According to officials of the World Bank, Uttarakhand has made noteworthy progress in its ranking for the ease of doing business. By achieving 246 out of 340 action points, the State has achieved 75 per cent progress till date, said the officials. This was stated by officials during the meeting chaired by State Chief Secretary Shatrughna Singh at the Secretariat in Dehradun to review the level of progress achieved in factors concerning the ease of doing business in the State.
According to officials, the representatives of the World Bank held discussion with officials of all the departments concerned on the subject of standards laid down by the Union Industry Ministry. Stating that the State of Uttarakhand has made noteworthy progress of 75 per cent, the representatives of the World Bank expressed hope that by uploading the action points by June 15, the State would succeed in achieving more than 87 per cent progress.
It was stated in the meeting that a special single window system has been implemented in Uttarakhand with all relevant clearances being accorded to applicants online through the internet. Officials further averred that the approval from the Uttarakhand Environmental Protection and Pollution Control Board is being accorded online without undertaking any paper work, which has made Uttarakhand the second State after the State of Gujarat at the all-India level to achieve such online facilitation of pollution control board clearances.
Various other aspects including third party labour audit, assessment of the risk in industries, labour management system have also been implemented as desired in the State. The high tension line of the Electricity department is presently in the process of third party inspection by the discom engineers.
In addition to this, the State is also working on facilitating the monitoring of electricity supply and the facility of automated metering. Along with the building plan approval, the fire no objection certificate will also be accorded by the authority. Officials further averred that a survey will also be undertaken to ascertain the presence of trees in industrial areas. They claimed that the State of Uttarakhand has made considerable progress in efforts aimed at facilitating business reform. The progress will be reviewed after relevant upload is made on the Department of Industrial Promotion and Policy (DIPP) portal.