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Applicant can approach the office of Divisional Forest Officer/Divisional Director in the concerned district and take the help of authorities in submitting the online applications. The telephone numbers of the Divisional Forest Officers/Divisional Directors are available on the website of Department of Forests and V ildlife, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant can also approach the office of the Member Secretary, State Level Committee, WBI Uttar Pradesh on their phone number 0522-2206184. 2) Eligibility Criteri (A) Applicant should have completed 18 years of age as on the last date of submission of application. (B) All categories of WBI units with proposed investment of upto Rs. 100 crores should have net worth of not less than one fourth of the proposed investment -d investment of more than Rs. 100 crores should have and those with propos net worth of not less than one third of the proposed investment. Applicants will be required to submit relevant documents in support of their net worth ie. 3 years audited balance sheet, 3 years income tax returns, solvency certificate from the bank or any other relevant documents. 3) There are eight categories of wood based industries under which applicant can apply for new license. These categories are 1) Saw Mill, 2) Veneer Mill, 3) Plywood Unit. 4) Veneer & Plywood Unit, 5) Stand alone Chipper, 6) MDF/HDF, 7) Particle Board Unit, 8) MDF/HDF + Particle Board Unit. 4) Since machinery in each category of WBI is directly linked with the consumption of wood, the State Level Committee (SLC) has decided to rationalize the number of various machinery under each category. Minimum and maximum number of various machinery under each category for which applicant can apply would be as follows:- \| Name of Minimum No. of Machinery [Maximum No. of Machinery Remarks category | [Saw Mill” | One HBS or one VBS ‘One HBS and one VBS or Two VBS Veneer | One peeler of 4 feet or One | Two peelers of 4 feet or One Mill peeler of 8 feet + One VBS of 10 | peeler of 8 feet or one peeler of 4 | HP feet and one peeler of 8 feet + One | | a VBS of 10 HP 7 Plywood | One press with size and number | Two presses with size and number | | Unit | of daylights as per applicant's | of daylights as per applicant's | choice choice | | Veneer & | One pecler of 4 feet + One VBS | Two peelers of 4 feet or one pecler| Applicant can | | Plywood | of 10 HP + One press with size | of 8 feet or one peeler of 4 feet | opt for One | Unit | and number of daylights as per | and one peeler of 8 feet + Two ‘Aipper | applicant's choice | VBS of 10 HP each + Two presses | additionally. | with size and number of daylights | 25 per applicant's choice | jalon | One chipper of one ton capacity | One chipper or Two chipper (Total | Chipper | — capacity not exceeding 5 ton) MDFHD | : - Lor | Panicle] peer Composite Board } Unit | Particle Board [unit ! 5) Applicant, as one legal entity, can apply for license in each category. The legal entity includes Individual, Sole Proprietorship Firm, Partnership Firm, Association of Persons (AOP), Hindu Undivided Family (HUF), Pvt. Ltd. Company, Public Limited Company, Government Department or undertaking and Limited Liability Partnership (LLP). Separate application will be needed for each category. In case the applicant becomes successful for more than one category, in that case he/she will be eligible to get only one license in the category of his/her choice. 6) If the applications received under each category are more than the quantified available wood for this purpose then online draw of lots will be conducted in a transparent manner for such category of WBI. In any case if the applicant becomes successful to get license in more than one category through draw of lots. he or she would get only one license in the category of his choice. 7) Applicant has to deposit amount equivalent to annual fee proposed to be charged for each category of WBI in the form of “Eamest Money’ at the time of submission of 2application through a payment gateway provided in the portal. The earnest money so deposited shall be adjusted towards § years annual fee to be paid by the successful applicants at the time of issuance of in-principle approval/a ‘Letter of Offer’. The Annual fee amount for all the categories of WBIs is as under:~ "Name of Unit Annual Fee | FeeforfirstSyears | Earnest | (In Rs.) (In Rs) Money to be | deposited | along with | application | - - - dns) 2 3 4 Saw Mill with Vertical Band Saw | 2,000 | 10,000 upto 10 | [Saw Mill with Vertical Band Saw 5 Annual fee | | above 10. H.P. or Horizontal Band as per Saw a - column Wood Based Industry falling under 30,000 1,50,000 number 2 the category of Micro Enterprises (Cost of Plant & Machinery not exceeding RS. 25 Lacs)_ __| Wood Based Industry falling under | 1% of the Cost of Plant | 5% of the Cost of Plant | the category of Small Enterprises | & Machinery but not less | & Machinery but not less (Cost of Plant & Machinery | than Rs. 30,000 and not | than Rs. 1.50 lacs and exceeding Rs, 25 Lacs but not | more than RS. 3.00 lacs | not more than Rs. 15,00 exceeding Rs. 5 crores) _ acs | Wood Based Industry falling under | 1% of the Cost of Plant | 5% of the Cost of Plant the category of Medium Enterprises | & Machinery