Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal has set May 30 as target to make Punjab as the best Indian state in ‘ease of doing business’.
For the same, he issued instructions to all the concerned departments to contribute their best in this regard. He also asked State Chief Secretary Sarvesh Kaushal to hold review meetings on every Monday to assess the performance of concerned departments.
Sukhbir, chairing a review meeting to further improve the business climate in the State, emphasised that Punjab would be the best on all aspects counted during evaluating the level of ease of doing business.
Expressing satisfaction over the progress and performance of various departments after screening a presentation, Sukhbir directed the concerned departments to make all registration and clearances processes more easier besides removal of impediments if any.
He asked the concerned officers to comply with all suggestions which were to be reviewed in next meeting on May 20 and the Chief Secretary hold review meetings on every Monday in this regard.
Earlier, CEO Invest Punjab Anirudh Tiwari apprised that 7 out of 10 announcements made by Deputy Chief Minister during Invest Punjab Summit-2015 were accomplished and work on three others was in progress.
He informed that the state labour department had issued orders to all the field officers not to conduct inspections without prior permission of labour commissioner and department of industries and commerce had also notified for self-certification of documents and third party annual inspection of boilers, thus no boiler inspector shall visit any industry unless requested for such inspection by the concerned unit.
He further added that proposal to setup Rs 100 crore start-up fund was in progress as provision for this had already been made in the budget 2016-17 and it would be rolled out shortly.