How to Apply for DPCC pollution certificate for Hotels & Restaurants in Delhi?
By Team Metacorp
Legal & Compliance Experts
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) licence or certificate will be on your table in just Seven steps. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) https://delehlhlic.mha.gov.in/ has launched a centralised portal for all licences required for the establishment and operation of hotels and restaurants. Besides, the DPCC has its own web portal, DPCCOCMMS, where occupiers can go to get their certificate.
Step - 1
Fill in basic information on the centralised portal or dpccocmms, as the case may be, to create a user id and password. To create the user id and password, the Dpcc portal requires the occupier's name, phone number, email address, and unit location, whereas the centralised portal requires the occupier's name, phone number, and email address after validating with Mobile OTP.
Step - 2
After you've created your user id and password, you'll need to finalise your business categories according to the list provided by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), since there is total 31 categories for hotels including dhabas and 12 categories for restaurants, including eating houses and dhabas. When the categories are finalised, the documents are organised based on the categories. The majority of the documents are the same in all categories, with the exception of the lab report, inspection report, and OGT and ETP liability.
Fill in all of the necessary information in the application form and review it before paying the government fees, as directed by the dpcc. If the occupier uses the unified portal to apply for a DPCC licence, he or she must also fill information of another licence. The unified portal was created in such a way that it could handle all of the licences in one application.
After paying the government fee to the DPCC, a CTE/CTO acknowledgment slip or application form will be generated and save it for future reference
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Step - 3
The documents will be reviewed against the checklist, and an Action Taken Report (ATR) will be produced once they have been verified, or If any flaws or defects are discovered in the application, it will be sent back to be corrected or modified, and time will be given to upload missing documents.
Step - 4
The occupier must file a response within the timeframe specified and produce any missing documents. After the records have been checked, the concerned officer may go to the unit and examine the OGT or ETP, as the case may be.
An inspector will make a separate visit to inspect the DG set (if one is available) in order to monitor noise pollution.
Step - 5
All the documents along with Action Taken Report sent for meeting and the Committee led by the Chairman, DPCC, decides on consent applications under II(a). Consent applications in category II(b) are determined by a committee led by the Member Secretary of the DPCC, while consent applications in category I are decided by the Sr. Env. Engineer of the CMC's concerned cell. Units in the white group are prohibited from seeking consent. The Committee/Cell in charge of the consent applications makes the final decision. During committee meetings, in charge and decision forms are filled out electronically in real time.
Step - 6
In the meeting possibly three kind of decision will be taken by committee.
1. Issue the certificate
2. If any objection, file sent back to client for modification
3. Rejection
Step - 7
Occupier must respond to DPCC within the timeframe specified, and then file sent for a meeting, after which a certificate will be issued or rejected (if not found satisfactory reply)
Categories of Hotels and restaurants as per DPCC
| S.No. | Activity Name | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hotel/Guest Houses having 20–50 rooms (double) or 40–100 rooms (single), connected to sewer, no kitchen/laundry with boiler | ORANGE |
| 2 | Hotel/Guest Houses having more than 50 rooms, connected to sewer, no kitchen/laundry with boiler | ORANGE |
| 3 | Hotel (3 Star & above) connected to sewer with kitchen/laundry and boiler | RED |
| 4 | Hotel/Guest Houses more than 50 rooms, not connected to sewer, no kitchen/laundry with boiler | ORANGE |
| 5 | Hotel/Guest Houses 20–50 rooms, not connected to sewer, no kitchen/laundry | ORANGE |
| 6 | Hotel/Guest Houses less than 20 rooms, not connected to sewer, no kitchen/laundry | ORANGE |
| 7 | Hotel/Guest Houses less than 20 rooms, connected to sewer, no kitchen/laundry | GREEN |
| 8 | Hotel (3 Star & above), not connected to sewer, with boiler | RED |
| 9 | Hotel (3 Star & above), not connected to sewer, without boiler | RED |
| 10 | Hotel (3 Star & above), connected to sewer, without boiler | RED |
| 11 | Hotels requiring Environmental Clearance under EIA | RED |
| Restaurants | ||
| 1 | Restaurants (36–100 seats) connected to sewer with boiler | ORANGE |
| 2 | Small restaurants, banquet halls & sweet shops (low production), not connected, with boiler | ORANGE |
| 3 | Same as above but connected to sewer | ORANGE |
| 4 | Same category connected but without boiler | ORANGE |
| 5 | Restaurants (36–100 seats) not connected, without boiler | ORANGE |
| 6 | Restaurants (36–100 seats) not connected, with boiler | ORANGE |
| 7 | Restaurants (36–100 seats) connected, without boiler | ORANGE |
| 8 | Large restaurants (>101 seats) not connected, with boiler | ORANGE |
| 9 | Large restaurants connected, without boiler | ORANGE |
| 10 | Large restaurants not connected, without boiler | ORANGE |
| 11 | Large restaurants connected, with boiler | ORANGE |
| 12 | Small establishments not connected, without boiler | ORANGE |
Other registrations/certificates required for Hotels and Restaurants in Delhi
1. Health Trade License from Municipal Authority
2. Eating House License / Police NOC
3. Labour License
4. Fire & Electrical NOC for select businesses
5. PCC certificate for workers
6. FSSAI Certificate
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