but not & Machinery but not (Cost of Plant & — Machinery | more than 6.00 lacs more than Rs. 30,00 lacs exceeding Rs. 5 crores but not exceeding Rs. 10 crores) pe ‘Other Wood Based Industry with | 1 of the Cost of Plant | 3% of the Cost of Plant Cost of Plant & Machinery exceeding | & Machinery but not | & Machinery but not | Rs. 10 crores. more than 20.00 lacs. | more than 1.00 crore 8) The award of license to a successful applicant will be done through a two stage process. On being successful to receive a license through online draw of lots the applicant will be issued an in- principle approval/a ‘Letter of Offer” online stipulating various terms and conditions including purchase/arrangement of land, plant and machinery, commissioning of WBI unit etc as per the timeline specified by the SLC. 9) Each successful applicant on receipt of in-principle approval/a letter of offer will be required to deposit the balance 4 years annual fee applicable to the relevant category of WBI after along with a ‘Letter of Acceptance’ to be submitted online within a period of one month from the date of issue of in-principle approval/a ‘Letter of Offer’. The prescribed format for Letter of Acceptance will be provided along with the Letter of Offer. Before issuance of the new license to WBI units fee for first 5 years as prescribed in the table in para-7 above will be required to be paid. This license will be valid upto 31 December of the fifth ygar from the year of issuance. Thereafter, the 3license will be renewed for | to 5 years after payment of following “annual renewal Fee’. 10)Cases of false/under reporting of the cost of Plant and Machinery by the applicant of WBI unit will be viewed seriously, leading to cancellation of in-prineiple approval/a letter of offer or actual license. 11) The Applicants who fail to submit relevant documents in support of their net worth at the time of filing of online application, their online applications will not be considered. Those applicants who do not qualify the net worth criteria/requirement shall stand automatically disqualified for further scrutiny and their applications will be rejected as ineligible, The Online draw of lots will be conducted only in respect of eligible applicants. 12)If upon receiving in-principle approval/a letter of offer the applicant does not want to accept the offer, then the eamest money deposited for the category in which the applicant is being offered a license will be forfeited and no refund will be made. If the acceptance letter from the applicant whom Letter of Offer has been issued is not received within the prescribed one month then it will be construed as rejection of olfer by the applicant for which he will only be responsible 13)If after receiving in-principle approval /a letter of offer the applicant does not comply with the terms and conditions spelt out there-in within the specified time period, in- principle approval /a letter of offer will be deemed to have been cancelled and the earnest money as also the balance 4 years annual fee deposited for the category in which the applicant is being offered a license will be forfeited. 14)In case of an applicant being successful in more than one category through online draw of lots, he or she shall be allowed to retain only one license in the category of his choice. In such cases earnest money deposited in categories other than the retained one will be refunded without iuterest. The earnest money of non-successful applicants will be refunded without interest. 15)A successful applicant who is either given in-principle approval/a letter of offer or issued a license to establish a WBI unit shall not be eligible to transfer in-principle approval/a letter of offer or the ‘actual license issued’, before commissioning of the WBI unit 16)Each applicant has to give an undertaking in the application form that he or she will comply with all the lavs/rules/decisions relevant to the establishment and operation \ 4of WBI unit and all the directions issued by SLC, WBI Uttar Pradesh, other government authorities and the court including the officer authorized by the SLC as per relevant Guidelines/Rules/Indian Forest Act ete. 17)The registration of WBI units under the provisions of Wood Based Industries Establishment and Regulation Guidelines, 2016 (As Amended) issued by Government of India and Uttar Pradesh Wood Based Industries Establishment and Regulation (Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2018 will be under taken in accordance with the final judgment and orders of the Hon'ble High Court in the PLL. Civil No. 1866 of 2018 (Association For Common People vs. Union of India). 18)Wood Based Industries shall be allowed to operate beyond ten kilometers of aerial distance from the boundary of nearest notified forests or protected areas, excluding roadside/railway side/canal side plantations. However, a Wood Based Industries can be established in a Industrial Estate or a Municipal Area, irrespective of the aerial distance from the boundary of nearest notified forest or protected area. The provisions of Eco Sensitive Zones of protected areas (PAs) as contained in the notification will be taken into consideration for establishment of Wood Based Industries. ® » iat (Pawait Kumar Sharma) Member Secretary State Level Committee, S_ Unar Pradesh, Lucknow