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Setting up or expanding a manufacturing unit usually means dealing with more than one government department. Land use, building plans, pollution consent, fire approvals and other clearances may move at different speeds. For a small manufacturer, waiting for each approval before moving to the next stage can hold up the entire project.
The Haryana Right to Business Bill, 2026 tries to address this problem for a specific group of businesses. Published in the Haryana Government Gazette on 31 August 2026, the Bill proposes an optional in-principle approval route for eligible manufacturing MSMEs. It also provides for a time-bound decision, deemed approval in a defined situation, and a 36-month moratorium period during which routine inspection and coercive action would generally be restricted, subject to important exceptions.
The proposed benefit is not for every business in Haryana. The Bill defines an eligible enterprise as a Udyam-registered MSME engaged in manufacturing, either setting up a new unit or expanding an existing one.
There is also an important legal distinction. The attached Gazette document is the Haryana Right to Business Bill, 2026. The provisions explained below should therefore be read as the framework proposed in the Bill unless subsequent enactment and implementation are separately confirmed.
| Particular | Details |
| Document | Haryana Right to Business Bill, 2026 |
| Bill Number | Bill No. 24-HLA of 2026 |
| Publication | Haryana Government Gazette, Extraordinary |
| Publication Date | 31 August 2026 |
| State | Haryana |
| Main Target Group | Eligible manufacturing MSMEs |
| Basic Eligibility | Udyam-registered new manufacturing MSME or existing manufacturing MSME undertaking expansion |
| Main Mechanism | Declaration of Intent and Certificate of In-Principle Approval |
| Is In-Principle Approval Compulsory? | No, the Bill makes it optional |
| Initial Decision Time | 15 working days |
| Further Decision Time | 10 days at the escalated stage |
| Deemed Approval | Provided for where the specified further decision is not taken within time |
| Certificate After Deemed Approval | Within 3 days |
| Moratorium Period | 36 months from issue of Certificate of In-Principle Approval |
| Exact Application Fee | Not specified; to be prescribed |
| Detailed Forms and Procedure | Not specified; to be prescribed |
The basic idea is fairly straightforward. Instead of requiring an eligible manufacturing MSME to wait for every listed State approval before moving forward, the Bill proposes an in-principle route. In contrast, the final statutory approvals continue to be processed.
The Gazette dated 31 August 2026 describes the document as Bill No. 24-HLA of 2026 and says that it is being published for general information under the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Haryana Legislative Assembly.
That wording matters.
The Bill contains a proposed provision saying that the law would be called the Haryana Right to Business Act, 2026 and would come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
However, a commencement clause inside a Bill should not be confused with proof that the Bill has already completed the legislative process and become an operational law.
For businesses, the safer approach is to distinguish between three things:
Until those later stages are officially confirmed, businesses should not assume that the proposed moratorium or in-principle approval facility is already available for use.
The reasoning given in the Bill is practical rather than abstract.
Its Statement of Objects and Reasons says businesses currently have to obtain multiple approvals, licences and registrations from different authorities before commencing operations. These approvals may be processed one after another, which can lengthen the setup period and increase the administrative burden. The document specifically recognises that this can be harder for MSMEs because they generally operate with more limited financial and administrative resources.
The proposed solution is to allow eligible enterprises to obtain an in-principle pre-establishment approval while the substantive approvals are processed alongside it.
The Bill is built around five broad ideas.
A quicker initial decision
Instead of leaving the in-principle request open for an undefined period, the Bill proposes specific decision timelines.
A declaration-based starting point
An eligible enterprise would begin by filing a Declaration of Intent with the District Nodal Agency.
Deemed approval where a decision is delayed
The Bill adds a second level of review and then provides for deemed approval if a decision is still not taken within the specified period.
A limited moratorium from inspection
An enterprise holding a valid Certificate of In-Principle Approval would receive a 36-month moratorium, although the protection would not apply in every situation.
A formal route for appeals and grievances
The Bill gives State and District Nodal Agencies defined roles in dealing with rejections and complaints.
