For Agra SMEs • आगरा के व्यवसायों के लिए

HR Software for Agra Retail, Leather & Hospitality • भरोसा वही, तरीका नया

Agra ke businesses ke liye professional HR, offer letters, onboarding, attendance, payslips aur compliance, ab digital, simple aur safe.

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Why Agra Chooses Offrd • आगरा के लिए सही

  • 2-minute branded, compliant offer letters
  • Digital onboarding: forms & documents online
  • QR/location attendance for stores & workshops
  • Accurate payslips with clean CTC breakup
  • PF, ESI and professional tax worked out for you

Who does a Agra employer register with, and where does the money go?

Agra sits in Agra district. Part of what follows is decided locally and is not the same in the next district, and the rest runs on central law and does not move at all.

District
Agra source
Local body
Nagar Nigam Agra (Agra Municipal Corporation), phone 0562-2850499, e-mail, website nagarnigamagra.com source
Professional tax
Not levied in Uttar Pradesh sourceNot levied in Uttar Pradesh. The State has no tax on professions, trades. statute
Shops and Establishments
Uttar Pradesh Dookan Aur Vanijya Adhishthan Adhiniyam, 1962 (U.P. Act No.). ActCovers: No employee-number threshold. Section 4-B(1). You have: Within three months of the commencement of the business (s.4-B(1)).Authority here: Regionally: Deputy Labour Commissioner and Assistant Labour Commissioners, Agra Region, Agra sourceFiled at niveshmitra.up.gov.in.
Labour office
Deputy Labour Commissioner and all Assistant Labour Commissioners, Agra Region, Agra - jurisdiction Agra, Aligarh, Etah, Mainpuri, Mathura and Firozabad source
Labour welfare fund
Yes - the Uttar Pradesh Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965 (U.P.). source
Worth knowing here
Agra is entry 1 in Schedule I of the 1962 Act, so all provisions of the Act apply in the city. Industrial Disputes Act 1947, the Labour Court at Agra covers Agra, Aligarh, Etah, Mainpuri and Mathura source
What does not change
Nothing in provident fund, employee state insurance, gratuity, bonus or salary tax deduction is particular to Agra. All five are central.

Read this as a starting point, not as the last word. Addresses and rates here were right when they were checked and may not be today. Confirm the office and its address with the department itself, and take a professional view from your chartered accountant or labour law adviser before relying on any of it. This is general information, not legal or tax advice. Offrd is not affiliated with any office named here and does not act for them. These details were verified on 12 September 2026. Send anything that looks wrong to service@offrd.co.

Which Agra industries are you hiring for?

Agra's shoe manufacturing cluster is enormous, over five thousand units and two hundred thousand workers, easily the largest single trade found anywhere in this project so far.

Shoe manufacturingdistrict wide5,000+ functional units

About 2 lakh workers and Rs 2,150 crore in annual exports, with 150 of those units export focused.

Marble and stone craftdistrict wide2,500 registered and unregistered units

Rs 200 crore turnover and 30,000 workers, a second large cluster distinct from footwear.

Carpet productiondistrict wide90 functional units

Rs 400 crore turnover and 75,000 workers, smaller by unit count but large by employment.

Industrial estatesSikandra, Foundry Nagar, Nunhaisix zones district wide

Foundry Nagar alone hosts 198 operational units across 154 acres.

Useful offices for an employer in Agra

District Industries Centre, Agra

MSME and Udyam registration for the district.

Labour Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh

Shops and establishment registration and labour compliance.

UP Labour Dept
Commercial Tax Department, Uttar Pradesh

GST and commercial tax registration for employers.

UP Commercial Tax
Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation

Manages the Sikandra and Foundry Nagar industrial estates.

UPSIDC

Confirm this before you rely on it. Figures come from the district's 2011-12 profile and are dated, no newer official recount was found for the footwear cluster's exact scale. Office addresses and contact details can change on a notification you will not see. Verify the office and its current jurisdiction before you act on it, and take advice from your chartered accountant or labour law adviser. None of this is legal or tax advice. Offrd has no connection to the offices named and does not represent them. Checked 12 September 2026. Spot something out of date? Tell us at service@offrd.co.

Do small employers in Agra have to run provident fund?

Only once twenty employees are on the rolls, unless the establishment opts in voluntarily. Plenty of companies register earlier because candidates ask for it and because it is easier to start clean than to backfill contributions later.

The part that catches people out is the universal account number. An employee who has worked before already has one, and it has to be linked rather than a second one created. Two active numbers for the same person is one of the more tedious things to unwind with the fund office.

what a universal account number is

Does minimum wage apply to salaried office staff?

It applies to employees in scheduled employments, and the schedules in most states include shops and commercial establishments. Office roles paid well above the notified rate are not a practical concern. Entry level, support and field roles at a company in Agra can be, particularly once the split between basic pay and allowances is taken into account.

The test runs on wages as defined, not on the headline CTC, which is why a generous CTC can still sit on a wage that falls short.

what counts as basic salary

How is an appointment letter different from an offer letter?

The offer letter invites someone to join. The appointment letter is the employment contract that takes over once they do. In practice many companies in Agra issue only one document and treat it as both, which works until a dispute, at which point the missing terms are the ones being argued about.

An appointment letter carries the terms the offer letter usually skips: confidentiality, intellectual property, the leave entitlement, the disciplinary process, transfer and deputation, and the grounds on which employment can end. It is issued on or shortly after the joining date and signed by both sides.

what an appointment letter should cover

When does Form 16 have to be issued?

By 15 June following the end of the financial year, under section 203 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. It covers 1 April to 31 March. Part A comes from the TRACES portal and carries the quarter wise summary of tax deposited. Part B carries the salary breakup, the exemptions claimed and the deductions under Chapter VI A.

An employer who deducted no tax because salary fell below the exemption limit is not obliged to issue it, though many do because employees ask.

what Form 16 is

Frequently asked questions

Which district is Agra in, for HR filings?

Agra sits in Agra. Labour offices are appointed district by district, so that is the line that decides who inspects you.

Who collects professional tax from a Agra employer?

Not levied in Uttar Pradesh

What is the wage ceiling for provident fund?

Mandatory coverage runs up to 15,000 rupees of basic pay and dearness allowance a month. Above that, contribution can continue by agreement, but the pension scheme share stays calculated on the 15,000 rupee ceiling.

What You Can Run on Offrd • Offrd पर क्या चलेगा

Leather, retail, tourism, paperwork kam, image better.

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Offer Letter Generator • ऑफर लेटर

Professional letters in minutes • 50 free credits.

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Digital Onboarding • ऑनबोर्डिंग

Collect KYC, bank & compliance docs, all online.

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Attendance & Leave • हाज़िरी

QR/location options, shift rules, neat reports.

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Payslips & Calculations • पेस्लिप

Clear CTC breakup and deductions.

Local Problems, Practical Fixes • स्थानीय दिक्कतें, आसान समाधान

Seasonal Staff

Quick onboarding & exit letters without chaos.

Professional Image

Proper offers and payslips build trust with staff & partners.

Compliance

PF/ESI/PT calculations handled inside the product.

Costs

Pay-per-use friendly; predictable spend for SMEs.

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Last updated 12 September 2026

EPFO and ESIC Offices for Agra

Offrd handles the calculation and documents. These are the government offices for registration, inspections, and escalations.

EPFO Office
Address not confirmed. Visit epfindia.gov.in to locate your local office.
ESIC Office
ESI Corporation, Panchdeep Bhawan, Sarvodaya Nagar, Kanpur-208005, Uttar Pradesh