Uttar Pradesh - Apply for Cracker and Explosive License

ProcedureEdit

Apply In-Person

To Apply for Cracker and Explosive License, the applicant has to approach the district magistrate office in your respective area. link
An application form will be provided to the applicant by the concerned officer or the applicant can download the application form from the following link link
The applicant has to fill in all the necessary details in the application form. (Incomplete applications are not accepted)
Make sure that the applicant has to attach all the necessary documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
The applicant has to attach the photocopies of the required documents along with the application form while submitting.
Submit all the documents with the completed form to the concerned officer.
The applicant has to pay the prescribed fee as requested by the authority.
After receiving the application, the concerned authority will check the submitted application and document set. If all are in place, the application will be accepted.
Then the application will be processed further. All the updates on the application status will be sent via SMS to the applicant’s mobile number.
A license with 1-year expiry period will be issued by the authority as per deliverable norms.

Apply Online

To Apply for a Cracker and Explosive License, the applicant has to make the application online via – link
The applicant has to enter their Login id and password and enter a captcha for verification.
If the applicant is a new user the applicant has to click “New User” to register an account.
Next, the applicant has to enter their particulars and click “Submit”.
Next, the applicant has to select the application form from the list shown on the webpage.
The applicant has to fill in all the necessary details in the application form.
Also, upload all the necessary documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
Review the application and click “Save”.
Next the applicant has to pay the prescribed fee by clicking the “Pay Now” button.
Pay the fee online mode and click the “Save and Submit” button.
Also, the applicant can download the acknowledgment receipt and application form by clicking the “Print” button.
Then the application will be processed further. All the updates on the application status will be sent via SMS to the applicant’s mobile number.
Once the process gets completed, the applicant gets a call from the office regarding the application.
The CCE will verify the information provided in the renewal application and may inspect the licensee's premises to ensure compliance with safety regulations.
When the document is ready to be collected, the applicant will be sent an SMS from the office and the applicant can collect it by themselves or arrange a courier service for collection.
This entire process can be completed within 15 days or as per the timeline advised by the respective department authority.

Required DocumentsEdit

Application form: link for form [Please use FORM AE-3 and AE-4 for Application for grant or amendment of licence to possess and sell explosives]
Proof of Identity and Address proof
Verification report from police
No objection from fire service department
No objection from local body
Particulars of previous license if any
Description of place for where the storage is intended to be carried out.
No objection certificate of the tenant if the business is intended to be carried out on the land of tenant other than the applicant.
Recent copy of Form-F of the land housing the Storage Facility.
Aadhaar Card
Passport size photos

Office Locations & ContactsEdit

Deputy Chief Controller of Explosives

Kendriya Sadan (GPOA) 3rd and 4th floor,
34-A, Mahatma Gandhi Marg,
Civil Lines, Prayagraj
Allahabad-(Uttar Pradesh) - 211001
Tel. No. (0532)2250329 2441491
Fax :2644964
[email protected]
For contact info: Link
Deputy commissioners: link1 and District administration contacts: link2

EligibilityEdit

Applicants must be above 18 years old.
Not sentenced or convicted of any offence involving violence or moral turpitude for a term of not less than six months, at any time during a period of five years after the expiration of the sentence.
Applicant should not have any connection or executions in code of Criminal Procedure.
Applicant license under the Explosives Act has not been cancelled, whether before or after the commencement of the Indian Explosives (Amendment) Act, at any time during a period of five years from the date of cancellation of such license.

FeesEdit

Officials at Controller of Explosives would give fee details
Please use the following link to ascertain your fees: Link for Fee details

ValidityEdit

Validity of the Cracker License on Temporary basis will be Maximum of 15 days and on Permanent basis for 1 Year (Financial Year)
renewed every year (Optional)

NOTE : When applying for a temporary license to sell or to store on seasonal demand like Diwali – This licence will be issued in a time of 1 week to 1 month as decided by local authorities

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Processing TimeEdit

30 working days

InstructionsEdit

Applicants may approach the Deputy Commissioner, who is in charge of issuing Cracker and Explosive License.

Required InformationEdit

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1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

Need for the DocumentEdit

Government has enforced public to follow strict rules and regulations while dealing crackers and explosives under the Explosive policy.
To administer the responsibilities delegated under the Explosives Act 1884 the rules made thereunder related to manufacture, import, export, transport, possession, sale and use of Explosives
Without this license one can’t deal or trade such items.
Match Factories, Cracker shops are few of the establishments which requires this license
To ensure public safety, Government has formed and regulates these traders to follow the set of rules and keep track of those involved in this business for timely supervision

Information which might helpEdit

Manufacture of Explosives is the most hazardous operation.
The hazards of explosives depend upon the type and category of explosives.
Therefore the safety provisions are different depending on manufacture of the type and category of explosives.
The detailed procedure as to what to submit, how to prepare the documents, how to fill up the forms, how to construct the premises, what the Department of Explosives checks and scrutinizes, what are the various stages for grant of license etc., differs on case to case.

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