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Solar EPC, installers and equipment makers need GST, product certification for panels, inverters and batteries, and the right entity for tenders.
What each registration is, who issues it and when it applies to a solar 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.
Solar modules, inverters, batteries · BIS
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.
If importing panels or equipment · DGFT
The Importer-Exporter Code — needed to clear exports and imports through customs and to receive foreign payments against exports of goods.
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.
Recommended · projects and tenders
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 · tenders & subsidies
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.
Recommended · government buyers
Registration on the Government e-Marketplace — how ministries, PSUs and defence establishments buy most goods and services.
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 a solar business ask us most.
Yes — solar PV modules, inverters and storage batteries are on the Compulsory Registration Scheme list and need BIS registration before sale or import.
Solar power generation is in the White category and generally exempt; manufacturing modules or batteries needs consent.
Register on GeM and for your state nodal agency's empanelment; government schemes may also require approved-list modules.
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.