The Chhattisgarh Govern-ment has formed a high-level ‘Empowered Committee’ under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand to monitor and resolve issues arising out of the current State Government policy for investment in Information Technology (IT) and related services, officials stated.
The Department of Information Technology and Bio-technology issued a notification in this regard on Friday. Department officials informed that the Committee shall comprise Additional Chief Secretary (ACS)/Principal Secretary/ Secretary Finance, Principal Secretary/ Secretary Revenue, and Principal Secreta-ry/ Secretary IT as members while Chief Executive Officer CHiPS would be the Member Secretary of the Committee.
The Committee may consult or invite representatives from institutions related to e-Governance/IT-ITES sector such as NASSCOM, STPI, Private IT Parks, IIM, IIIT, NISG, NeGD or any other experts. This apart, the Committee shall have the authority to deliberate and decide on various issues including approval, monitoring and controlled execution of the plan, periodic reviews with regard to implementation of the policy, recommendation of additional incentives/concessions for large investments of more than Rs100 crore.
The Committee would also have the authority on monitoring of single-window clearance system, resolution of inter-departmental issues that may arise from time to time, issuance of clarification on any issue pertaining to this policy or extension of timeliness etc, issuance of single registration for all statutory requirements in the State within 30 days, for commencement of business activities by the IT/ITES entrepreneurs and other relevant matters.