According to the Industrial Policy of the Government, setting up of new units or expansion of the existing units producing textile machinery is permitted without any licence subject to locational policy; but only submission of a simple Industrial Entrepreneurs Memorandum (I.E.M.) form to the Secretariat of Industrial Approvals (SIA) with a copy to the sponsoring authority is required. Small scale units have to register with the Directorates of Industries of the concerned State Governments.