These objectives are set out in the Statement of Objects and Reasons.
The Bill does not replace Haryana's existing approval authorities with one new regulator. Instead, it creates a layer of facilitation around the existing system.
The Empowered Executive Committee constituted under Section 4 of the Haryana Enterprises Promotion Act, 2016 would function as the State Nodal Agency.
The District Level Clearance Committee constituted under Section 8 of the same Act would function as the District Nodal Agency.
The actual approvals would still involve the relevant competent authorities, such as:
So the proposal changes the way the early approval period may be managed. It does not mean that all underlying laws or technical requirements disappear.
This is one of the most important parts of the Bill because the proposed benefit is not open-ended.
An eligible enterprise must be:
| Eligibility Point | Requirement |
| Enterprise Size | MSME |
| Business Activity | Manufacturing |
| Business Stage | New unit or existing unit undertaking expansion |
| Registration | Udyam registration |
| Location | Establishment or expansion in Haryana |
Who Should Be Careful Before Assuming Eligibility?
A business should not rely only on the fact that it is an MSME.
For example, the definition in the Bill specifically refers to manufacturing units. It does not expressly extend the same definition to every trader, service provider, or large enterprise.
Similarly, an existing manufacturing business that is simply continuing normal operations should not automatically assume that it falls within the âexisting unit undertaking expansionâ category.
Eligibility needs to be tested against the final legal text and the rules applicable at the time of filing.
The Declaration of Intent is the proposed starting document for a business that wants to use the in-principle approval route.
The Bill defines it as the submission of relevant documents and required information by an eligible enterprise for the purpose of taking benefit under the proposed law.
An eligible enterprise proposing to establish or expand its business in Haryana would furnish the declaration to the District Nodal Agency.
Section 7 says the declaration would have to be filed:
The Bill itself does not provide the final form, a complete document checklist, or the amount of the fee. Those points should therefore not be filled in from assumption.
The Certificate of In-Principle Approval is the main facilitation instrument proposed under the Bill.
The District Nodal Agency would issue it after receiving and processing the Declaration of Intent.
The purpose is to give an eligible enterprise a provisional regulatory route while the substantive approvals needed for the project are obtained separately.
The word âprovisionalâ is important here. The certificate should not be understood as a substitute for every final approval.
For example, receiving the certificate does not automatically mean that:
The Bill itself requires businesses to continue pursuing the necessary statutory approvals during the moratorium.
No. The Bill expressly makes this route optional.
An eligible enterprise may choose to obtain the Certificate of In-Principle Approval, but it may also continue through the normal approval process with the concerned competent authority.
That gives an eligible MSME two possible routes.
In-Principle Approval Route
The business submits a Declaration of Intent and seeks the benefit of the proposed Right to Business framework.
Regular Approval Route
The business follows the ordinary approval process directly with the concerned government authorities.
The right option would depend on the project, approvals involved, and the final operational rules.
The Bill provides a clear sequence.
The term âdeemed approvalâ can easily be misunderstood.
It does not mean that every licence, consent or NOC required by a manufacturing unit automatically becomes approved.
Under Section 9, deemed approval is connected specifically with the decision on the Certificate of In-Principle Approval.
| Stage | Authority | Time Available | Outcome |
| First review | District Nodal Agency | 15 working days | Certificate or rejection |
| Further review | Deputy CEO, Haryana Enterprises Promotion Centre | 10 days | Approval or rejection. |
| No decision at second stage | - | After 10-day period | Deemed approval |
| Certificate issuance | District Nodal Agency | Within 3 days | Certificate issued after deemed approval |
A manufacturer should therefore avoid reading âdeemed approvalâ as deemed pollution consent, deemed land-use permission or deemed fire clearance.
The proposed moratorium starts from the date on which the Certificate of In-Principle Approval is issued and lasts for 36 months.
During this period, the Bill generally restricts inspection and coercive measures against the eligible enterprise.
But the moratorium has a specific purpose. It gives the enterprise time to secure the final approvals it needs.
It is not a three-year holiday from regulation.
The business would still have to work on:
Yes.
