Indian facility compliance is a moving target: central acts, state rules and municipal bylaws overlap, and a single missed renewal can halt operations or trigger penalties. This checklist covers the requirements we track for every managed facility in 2026.

Safety and Building Compliance

Fire NOC and annual fire-safety audits top the list — ensure extinguishers, hydrants and alarms are serviced with documented drills. Lift licences require annual renewal with load-test certificates. Electrical safety audits and thermography are increasingly demanded by insurers.

If your building has an STP or WTP, pollution board consents (CTE/CTO) and monthly water-quality logs are mandatory in most states.

Labour and Contractor Compliance

If you engage contract labour — security, housekeeping, technicians — CLRA registration, PF, ESIC, LWF and professional-tax compliance apply, and principals share liability for contractor defaults. Verify your vendors' challans monthly, not annually.

Security agencies must hold PSARA licences for each operating state; guards must be police-verified. Shops & Establishments registrations and trade licences round out the basics.

Making Compliance Boring (The Goal)

The facilities that never fail audits share one trait: a compliance calendar with named owners, digital document vaults, and renewal alerts 60/30/7 days out. Compliance managed by spreadsheet and memory eventually fails; compliance managed by system never does.

Key Takeaways

  • Fire NOC, lift licences and electrical audits need annual tracking
  • Principals share liability for contractor PF/ESIC defaults
  • PSARA licensing is state-specific — verify for every site
  • A compliance calendar with alerts beats heroic last-minute renewals