The UP government has directed the Forest and Environment department to reduce the timeline for issuing pollution control related No Objection Certificate (NoC) to industrial units from four months to 30 – 45 days.
Chief Secretary R K Tewari issued a government order mandating concerned departments to accept entrepreneurs’ applications exclusively through single window portal ‘Nivesh Mitra’.
Presiding over a review meeting of the Infrastructure and Industrial Development department on ease of doing business under Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP)-2020 on Thursday evening, the official said that respective Additional Chief Secretaries or Principal Secretaries should review feedback received on Nivesh Mitra portal on a monthly basis.
Irrelevant and cumbersome rules and laws replaced and related to departments like Labour, Home (Fire Services), Urban Development, Excise, Basic Education, Forest & Environment and Law etc. were discussed and directions were issued to complete repealing, merger or reduction in number of these compliances by March 31.
Tiwary said that adequate scrutiny should be done for repeal and amendment of laws/rules and regulations and will create a conducive environment for industrialization.
Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner (IIDC), Alok Tandon informed that concerned departments had been directed to ensure regular review of Nivesh Mitra dashboard for timely disposal of applications and complaints of entrepreneurs.
“In addition to the above, action was being taken at departmental level to reduce the number of 1,300 compliances related to industries in various departments. This would allow relaxation in laws and rules related to establishment and operation of industries in future and speed up the creation of an investment-oriented environment,” he said.
It was decided that more services be integrated with Nivesh Mitra and action be taken to eliminate the need for renewal of various clearances required for operation of low risk industries or increase frequency and duration of such renewals.
Presently, 176 online services of 25 departments are being provided through Nivesh Mitra.