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Music license fee for restaurant and shop (PPL and IPRS)
Copyright licence to play recorded music in public. Issued by copyright societies, not the government. Here is who needs it, the official fee, the documents and the steps to apply.
Fees last checked: 28 Oct 2026
The short answer
Copyright licence to play recorded music in public. Issued by copyright societies, not the government. Here is who needs it, the official fee, the documents and the steps to apply. Key facts: Official fee: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000 (a year: PPL (21 to 40 seats, metro) plus IPRS (restaurant, metro); GST extra); Issued by: PPL India (sound recordings) and IPRS (songs); Time and validity: About a week (Valid: 1 year).
Source: pplindia.org, checked 27 Sep 2026.
Music license fee for a restaurant or shop
Restaurant or café: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000 (a year: PPL (21 to 40 seats, metro) plus IPRS (restaurant, metro); GST extra), as listed in the PPL restaurant tariff. The fee depends on seats and city size. GST is extra.
Shop or store: the PPL shop tariff starts at ₹6,300 a year for an Indian brand store of up to 200 sq ft, and rises with area. See the PPL shops and stores tariff for your size.
Salon or beauty parlour: ₹12,000 a year up to 1,000 sq ft and ₹18,000 for 1,001 to 3,000 sq ft (PPL tariff). Gym: from ₹7,500 to ₹15,000 a year for up to 1,500 sq ft, by city class, with extra for Zumba or aerobics classes (PPL tariff).
IPRS (the composers and lyricists society) charges its own licence, so a restaurant pays both. The IPRS fee for a shop, salon or gym is not officially verified here; see iprs.org. PPL fees checked on 18 October 2026.
Official fee Checked on 27 Sep 2026 Source
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What is a music licence?
Copyright licence to play recorded music in public. Issued by copyright societies, not the government.
Who needs it?
Restaurants, cafés, salons and gyms that play music.
Official fee
₹17,500 + ₹20,000 (a year: PPL (21 to 40 seats, metro) plus IPRS (restaurant, metro); GST extra)
Fees and rules change and can differ between offices. Confirm the fee on the official portal before you pay.
Courts disagree on whether PPL can license directly, so the safe course is to take both licences or play royalty-free music.
Music licence fee by city
PPL and IPRS set their own tariffs by seats, floor area and city size. GST is extra.
Your city
Most searched cities
- Delhi, DelhiRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- Mumbai, MaharashtraRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- Bengaluru, KarnatakaRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- Hyderabad, TelanganaRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- Chennai, Tamil NaduRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- Kolkata, West BengalRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- Pune, MaharashtraRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- Ahmedabad, GujaratRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- Jaipur, RajasthanRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- Lucknow, Uttar PradeshRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Browse by state
Andhra Pradesh2
- VijayawadaRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- VisakhapatnamRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Assam1
- GuwahatiRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Bihar5
- BhagalpurRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- DarbhangaRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- GayaRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- MuzaffarpurRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- PatnaRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Chandigarh1
- ChandigarhRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Chhattisgarh3
- BilaspurRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- Durg-BhilaiRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- RaipurRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Delhi2
- DelhiRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- New Delhi (NDMC)Restaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Goa1
- PanajiRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Gujarat3
- AhmedabadRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- SuratRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- VadodaraRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Haryana7
- AmbalaRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- FaridabadRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- GurugramRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- HisarRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- KarnalRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- PanipatRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- RohtakRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Himachal Pradesh1
- ShimlaRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Jammu and Kashmir2
- JammuRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- SrinagarRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Jharkhand3
- DhanbadRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- JamshedpurRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- RanchiRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Karnataka1
- BengaluruRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Kerala2
- KochiRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- ThiruvananthapuramRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Madhya Pradesh5
- BhopalRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- GwaliorRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- IndoreRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- JabalpurRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- UjjainRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Maharashtra4
- MumbaiRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- NagpurRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- PuneRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- ThaneRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Odisha1
- BhubaneswarRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Punjab2
- AmritsarRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- LudhianaRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Rajasthan6
- AjmerRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- BikanerRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- JaipurRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- JodhpurRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- KotaRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- UdaipurRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Tamil Nadu2
- ChennaiRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- CoimbatoreRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Telangana1
- HyderabadRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Uttar Pradesh15
- AgraRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- AligarhRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- BareillyRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- GhaziabadRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- GorakhpurRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- JhansiRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- KanpurRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- LucknowRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- Mathura-VrindavanRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- MeerutRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- MoradabadRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- NoidaRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- PrayagrajRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- SaharanpurRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- VaranasiRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
Uttarakhand3
- DehradunRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- HaldwaniRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- HaridwarRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
West Bengal3
- HowrahRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- KolkataRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
- West Bengal townsRestaurant: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000
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Documents to keep ready
- Business details and address
- Seating capacity or floor area
- GSTIN
Steps to apply
- Collect the documents listed here.
- Apply online at pplindia.org / iprs.org.
- Pay the official fee: ₹17,500 + ₹20,000 (a year: PPL (21 to 40 seats, metro) plus IPRS (restaurant, metro); GST extra).
- Wait for the result. Usual time: About a week.
- Keep the certificate safe. Validity: 1 year.
Where to apply
PPL India (sound recordings) and IPRS (songs). Apply on the official portal: pplindia.org / iprs.org.
Govt License is not a government website. We never take government fees or apply for you.
After you apply
What to do once the form is submitted: where to track it, how long it takes, why it gets rejected and what the law says if you do not have it.
Track your application
Typical time
Not stated officially. Licences are usually issued after you apply and pay the tariff.
Not officially verified
If you operate without it
Playing songs for customers without permission from the rights holders is copyright infringement. If done knowingly, the punishment is jail for 6 months to 3 years and a fine of ₹50,000 to ₹2,00,000. The court can give a lighter punishment for special reasons. The rights holders can also go to court for an injunction, damages or account of profits.
Law: Copyright Act, 1957, sections 51 and 63
Checked on 5 Oct 2026 Source
Common reasons for rejection and how to fix them
| Reason | How to fix it |
|---|---|
| Wrong tariff category chosen for your shop, restaurant or gym | Pick the category that matches your business and area on the PPL or IPRS tariff. |
| Payment or business details are incomplete | Give the full business address, area and contact details and pay the tariff fee. |
| Licence taken from only one of the two bodies | Check both PPL and IPRS tariffs. Ask each body whether your use needs its licence. |
Not officially verified
Govt License is an independent guide. Fines and rules change, so confirm on the official portal. Items marked Not officially verified could not be checked on an official page.
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