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Re:I tried starting a manufacturing unit in India by uj8efdkjfdshf on Monday August 10, 2020 @10:39AM (#24109735)
Some questions:

- How much would you expect to spend if you were to pay all the bribes? Are you unable to afford them, or is this more of a moral issue?

- Is there any reason why you are effectively purchasing agricultural land and rezoning it to industrial land, rather than buying existing industrial land? What is your plan if you cannot obtain all the necessary NOCs?

- Is there any utility/road/rail access to your land? If not, have you looked into how much it will cost to build the necessary infrastructure?

- Is the area at risk for natural disasters (especially flooding)?

Re:I tried starting a manufacturing unit in India by rohan_shah on Monday August 10, 2020 @10:48AM (#24109824)
Not paying bribe because of moral issues as well as the fact that I could buy 10 MacBook Pro's with that much money.

There are agents who provide the "NA service". They quoted me 10,00,000 (10 Lakh or 1 Million Rupees) excluding all the legal payments to government.

All land is Agricultural Land by default. Industrial land banks (created by MIDC are few and far and our land is near a MIDC industrial land bank which is out of stock, meaning completely bought out)

Yes there is road access.

No. the land is almost barren land. Far away from flooding. So no problem with natural disasters.

Re:I tried starting a manufacturing unit in India by imtringued on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @05:41AM (#24118705)
The article mentions that he wants India to become more business friendly. Giving in to the corruption will only make the problem worse I guess.