Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi reviewed the ‘Ease of doing business’ preparedness in the State in post-GST scenario at a high-level meeting at the State Secretariat recently where Industries Secretary Sanjeeb Chopra presented the updates for discussion.
Around 373 action points for process reform were identified in various departments. Padhi directed the concerned departments to complete implementation of all action points by September 15.
The Chief Secretary, focussing on percolation of reform benefits to the level of users, also directed the departments to brief all field-level officers and reorient them towards reform initiatives. It was decided to review the implementation status of the reforms at monthly and bimonthly meetings of the respective departments.
The reforms would also be widely disseminated among potential investors through workshops, media messages, interface meetings, e-mails and ‘single-sign-on framework’ so that the business community can make use of it.
Data show a total number of 373 reform action points have been identified for implementation in various departments. These include 13 action points for the Commercial Tax Department, 18 for the Energy Department, 58 for the labour & ESI, 17 for the Forest & Environment Department, 12 for the Health & Family Welfare Department, 49 for the Housing & Urban Development Department, 101 for the Industries Department, 13 for the law Department, 11 for the Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare (legal Metrology) Department, 29 for the Revenue & Disaster Management Department, 47 for the OSPCB and five action points for the Water Resources Department.
The issues relating to implementation of the online Single Window System were also discussed.
Odisha is a leader State in implementation of the Single Window system at State and District levels.
It was decided that 15 services would be rolled out online in the system by the third week of August and rest 35 identified services would be made on line by the first week of September. A target was set to Go live with Single Window System by the second week of September.