Chennai:
In
a bid to woo investment in the state and ensure ease of doing business,
the state government is planning to come out with a legislation and has
asked Tamil Nadu Industrial Guidance and Export Promotion Bureau to
help draft a bill.
It
is learnt that a Bill is being drafted by the Industrial Guidance and
Export Promotion Bureau with the help of global consulting agency
Deolitte.
The
move by the state government comes in the wake of Centre planing to
improve its performance in World Bank’s Doing Business Rankings. India
is currently ranked 130 in Doing Business Rankings by the World Bank.
The
biggest challenge before the Centre is to pursue with the state
governments, local bodies and the Supreme Court and high courts for
necessary reforms in ease of doing business. Interestingly, Tamil Nadu
government which has signed memorandum of understanding worth Rs 2.42
lakh crore worth of investments during the Global Investors Meet could
not realise it as most of the projects were delayed due to issue of
approvals pertaining to land and buildings.
Sources
revealed that the state is likely to notify independent state-level and
district level nodal agencies and set up District Industry Centres in
all the 32 districts.
It
is learnt that once the act is enacted, all the applications will be
channelled through a single window portal, which will be integrated with
the departments that have to give clearance to investment projects.
There
are also plans to set up a State Single Window Monitoring Committee,
which could also act as a appellate authority to redress grievances. The
committee is likely to provide a time-frame of 30 to 45 days to raise
the grievances which also has to be settled in the given time frame.
Sources indicated that it is suggested that the committee should conduct
meeting twice a month.
Similarly,
plans are also on to set up Investment Promotion and Monitoring Board
which will be meeting four times in a year to review the disposal of
applications submitted through the single window portal.
Similarly,
the state is also planning to protect the interests of Medium Small and
Medium Enterprises (MSME) by setting up a single window state committee
for MSME. This will monitor the disposal of applications which exceeds
Rs cover investments above Rs 5 crore.
Box;
Common Building Rules delayed
Chennai:
The
single window clearance could be successful only if the state
implements the Common Building Rules which do away with the multiple
approvals process, according to sources.
Once
the Common Building Rules is implemented, force, a set of 60
development rules will govern the construction of building across the
state. It is learnt that thousands of crores worth investment to the
state is hit due to approval processes.
It
is learnt that Tamil Nadu government has prepared a blueprint to frame
‘Tamil Nadu Common building Rules, 2016’ for local bodies in accordance
with the
provisions of the Model Building bye-laws but it is yet to be implemented.
Factfile:
1. TN is coming out with a legislation to ensure ease of doing business in the state
2. The
Bill is being drafted by the Industrial Guidance and Export Promotion
Bureau with the help of global consulting agency Deolitte
3. State Single Window Monitoring Committee, which could also act as a appellate authority to redress grievances.
4. set
up Investment Promotion and Monitoring Board which will be meeting four
times in a year to review the disposal of applications submitted
through the single window portal
5. Industries
Guidance Bureau has asked Tamil Nadu e-governance Agency (TNeGA) to
develop software for single window facilitation. It is learnt that TNeGA
has awarded the work to Muthu Soft Labs.
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