MCC Will Now Issue Trade Licenses For a Term of Five Years From The Financial Year 2023-24

Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) has decided to issue Trade Licenses for a term of five years to all categories of business and trade from the financial year 2023-24 following advise by the Urban Development Department. This will bring in transparency and ease of getting the licenses through the online process.

MCC commissioner Akshy Sridhar said MCC has decided to extend the facility to all kinds of commercial activities in its limits for fresh as well as renewed trade licenses from the forthcoming financial year online. However, if any trader intends to avail licenses for shorter periods, the same may be issued for one, two, three or four years. Trade licenses for five years would be issued after examining all required documents. After the expiry of five years, fresh submission and examination of documents was necessary. Those intending to avail a five-year license should pay the license fee for five years at once.

To avail the trade license, the entrepreneur should strictly follow the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 and Plastic Waste Management Rules. They should also pay property tax within the stipulated time, failing which the license would be cancelled with a fortnight’s notice. License would also be cancelled if the same was required by reports of any government department or authority as well as if the trader violated the conditions of the license.