In its efforts to promote “ease of doing business” in Punjab, the State Government has shortlisted 68 industries’ related services for time bound delivery under Right to Service Act.
The list of services was finalised after detail deliberations held under the chairmanship of the State Chief Secretary Sarvesh Kaushal with representatives of various departments involved in giving day-to-day approvals to industrial units in the State.
The Departments included Industries and Commerce, Power, Forests, labour, Punjab Pollution Control Board, Excise and Taxation etc.
Spokesperson said that the RTS Act has been enacted with the sole objective of providing an effective framework for time-bound delivery of services being provided by various Government departments in order to promote transparency and accountability.
Punjab RTS Act has empowered people to seek services in a hassle-free, corruption-free, transparent and time-bound manner through different service delivery mechanism, said the spokesperson.
He informed that 25 services of Punjab Pollution Control Board, shortlisted for inclusion under RTS Act, included Grant of Consent to establish (NoC) Green Industry within 15 days, Grant of Consent to establish medium or large scale orange or red industry within 21 days, besides others.
Kaushal stressed the PPCB chairman to provide services online for the convenience of industrialists of the State.
Besides, 20 services of Excise Department have been shortlisted to be brought under the Act. It included Grant or Amendment of Registration Certificate in 30 days, liquor related licenses in 60 days, licenses to Marriage Palaces in 30 days, etc.
Chief Secretary has asked the Excise Department to develop online MIS reports to monitor the services’ pendency in the State.
He also asked all the concerned departments to simplify the application forms of the services and also re-engineer the age-old processes in collaboration with Punjab Governance Reforms Commission.
Nine new services of Power Department, shortlisted to be brought under the Act, includes issue of NoC for release of connection in colonies (45 days), approval of supply of power from roof top solar projects installed by consumers (30 days), etc.
Kaushal asked all the departments to benchmark delivery timeline of the services against the best of the Industrial States of the country to facilitate the investors to set up industrial units in the State.
labour Department has also shortlisted nine new services to be brought under the Act including Registration under Contract labour Act, 1970, (30 days), license under the Contract labour Act (30 days), among others.