The Bill specifically allows inspection in certain cases.
Inspection Based on a Complaint
Where a complaint is received, an inspection may be ordered, subject to the safeguards stated in the Bill.
The inspection must:
Inspection for Land and Safety Issues
The head of the competent authority may also order inspection for reasons recorded in writing in cases involving:
The inspection report must be made available online to both the eligible enterprise and the concerned competent authority within 48 hours after the inspection.
The moratorium therefore reduces routine inspection exposure, but it does not place a business outside regulatory oversight.
The most important duty during the moratorium is easy to miss.
The enterprise must start the process of obtaining all requisite approvals from the concerned competent authorities through the Invest Haryana Single Window Portal.
There is also a specific requirement for the end of the moratorium.
Within the last six months before the 36-month period expires, the enterprise must ensure that all pending approvals have been obtained.
For a manufacturing project, that means the approval plan should begin early.
Waiting until the final few months could be risky, as the project may need technical scrutiny, inspections, corrections, or approvals from more than one department.
The Schedule attached to the Bill identifies the approvals intended to fall within the proposed framework.
Town and Country Planning Department
The Schedule lists:
Urban Local Bodies Department
The listed approvals include:
Fire Department
The Schedule includes:
Haryana State Pollution Control Board
The pollution-control entries include:
These are linked to the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
The Schedule refers to White and Green category industries and, in the stated circumstances, Orange category industries situated inside industrial areas.
Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited
The Schedule lists:
Labour Department
It also includes shop registration under the Haryana Shops and Commercial Establishment Act, 1958 as described in the Schedule.
For manufacturers, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board entries require particular care.
The Schedule covers Consent to Establish (CTE) and Consent to Operate (CTO) for the industry categories expressly mentioned in the Bill.
A manufacturer should therefore check at least three points before assuming that the proposed facilitation applies:
An Orange-category unit outside the circumstances mentioned in the Schedule should not assume that it receives the same treatment merely because another Orange-category unit does.
Businesses that need help identifying CTE, CTO and related requirements may use a pollution control consent consultant or other competent environmental compliance professional before filing.
The Bill contains an express restriction concerning land.
A Certificate of In-Principle Approval would not give an enterprise the right to use land in a way that conflicts with land-use requirements under State law.
The inspection provisions reinforce the same point. Land-use violations and unauthorised construction can still trigger inspection during the moratorium.
The same practical caution applies to fire safety, structural integrity and public safety.
A manufacturer should therefore see the proposed certificate as a temporary facilitation tool, not as permission to ignore the conditions attached to the project site.
The Bill divides responsibility between State-level and District-level bodies.
State Nodal Agency
The State Nodal Agency would:
District Nodal Agency
The District Nodal Agency would handle much of the day-to-day operation of the proposed system.
Its functions include:
The Bill does not leave an applicant without a remedy.
If the District Nodal Agency rejects the declaration under Section 9(1), the eligible enterprise may appeal to the State Nodal Agency within 30 days from the date of rejection.
Where rejection takes place at the later stage referred to in Section 9(3), the appeal lies before the Chief Executive Officer of the Haryana Enterprises Promotion Centre, again within 30 days.
A delayed appeal may also be considered if the concerned appellate authority is satisfied that there was sufficient reason for not filing it within the normal period.
A grievance is different from an appeal against rejection.
Where an enterprise holding a valid Certificate of In-Principle Approval is aggrieved by an action initiated during the moratorium, it may approach the District Nodal Agency for redressal in the manner to be prescribed.
The District Nodal Agency would have 30 days to resolve the grievance.
If it cannot resolve the matter within that period, the grievance would be forwarded to the State Nodal Agency, which would have 15 days to decide it.
This creates a defined escalation route rather than leaving the enterprise to deal with the issue informally.
The proposed certificate comes with responsibility.
The District Nodal Agency may revoke it where the enterprise:
The enterprise must be given an opportunity of being heard before revocation.
If a business breaches another law connected with an approval, the concerned competent authority may impose the penalty available under that applicable law.
