SME Times News Bureau | 22 Jun, 2021
Union
Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that the government will soon have the soft launch of the first phase of the National Single
window system.
The digital platform will allow investors to identify
and apply for various pre-operations approvals required for commencing a
business in India. There will be 17 Ministries/Departments and 14
states onboard in the first phase which is likely to be launched soon,
the Minister said during the review meeting of Single window system.
Goyal expressed the hope that it will be a seamless interface where
all the facilities from land purchasing to all the information needed to
businesses and industrialists will be available. He said that the
“Single window” would be a genuine one, acting as a one-stop solution to
all the problems or requirements of the investors.
This would
provide end-to-end facilitation, support, including pre-investment
advisory, information related to land banks and facilitating clearances
at Central and State levels, he added.
It will facilitate the investors
to know the approvals required to establish a particular business and
let them apply for those approvals to commence business, see the status
of those approvals as well as provide/seek clarifications regarding the
same- all in one platform.
Goyal also emphasized on the security and the authentication of the
critical data used in this platform. He said all security measures
should be in place to safeguard the critical data. He also suggested for
third party auditing of the platform before its launch.
The
Minister appreciated all the Ministries/Departments and states for
showing enthusiasm, interest and open-mindedness in speedily working on
developing the project, despite Covid-19 hurdles.
“It is because of your
exemplary contribution, cooperation and hard work that such a huge
exercise has reached at an advance stage now”, he said.
Goyal said that learning from the past experiences we should go on
improving it in the future. He hoped that its success will be a real
tribute to Dr Guruprasad Mahapatra,Secretary DPIIT who recently left for
his heavenly abode.
The participants in the meeting gave status report on their preparedness on being on board of the portal. They were told to register in the portal, try out various use cases and identify areas for improvement.