West Bengal, India

Custom ERP, AI Agent & SaaS Development in Durgapur

Custom ERP and GST billing, AI agents, web applications and SaaS for steel and energy businesses in Durgapur. Built by Flip Retail in Jaipur, 1,220 km west of Durgapur, in the same time zone and under the same GST rules.

Time zone
Same as JaipurIndian Standard Time
Population
≈ 600,000Approximate, city or metro area
Currency
Indian rupee (INR)
Indirect tax
GST 18%
E-invoicing
MandatoryIRP
Data protection
DPDP Act

National tax, e-invoicing and data rules, with sources: India guide. General information, not legal or tax advice. Last reviewed October 2026.

01 — Local economy

Business in Durgapur

Steel, power and chemicals line the Grand Trunk Road through Durgapur, a town planned in the 1950s around public-sector industry. The Durgapur Steel Plant and Alloy Steels Plant, thermal power stations and chemical, carbon-black and heavy-equipment units are its anchors, supported by ancillary firms supplying refractories, rolls, spares, fabrication and maintenance, and NIT Durgapur makes it an education centre too.

Where software helps: Ancillary suppliers to the steel and power plants work on rate contracts and consignment stock for refractories, rolls and spares, which makes tracking consumption, invoices and long public-sector payment cycles difficult.

Business districts & industrial areas

  • Durgapur Steel Plant
  • Alloy Steels Plant
  • Webel IT Park

Languages of business

Bengali, Hindi and English

02 — Industries

ERP and AI for steel, energy and engineering businesses in Durgapur

What we would build first for the industries Durgapur is known for.

Steel & metals

ERP
Stock by grade, size, thickness and warehouse; weight-based pricing with cutting and loading charges; part-load dispatch; and credit limits checked before an order is confirmed. This is the problem our own SteelERP product was built to solve.
AI agent
A quoting agent that reads enquiries from WhatsApp or email (“20 tonnes TMT 12 mm, delivery Thursday”), checks free stock and the day's rate, and drafts the quotation for a salesperson to send.
Software for steel & metals

Energy, oil & gas

ERP
Project and contract costing, equipment and spares across sites, maintenance schedules, and compliance records for contractors and service companies in the energy supply chain.
AI agent
A field-service agent that turns technicians' voice notes and photos into job reports, updates the asset history and raises spare-part requests.
Software for energy, oil & gas

Engineering & machinery

ERP
Make-to-order and engineer-to-order projects tracked from enquiry to commissioning, with multi-level bills of materials, drawing revisions, subcontracted machining and spare-parts sales in one system.
AI agent
A spares assistant that identifies parts from a photo or serial number, checks stock and price, and answers dealer and customer queries on WhatsApp or email.
Software for engineering & machinery

03 — Local rules

West Bengal-specific rules

On top of the national rules summarised above.

West BengalGST state code 19CGST and SGST on sales within the state; IGST on sales to other states.

General information, not legal or tax advice. Last reviewed October 2026. National tax, e-invoicing, data-protection and AI rules, with sources, are in our India guide.

04 — Working together

Same time zone, same tax system

Durgapur lies 1,220 km east of our Jaipur studio and shares Indian Standard Time, so calls, demos and support happen in normal working hours. Invoices raised in West Bengal carry GST state code 19, and GST invoicing, e-invoicing and e-way bills are what our own SteelERP handles every day.

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05 — FAQ

Custom software in Durgapur: common questions

Do you build custom ERP and AI software for businesses in Durgapur?

Yes. Our studio is in Jaipur, 1,220 km away, and we work with Durgapur businesses over video calls in normal Indian working hours, with working software every two weeks.

Can a custom ERP handle GST in West Bengal?

Yes. Invoices raised in West Bengal carry GST state code 19, with CGST and SGST on sales within the state and IGST on sales to other states. A custom ERP generates e-invoices through the IRP and e-way bills, as our own SteelERP does.

Can your AI agents talk to customers in Bengali, Hindi and English?

Yes. Current language models handle Bengali, Hindi and English well, including mixed-language messages. We still test an agent in each language your customers use before it goes live, and route anything it is unsure about to your team.

What would a first project look like for a steel business?

Usually one module that fixes the most expensive problem first. For steel & metals that is often grade, size and location-wise stock and weight-based rates & price lists. It goes live early, and the rest of the system follows in two-week increments while your team is already using it.

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