The Director of the Department of Commerce & Industries, Government of Manipur, who is also the ex-officio Registrar of Firms and Chief Inspector of Factories and Boilers, functions as the Head of Department.
The Director (Commerce & Industries), Manipur is assisted by 581 employees, comprising 56 Grade-A, 152 Grade-B, 231 Grade-C and 142 Grade-D regular employees.
The activities of the Department may be broadly categorized as follows:
(1) Village & Small Enterprises
(2) Industries other than Village & Small Enterprises (including PSUs),
(3) Trade & Commerce,
(4) Mineral Development,
(5) Registration of Partnership Firms under Indian Partnership Act, 1932, and
(6) Administration of the Factories Act, 1948 and the Indian Boilers Act, 1923 and the rules made there under.