The Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) has issued ‘Udyog Aadhaar’ numbers to about 5,139 entrepreneurs in Chhattisgarh, officials said here on Friday.
The maximum number of Udyog Aadhar numbers have been issued in Raipur district (790), officials stated.
Notably, the Central government from September 8, 2015, had started UAM (Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum) registration in place of EM2 registration and the legal validity of EM1 was also ended from the same date.
Officers further said that the industrialists who are working with EM2 registration need not panic as various grants provided to them under different schemes will not be ended.
The industrialist can get Udyog Aadhar number by registering themselves with the official website http://udyogaadhaar.gov.in It is a totally free of cost process and they need not submit any document while getting registered, they said.
The Central government has so far issued 6.04 lakh Udyog Aadhar numbers to Bihar, Maharashtra and Gujarat. For Bihar 1.43 lakh, for Maharashtra 60,000 and for Gujarat 60,000 Udyog Aadhar numbers have been issued
Notably, Chhattisgarh has been ranked fourth among the “top five States” in the country, as per the ‘Ease of Doing Business’ ranking released on Monday by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Government of India.
As part of the first authentic and comprehensive assessment ever undertaken in India, the State has been ranked 4th among 32 States & UTs of the country, officials stated.
Gujarat has topped with a score of 71.14 % followed by Andhra Pradesh (70.12%), Jharkhand ( 63.09 %), Chhattisgarh ( 62.45%) and Madhya Pradesh ( 62%).
This was as per the detailed assessment undertaken by DIPP and validated by World Bank, covering 285 parameters, spanning across eight critical areas viz. setting up a business, allotment of land and obtaining construction permit, complying with environmental procedures, complying with labour regulations, obtaining infrastructure-related utilities, registering and complying with tax procedures, carrying out inspections and enforcing contracts.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh had congratulated all participating departments, in general and Department of Commerce & Industries in particular, for their contribution that has led to the State attaining such credible ranking.
He said, “It is a matter of great pleasure and pride to be recognized and acknowledged at the national level as one of the top five States providing congenial business environment.
In addition to this, ‘Competitive Cost of Doing Business’ is another major offering which makes Chhattisgarh as the most preferred Investment Destination, Singh said.
The State has already signed MoUs of more than ` 50,000 crore of investment intent in 2015-16. Investor and investment interest are at the core of all departmental initiatives and the State is fully committed to extending its support to business enterprises and make them an integrated partner in inclusive development of the State, he had stated.
Singh had thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for having taken the visionary lead in issuing the clarion call of “Make in India”, as part of which, the “Ease of Doing Business” and the ranking therein were designed and implemented at this never-before-attempted scale.