TN ranking on business reforms could be hit as CMDA fares poorly on implementation of BRAP

Chennai:

CMDA has fared poorly in the implementation of 17 actions plans of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) under the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) and this could affect the state's ranking this year in implementation of business reforms.

The state was ranked 15th in last year's ranking under the Business Reform Action Plan, which is prepared by DIPP in partnership with World Bank. The BRAP includes The BRAP includes 372 recommendations for reforms on regulatory processes, policies, practices and procedures spread across 12 reform areas.

This year CMDA is part of 17 action plans under DIPP’s draft business reforms action plan.

Among those, CMDA along with revenue department and directorate of town and country planning managed to get five points under the action plan land administration and transfer of land and property. The focus under the area was change in land use for conversion to industrial use for land outside of industrial parks or industrial development corporations.

CMDA has been directed to furnish information and implement an online application system by following details like publishing list of documents required in its website, the clear timelines manadated through Public Service Delivery Guarantee Act and allowing online application submission and payment there of besides tracking monitoring of application.

However, under other action plans, it just managed a single point. Some of the majors reforms where it failed include failure to develop master plans or zonal plans or land use plans with legal sanction for all urban areas and make it available online, the construction permit procedure and information where in ut has to publish information about the procedure including pre-construction and post-construction documents. These also include No Objection certificates, registrations and other mandatory state approvals on the website for rural areas.

It also also hit out over the lack of a well defined inspection procedure and checklist on department’s website when it comes​ to​ building plan approval process