Join the collective voice of the Indian stone industry#
FIGSI is an all-India body with 1,500 countrywide members. For the last 40 years, FIGSI has been working for the growth & technological advancement of the Natural Stone Industry of India. Learn more about FIGSI.
- FIGSI Association membership is open for company, firm, association and federation.
- Download the membership application form, select the type of membership desired, and submit the form along with the fees.
- Send it with the documents and payment to FIGSI.
- Address: 429/7, 12th Cross Rd, Sadashiva Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka - 560080
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Privileges of Ordinary and Life members (Clause 7.5 of bye-laws)#
Every Ordinary and Life member of the Federation shall be entitled to the following privileges subject to the payment of relevant membership fee and any other dues, in time.
- To receive gratis all the publications of the Federation.
- To use the library facilities.
- To attend, speak and vote at any general meeting of the Federation.
- To propose or second or vote at any election held by the Federation.
- To avail the benefit of various concessions offered by the Federation on specific projects, events, advertisements etc.
- To contest the election for a member of the Executive Committee, subject to clause 12.1 (a), (b), (c) & (d).
Eligibility (Clause 7.1 from bye-laws)#
Any Proprietary / Partnership Firm / Company / LLP / Institution / Association / Federation / Trust / other bodies registered in India or anywhere in the world engaged or involved in quarrying / fabricating / processing / buying / selling / dealing / exporting / importing of natural stone and dealing with allied stone industries such as in manufacture and marketing of stone machinery, tools, consumables, diamond tools, other abrasives and / shipping / inspection / stone related publication house / overseas agents who are engaged by FIGSI for marketing STONA.
Fairs shall send an application in the prescribed form duly proposed and seconded by members of the Federation to the General Secretary of the Federation together with other information such as GST registration certificate as may be required by the Federation and the application fees along with Life Membership fee, or Annual Subscription fee as applicable and also any other statutory requirement from time to time.
In case the turnover is less than Rs.40 lakhs, instead of GST certificate any other related documents, such as Shop & Establishment Certificate confirming the existence of the business establishment. A certificate issued by an authorized Chartered Accountant is also acceptable.
Overseas agents who are engaged by FIGSI for marketing STONA Fairs can only be made as an ordinary member and not as a Life member of the Federation.
Membership fees (Clause 7.2 from bye-laws)#
Summary
- Ordinary Membership : Admission fee of Rs.2,500/- plus yearly subscription of Rs.15,000/- total amount is Rs.17,500/- + applicable GST (Rs. 3,150) in force to be remitted along with application form.
- Life Membership : Admission fee of Rs.2,500/- plus one time payment of Rs.40,000/- total amount is Rs.42,500/- + applicable GST (Rs. 7,650) in force to be remitted along with application form.
- Patron Membership : Admission fee of Rs.2,500/- plus one time payment of Rs.10 Lakhs total amount is Rs.10,02,500/- + applicable GST (Rs. 1,80,450) in force to be remitted along with application form.
Membership fee (by demand draft/ cheque in favour of “Federation of Indian Granite & Stone Industry” payable at Bangalore).
Application Fee
Any Firm / company / organization qualified as per clause 7.1 and wishes to be a member, has to pay a non refundable application fee of Rs. 2,500 + GST and any other taxes as applicable from time to time.
Ordinary Member fee
Any firm / company / organization qualified as per clause 7.1 that wishes to become an ordinary member, has to apply for membership in the prescribed form, by paying the annual subscription fee of Rs. 15,000 (for the current financial year) plus GST and any other taxes as applicable from time to time fixed by the government along with the non-refundable application fee.
The existing ordinary members can continue by paying annual renewal fee regularly. Further they can convert their membership to Life membership by paying applicable membership fee at the time of conversion from ordinary member to life member.
Notes:
- No adjustment will be made from the annual subscription fee paid by the ordinary member to convert their status into life membership.
- For Overseas members application fee of US$ 200 + Ordinary Membership fee of US$ 200 + GST is applicable.
These Overseas members do not have any voting rights and cannot contest the election to the Executive Committee.
Life Member fee
Any Firm / Company organization qualified as per clause 7.1 that wishes to become a Life member, has to apply for membership in the prescribed form, by paying the fee of Rs. 40,000 + GST and any other taxes as applicable from time to time along with the non-refundable application fee.
Note: For Overseas members application fee of US$ 200 + Life Membership fee of US$ 2500 + GST is applicable.
These Overseas members do not have any voting rights and cannot contest the election to the Executive Committee.
Grant of membership (Clause 7.3 from bye-laws)#
All applications for membership duly completed in all respects received with the required fee and documents shall be considered by the Executive Committee, at its meeting and on approval by the Executive Committee or otherwise, the General Secretary shall inform the applicants accordingly. The membership shall commence from the date of approval of membership by the Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee shall either accept or reject the said application at its discretion without assigning any reason.
Anyone whose application for membership of the Federation is rejected by the Executive Committee, shall not be eligible to apply for membership again for a period of two years (from any zone) from the date of refusal of the membership application.
Read the complete Memorandum of Association and Rules & Regulations of FIGSI.