The Bill itself does not create one common monetary fine for every possible breach.
This is where the temporary nature of the framework becomes most visible.
If an eligible enterprise does not obtain the requisite approvals within the moratorium period, the concerned competent authority can take action after the moratorium expires. The Bill specifically says that such action may include coercive measures, but those measures must be taken according to the applicable law.
That means the exact consequence will depend on the approval that remains missing and the law governing it.
Businesses should therefore avoid treating the 36 months as the final objective. The real objective is to finish the required approvals before that period ends.
The Bill does not state a rupee amount.
Section 7 says that the Declaration of Intent would be submitted with such fee as may be prescribed. The Financial Memorandum repeats this point.
Until a fee is officially prescribed, any figure quoted elsewhere should be checked against the latest government notification.
The broad structure is contained in the Bill, but several practical details are still left for rules.
| Matter | Position in the Bill |
| Declaration of Intent format | To be prescribed |
| Filing method | To be prescribed |
| Fee | To be prescribed |
| Certificate procedure | Certain timelines fixed; manner still to be prescribed. |
| Forwarding/escalation process | Manner to be prescribed |
| Complaint-based inspection procedure | To be prescribed |
| Grievance application procedure | To be prescribed |
Section 21 authorises the State Government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the proposed legislation.
For businesses, this means the Bill explains what the framework is intended to do, while the rules would be expected to explain much of how it will actually work.
Yes.
Sections 15 and 16 allow the Government to change the Schedule through notification. It may add to, alter, or amend the list of approvals.
Manufacturers should therefore refer to the latest notified Schedule rather than treating the list attached to the 31 August 2026 Bill as permanently fixed.
The Bill's own Statement of Objects and Reasons describes the existing setup as a multi-agency system where approvals may be processed sequentially. The proposed framework tries to reduce that initial waiting period.
| Area | Position Described in the Bill | Proposed Approach |
| Government approvals | Multiple approvals from different authorities | In-principle facilitation while final approvals continue |
| Processing | Often sequential | Parallel processing envisaged |
| Initial entry | Approvals before establishment described as a barrier | Declaration of Intent route |
| Decision timeline | Delays identified | Specific time limits proposed |
| Delayed decision | No comparable mechanism described | Deemed approval at specified stage |
| Inspection | Normal applicable regime | 36-month moratorium with exceptions |
| Final approvals | Required | Still need to be obtained |
So, the Bill is better understood as an attempt to change the sequence and timing of approvals, not as a proposal to abolish the approval system.
For a new manufacturing MSME, the proposed framework could make the early stage of project execution more predictable. A defined decision timeline allows promoters to know when the in-principle request should move to the next stage.
For an existing MSME expanding its facility, the benefit may lie in managing the expansion project while different approvals are being processed.
The bigger shift, however, may be internal.
A business using this route would need stronger approval tracking. It would need to know:
This is where structured manufacturer compliance services can become useful, particularly for projects involving pollution, fire, land and building approvals at the same time.
If the Bill becomes operational in substantially the same form, eligible manufacturing MSMEs may gain from:
The benefit is therefore mainly procedural breathing room.
It should not be confused with an exemption from the laws governing the factory.
The Bill may reduce one kind of burden while leaving several practical jobs in place.
Final Approvals Still Have to Be Completed
Pollution, building, fire, land and other requirements do not simply disappear once the in-principle certificate is issued.
The Business Still Deals With Several Departments
The nodal mechanism can help with coordination, but the Schedule itself shows that several competent authorities remain involved.
The Rules Will Decide Much of the Actual Filing Experience
Until the form, fee, filing procedure, and other details are prescribed, businesses do not have the complete operational picture.
Incorrect Information Can Put the Certificate at Risk
The declaration needs to be prepared carefully because false information or misrepresentation can lead to revocation.
The 36-Month Period Needs Active Monitoring.
A long moratorium can create a false sense that there is plenty of time. For a project with several technical approvals, losing the first two years to inactivity could make the closing period difficult.
