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Auto components and EV makers face product-quality orders, factory and pollution approvals, and GST from the first invoice.
What each registration is, who issues it and when it applies to an auto or EV business. Rules vary by state and by size — treat this as the map, and ask us about your exact case.
Mandatory · CBIC
Required once aggregate turnover crosses the threshold — ₹40 lakh for goods and ₹20 lakh for services in most states — and in some cases from the first sale, such as most inter-state supplies of goods.
For products under a quality control order · BIS
Products covered by a Quality Control Order cannot be made, imported or sold without a BIS licence.
For a manufacturing unit · OSH Code
A factory needs a licence (and approval of its plans) from the state factories department before it starts work. Under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 2020, in force from 21 November 2025, a factory is a unit with 20 or more workers using power, or 40 or more without.
For manufacturing · State PCB
Industrial units need the state pollution control board's Consent to Establish before construction and Consent to Operate before production. The Red, Orange, Green or White category of your industry decides the process and validity; White-category units are generally exempt.
For batteries and electronics on the CRS list
Electronics and IT goods on the Compulsory Registration Scheme list — including solar modules, inverters and batteries — must be registered with BIS before sale or import.
Recommended
A separate legal entity with limited liability — the structure investors, banks and larger customers expect, and the only common one that can issue equity and ESOPs.
Recommended · subsidies & credit
A free, Aadhaar-based registration that classifies you as a micro, small or medium enterprise — used for priority-sector credit, protection against delayed payments and preferences in government tenders.
Some registrations need another one first — this is the sequence that avoids rework.
After the registrations come the returns and filings that keep you compliant.
GST returns, bookkeeping, TDS and annual filings — everything a business like yours has to keep doing, in one place.
See the compliance pack →What people starting an auto or EV business ask us most.
Parts covered by a Quality Control Order — several tyres, safety glass and other components are — need a BIS licence before sale or import. Check the current list for your part.
Lithium-ion cells and batteries and many electronic parts fall under the Compulsory Registration Scheme, so they need CRS registration before sale.
Most units need it; the category of your process decides the level of scrutiny. White-category units are generally exempt.
Every sector, with its own checklist.
A CA or CS confirms which of these apply to you, in your state, and handles the ones we cover.