Initiating steps to implement ‘Make In India’ programme in a time-bound manner as stressed by the Centre, the State Government has constituted four high-level committees under four Additional Chief Secretaries (ACSs). Chief Secretary GC Pati who recently reviewed the implementation of the programme in Odisha set timeline to all the ACSs.
All the senior officers will initiate action on 98 action points in a time-bound manner, said sources, adding that they will revisit the existing approval processes and eliminate redundancies as well as slackness.
This will help the manufacturing sector, which under ‘Make In India’ programme is set to transform India into one of the world’s foremost competitive. Sources said ACS to Chief Minister Aditya Prasad Padhi heads the committee on setting up a business, enforcing contracts and existing business.
While the committee will meet twice in each month to chart out basic clearances for setting up a business, it will publish comprehensive checklist for all requirements of licences, registrations, environment clearances, land and building related approvals.
It will prescribe time-lines for each service delivery and implementation of single window clearance, institutional mechanism for starting business including all clearances and approvals for incentives within existing policy frame work.
The committee will also ensure, among others, single registration and ID for all State taxes, online registration process, implementation of rules for timely service delivery, proper facilitation mechanism, toll free helpline, setting up of specialized redressal forums to resolve commercial disputes and fixing time limit for disposal of commercial cases. It will revisit the process to grant approvals to eliminate inertia and make procedure smart and user-friendly.
The Committee on Environment, labour and Inspection reforms which will be headed by Development Commissioner and ACS UN Behera will look into the requirement of environmental compliances, developing and implementing electronic consent management system for all environment and pollution related approvals.
Development and implementation of a common application form catering to various environment related acts with a checklist for all prerequisites, development of standard operating procedures for approval and inspection process related to consent to operate, promotion of self declaration and self-certification and synchronization of multiple inspections etc are among other things this committee will oversee.
Committee on Finance and Tax headed by ACS Finance R Balakrishnan will look into allowing online payment of all State levies and allow filing of online returns annually and promote acceptance of returns at service centers.
Provision for e-filing, simplification of VAT refund, allowing advance ruling for tax for State level taxes as per provisions under Income Tax Act, introduction of e-Registration, phasing out static check posts to be substituted by random mobile checking, setting up of toll free helpline to provide basic services assisting small tax payers, providing pre-dispute consultation to the defaulters, monitoring system for extending credit by banks and financial institutions are among a host of other measures this committee will try and ensure in the State.
ACS Revenue and Disaster Management Taradatt will head the Committee on Infrastructure to develop a framework to earmark land parcels for variety of industry that can be set up on such land.
Other areas which Taradatt committee will oversee includes developing a land Bank for ready availability of land for industry, preparing a comprehensive digitalized GIS enabled land records database in a time bound manner, time bound and transparent land allotment procedures, allowing online registration of properties or land with online payments, e-Stamp facilities, digitized data at Sub-Registrar office, integration of mutation and other issues, development of online common application form for all completion and occupancy related applications and others.
Earlier, Principal Secretary Industries Sanjeev Chopra met the seniorofficials of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)and he was advised to initiate action on the 98 Action Points, whichChief Secretary has entrusted to all the ACSs, said sources.The State Cabinet will take the call on the reforms on all these areasonce the required spade work is over.