For eligible manufacturing MSMEs, the proposal is more likely to be useful where the real problem is waiting for several approvals to move through different departments before the project can progress.
The 15-working-day initial timeline, additional 10-day decision period, deemed approval mechanism and 36-month moratorium are designed to reduce that early bottleneck.
But there is a trade-off.
The enterprise still carries responsibility for final approvals. It must track the moratorium period, pursue applications through the relevant authorities, maintain accurate declarations and deal with land, safety and pollution requirements.
So the proposal does not remove compliance. It changes when some of that compliance can be completed.
Whether this works well in practice will depend on the final law, the rules issued under it, the functioning of Invest Haryana and coordination between the nodal agencies and approval-granting departments.
Businesses planning a new manufacturing unit or expansion in Haryana should avoid making project decisions solely on the basis of the Bill's proposed benefits.
A more practical approach is to prepare the compliance side of the project now.
| Priority | Action |
| 1 | Check whether the enterprise fits the proposed eligibility definition |
| 2 | Verify Udyam registration details |
| 3 | Confirm land-use position before committing to the site |
| 4 | Identify building plan and local authority requirements |
| 5 | Check pollution category and CTE/CTO requirements |
| 6 | Review applicable fire approvals |
| 7 | Prepare a department-wise approval map |
| 8 | Monitor enactment and rules issued under the Bill |
| 9 | Check the latest Invest Haryana process before filing |
| 10 | Maintain a live tracker for approvals and regulatory dates |
An industrial compliance consultant can also help where the project involves several approvals and the business does not have an in-house team familiar with the State process.
A manufacturing project rarely has just one approval issue. The exact requirement changes with the product, location, pollution category, building, land position, and nature of the proposed activity.
Corpseed's regulatory compliance services in Haryana can support manufacturers in identifying these requirements and organising the approval process around the actual project.
Eligibility and Applicability Review
Corpseed can assess whether a proposed manufacturing unit or expansion fits the relevant MSME, manufacturing, and Udyam-related conditions once the framework becomes operational.
This helps businesses avoid starting with the wrong regulatory assumption.
Udyam Registration Support
Where Udyam registration is relevant, Corpseed can assist with the registration process and review whether basic enterprise details are correctly reflected.
Industrial Approval Mapping
Before filing applications, the business needs to know which approvals are actually relevant.
As an industrial approval consultant in Haryana, Corpseed can assist with mapping requirements related to:
Haryana State Pollution Control Board Compliance
Manufacturing units may require Consent to Establish, Consent to Operate, or other environmental approvals depending on their category and activity.
Corpseed can provide support as a pollution control consent consultant, including assistance with applicable HSPCB filings and supporting compliance documentation.
Building, Land and Fire Approval Support
Where project conditions require building-plan approval, land-related clearance or fire approval, Corpseed can help businesses understand the applicable process and prepare the required filing.
Approval remains with the concerned government authority.
Regulatory Documentation Review
Incorrect or inconsistent information can create avoidable problems, particularly where the business is filing declarations with a government body.
Corpseed can review application information and available supporting records before submission so that obvious inconsistencies can be identified early.
Compliance Gap Assessment
A factory expansion may already have several approvals in place while others require amendment, renewal, or fresh filing.
A compliance gap assessment can help separate:
If the proposed 36-month framework becomes operational, simply receiving an in-principle certificate will not finish the compliance work.
Businesses may need to track individual applications, departmental responses, pending approvals, and the expiry of the moratorium. Corpseed can support this through structured manufacturer compliance services and ongoing regulatory tracking.
Manufacturing MSMEs looking for a business compliance consultant in Haryana can approach Corpseed for project-specific approval mapping, regulatory filings, pollution-control compliance, and related support. The objective is to identify the approvals that genuinely apply to the business and build the compliance work around those requirements rather than relying on a generic checklist.
The Haryana Right to Business Bill 2026 proposes a different approach to the early approval stage for eligible manufacturing MSMEs. Its central idea is to provide in-principle facilitation while the enterprise continues to obtain final statutory approvals.
The main points businesses should keep in mind are:
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