‘No need to visit offices to collect licenses’
Gopal Sharma
JAMMU, Jan 29: The Government has issued fresh instructions to various Departments for ensuring successful implementation of the recommendations listed under Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP)-2021, circulated by the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry, with a view to create an investor- friendly environment in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Official sources said that the basic purpose of issuing fresh guidelines by the Union Government is to ensure the effective implementation of Ease of Doing Business reforms in the Jammu and Kashmir. The heads of the concerned departments have been asked for the strict and immediate compliance of the fresh instructions/ guidelines by the DPIIT.
The sources added that as per the fresh instructions, each draft business regulation of any Department/ Organisation/ Agency of the J&K UT, shall be put up in public domain online for a period of more than 30 days, prior to enactment for inviting comments / feed back on the portal viz; https://investjk.in. The legal basis, necessity and business friendliness of the draft regulation shall also be published with it.
After this exercise, the suggestions/ feedback received and the Departmental disposal of the same shall also be published online along with the information as to how the feedback has been addressed in the final regulation. Moreover, any new addition/ change in any regulation or permission automated shall be updated in ” Information Wizard” section , within a period of 30 days.
As per fresh instructions, it has been emphasized that real time MIS dashboard of all service approvals and Grievance/ Query Module shall be activated with mean and median (Common Standard Template on Single Window System) for better transparency and monitoring compliance.
The DPIIT has directed that the grievance/ query received on the portal shall be resolved within seven working days by the Single Window Nodal Officer or the concerned authority, as the case may be. In case of any observation, initial response shall be initiated with in 7 days, and in case the observations pertain to any policy issue, the same shall be disposed within in 15 days of receipt.
“All the inspections shall be carried out as per notified procedure and defined checklist, with prior intimation to the concerned establishment. The inspection report shall be uploaded on the portal or the Departmental portals by the concerned authority within two days of the date of inspection. All surprise or the complaint based inspections/ raids shall be conducted with prior written permission of the concerned Head of Department and in light of record maintained on the portal. And all the services having direct bearing on the business shall be provided ‘online mode’, in a hassle-free manner,” the sources added.
According to fresh instructions, sources said, all the e-services under BRAP, including incentives under various policies/ schemes of the Government, shall be provided only through the https://investjk.in portal and no offline submission / processing of applications shall be entertained.
It has been further instructed that all commercial and industrial services of the concerned departments shall either be developed or integrated on the above portal so as to ensure that the applicants need not to visit in person. The applicants shall receive stage wise notifications and will be able to download licenses / certificates from respective login. And within three months of development or integration of an approval on the said portal, all alternate online means shall be closed for making new applications.
The fresh DPIIT directive have further indicated that weekly MIS check and grievances review meeting shall be scheduled under the chairmanship of the concerned Administrative Secretary or by designated officer of the Industries and Commerce Department. MIS dashboard of service and grievance / query management shall be made available in the public domain at the above portal in the prescribed format showcasing mean and median of applications, the sources added.
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