorities will do their due diligence.
  5. Once the process is completed and the reports are satisfactory, the applicant will receive Noc.

SAIP (advantages of SAIP)

About State Approved Industrial Park (SAIP 2020)

Govt. of West Bengal has taken remarkable initiatives in creation of Development of Industries & industrial park in the state. Department of MSME and Textiles, Government of West Bengal launched the Scheme for Approved Industrial Park (SAIP) with the objective to encourage private sector to set up industrial park at own land and offer micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) to set up units. The Scheme aims to catalyze growth of MSMEs through creation of new industrial park with basic common infrastructural facilities with state assistance in the form of fiscal and non-fiscal incentives. Government of West Bengal have made amendments and additions in the said scheme of the West Bengal Incentive Scheme 2020 for Approved Industrial Park (commonly referred to as SAIP).

WBSIDCL: West Bengal Small Industries Development Corporation Ltd. is authorized by the Department to act as the nodal organization for operation of the Scheme.

WBIDC

West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation Ltd. (WBIDC) formed in 1967 under the Companies Act, is the premier nodal agency of West Bengal’s Industry, Commerce and Enterprises Department. WBIDC is responsible for conceptualization, development, growth and facilitation of industry, investment and infrastructure in West Bengal. Over the years, the corporation is actively engaged in catalyzing investment through promotion and marketing of West Bengal as an investment destination. WBIDC promotes West Bengal as an ideal investment destination and provides support to industries through -Facilitation, Financing, Operationalizing the Incentive Policy and Setting up Industrial Parks. It facilitates investment proposals through single-window agency ‘Silpa Sathi’ or State Investment Facilitation Centre (SIFC).

WBIDC also makes regular interaction with various business community and Chambers of Commerce at national and international level to promote investment opportunities in West Bengal. In the process of image building as well as to disseminate investment related information, WBIDC participates in various national and international events. It is also the organizer of the Bengal Global Business Summit.

MSME Umbrella

It helps to improve the business and investment climate for MSME on three levels: 1) by improving the implementation of policies and programmes of the Ministry of MSME; 2) by granting better access to market-oriented financial and non-financial services; and 3) by promoting innovation.

GIZ and the official partner Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MoMSME) and its implementing organisations and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) jointly aim to create jobs and income opportunities through the promotion of greener growth in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector.

The programme assists MSME to modernise and increase their competitiveness, while at the same time considering resource efficiency, cleaner production and meeting social and environmental standards. It helps to improve the business and investment climate for MSME on three levels: 1) by improving the implementation of policies and programmes of the Ministry of MSME; 2) by granting better access to market-oriented financial and non-financial services; and 3) by promoting innovation.

The programme supports the Office of the Development Commissioner and the attached implementing organisations in improving impact and efficiency of some of their most important support schemes.

  • The capacity of chambers and business associations to provide services to MSME is strengthened.
  • Through the implementing partners SEQUA and Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, the programme draws upon a wealth of experience from the German chamber system.
  • The programme identifies and promotes successful business models for private service providers with FICCI and for sustainable and inclusive business innovations with CII.
  • With SIDBI and SBI, the programme is working on ways to profitably serve the ‘missing middle’ i.e. small businesses whose credit needs are too low for banks and too high for microfinance institutions.
  • The programme advises banks on tools to assess and monitor environmental and social safeguards in the credit appraisal process. Banks are encouraged to promote specific credit lines to finance green technology. It supports State Bank of India in the development and introduction of a financial product that promotes energy efficiency in MSME.