How to Set-Up an Enterprise - Infrastructure - Land & Building, Water and Power Supply
Land and Construction of Building
After deciding the location and site
three important factors to be kept in mind before purchasing/
leasing the land are :
Availability of basic amenities
like power, water,
Connectivity to nearest rail,
road or port and
Price of the land.
Purchase/ lease the land judiciously,
because once you have committed, most probably you will
be working there for next 10 year or so.
Once an industrial plot for the unit
is secured, then the next job is that of finding a suitable
architect to design the outlay of area and factory.
Design of factory building has to be in consonance with
the type of industry. Have an appropriate plant layout.
If you are setting business in home, plan the area which
is to be used as your production centre or office judiciously.
You may like to take help of a professional to ensure
that the area is utilised optimally.
An architect's estimate of building
construction is essential for loan applications. Further,
architect's certificate for money spent on building
is needed for disbursement of loan.
Incentives
The state government offers incentives
like land and building tax concessions, providing land
at cheaper rates through the state government agencies
to new and existing entrepreneurs.
Getting the Utility Connections
Among the utilities, of prime importance
are power and water. Other utilities that might
be required are steam, compressed air, fuel. Assess
your requirement of such utilities, make arrangement
to get these and ascertain the cost of consuming these.
Water Supply
:Check out what is source of your
water supply is it river, canal, tube well or something
else, how far is it from your land, quality of water
(PH, hardness), does it meet you specific requirements,
rate/ water charges applicable, common storage facility,
who is the operating authority (Public Works Department,
Estate-Corporation, Municipality).
Power Supply
: Nearest substation from where you will get
power, power tariff rate, feeder type (industrial/rural)
availability, quality of power, duration etc. In many
cases getting power connection causes delay in setting
up of plant. Therefore it is imperative to commence
work on these aspects with diligent follow up. Power
connections are generally of either LT (Low Tension)
or HT (High tension) type. If connected load is up to
75 HP, LT connection is provided. For connected loads
of 130 HP or higher only HT connection is provided.
A formal application needs to be made
in a specific form to the state electricity board. An
electrical inspector is deputed for evaluation of application
to factory site, after which the load is sanctioned.
In areas of power shortage, it is advisable to augment
the power supply with a captive generating set.
Water connection is also obtained
likewise by applying in advance in formal forms. The
water supply can be augmented by installation of tube well.
Incentives:
The State Government offers a number
of concessions and incentives to industry like Concessions
in water tariff, Power subsidy, Subsidy on Generating
sets, Transport Subsidy, Incentive for Pollution control
and quality equipment depending on the location, size
of investment and category of the industry.
