New Delhi: A new India will be powered by Aatmanirbhar Bharat and Ease of Doing Business (EoDB), Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal today told the Confederation of Indian Industry’s National Conference on ‘Ease of Doing Business for Aatmanirbhar Bharat’.
He listed out the Government’s 5 ‘Is’ (Intent, Inclusion, Innovation, Infrastructure and Investment) approach to make India self-reliant. He also talked about the following five structural reforms for EoDB:
1. National Single Window System
A one-stop-shop for approvals and clearances needed by investors and businesses. It includes Know Your Approval, Common Registration Form, Document repository, etc. Portal hosts approvals across 18 Central Departments and 9 States. Further, another 14 Central Departments and 5 States will be added by December 2021.
2. Industrial Land Bank
A GIS-based portal, serving as a one-stop repository of all industrial infrastructure related information. Integrated with GIS systems of 17 states, the ILB has a database of more than 4,000 industrial parks mapped across an area of 5.5 lakh hectare of Land.
3. Regulatory Compliance Portal
It’s a real-time dashboard under direct monitoring of the Cabinet Secretary to track progress. States and Union Territories have eliminated burdensome compliance by removal of unnecessary licenses, permissions, rationalization of renewals, self-regulation and self- certification should be the way forward.
4. State Reforms Action Plan (SRAP)
Centre is working with the states trying to promote healthy competition in a spirit of cooperative federalism among states and led to digitization of procedures. A 301-point State Reforms Action Plan, 2020 has been shared with the States/UTs covering 15 reform areas.
5. PM Gati Shakti
Launched to build next-Gen infrastructure, the Gati Shakti portal provides multimodal connectivity to ensure integrated and seamless connectivity. Gati Shakti is meant to break departmental silos and institutionalize holistic planning, and all Departments will now have visibility of each other’s projects through a centralized portal.
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