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Make in India: Single-window clearance yet to take shape
Sources in the Urban Development Ministry confirmed that it will take at least a year for India to put its house in order and fulfil Prime Minister's ambitious plan of making it easy for people doing business in India.
Despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi repeatedly lobbying for investments during his foreign tours, back home, the country is hardly equipped to receive foreign investment. While addressing the Indian diaspora in the United Arab Emirates on Monday, Modi urged the businesses community to invest in India. He pointed out that India has an immediate investment opportunity worth one trillion US dollars.
Modi's idea of promoting ease of doing business in India and his promise to provide a single window clearance mechanism to foreign investors continue to remain a wishful thought. The government is yet to come
up with a concrete guidelines to provide an easy passage to the investors.
Sources in the Urban Development Ministry confirmed that it will take at least a year for India to put its house in order and fulfil Prime Minister's ambitious plan of making it easy for people doing business in India.
The centre, which aims to provide single window clearance to foreign investors for setting up business in India, is yet to receive data from the states to initiate the process of formulating guidelines for providing single window access.
Urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu called a meeting of various stakeholders last week. The meeting was attended by senior officials of defence, environment and forest, railway, health and civil aviation ministries. "The ministries are not ready with their digital maps and expressed their helplessness in sharing the status of land under their purview," said an official present in the meeting.
Most of the ministries are in the process of digitising their records, and said that it would take at least six months before they will be able to submit their land status to urban development ministry.
To make single window clearance accessible, urban development ministry also has to coordinate with the states to prepare a land bank and identify departments from where clearances have to be sought. Even BJP ruled
states are yet to submit their plans with the ministry.
India ranks 143 of 189 countries on ease of doing business scale. Prime Minister Modi while launching the Make in India initiative in September last year had announced setting up a single window for obtaining clearances for starting a business in India.
Currently, 37 different types of clearances are required for starting a business venture. In comparison with Singapore and Hong Kong where it takes 30 days to obtain these clearances, in India on an average it
takes 169 days.
The investor has to knock at the doors of various departments to get clearances.
The urban ministry, which is the nodal ministry dealing with land is to facilitate the single window clearances. UD ministry has to collect land data and is to act as a link between the foreign investor and the state. But lack of digital records, land mapping data available with the states and formal guideline available, the process has been delayed.
A parliamentary sub committee on ease of doing business in India was constituted in the month of April this year. The committee has met ones and is yet to draw contours for ease of doing business in India.
"We have had one meeting so far. We will be able to come up with a report in the next six months," said Chandan Mitra, chairman of the committee.
A senior official at the urban development ministry also confirmed that in the current scenario it will take atleast one year for the ministry to come up with the single window clearance system. "The Bureau of Indian Standards is revising the National Building Code and the ministries are in the process of digitizing their data. We are yet to receive inputs from the states. Till the time, we have these records in place we will not be able to
start these services," said the officer
Sources in the Urban Development Ministry confirmed that it will take at least a year for India to put its house in order and fulfil Prime Minister's ambitious plan of making it easy for people doing business in India.
Despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi repeatedly lobbying for investments during his foreign tours, back home, the country is hardly equipped to receive foreign investment. While addressing the Indian diaspora in the United Arab Emirates on Monday, Modi urged the businesses community to invest in India. He pointed out that India has an immediate investment opportunity worth one trillion US dollars.
Modi's idea of promoting ease of doing business in India and his promise to provide a single window clearance mechanism to foreign investors continue to remain a wishful thought. The government is yet to come
up with a concrete guidelines to provide an easy passage to the investors.
Sources in the Urban Development Ministry confirmed that it will take at least a year for India to put its house in order and fulfil Prime Minister's ambitious plan of making it easy for people doing business in India.
The centre, which aims to provide single window clearance to foreign investors for setting up business in India, is yet to receive data from the states to initiate the process of formulating guidelines for providing single window access.
Urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu called a meeting of various stakeholders last week. The meeting was attended by senior officials of defence, environment and forest, railway, health and civil aviation ministries. "The ministries are not ready with their digital maps and expressed their helplessness in sharing the status of land under their purview," said an official present in the meeting.
Most of the ministries are in the process of digitising their records, and said that it would take at least six months before they will be able to submit their land status to urban development ministry.
To make single window clearance accessible, urban development ministry also has to coordinate with the states to prepare a land bank and identify departments from where clearances have to be sought. Even BJP ruled
states are yet to submit their plans with the ministry.
India ranks 143 of 189 countries on ease of doing business scale. Prime Minister Modi while launching the Make in India initiative in September last year had announced setting up a single window for obtaining clearances for starting a business in India.
Currently, 37 different types of clearances are required for starting a business venture. In comparison with Singapore and Hong Kong where it takes 30 days to obtain these clearances, in India on an average it
takes 169 days.
The investor has to knock at the doors of various departments to get clearances.
The urban ministry, which is the nodal ministry dealing with land is to facilitate the single window clearances. UD ministry has to collect land data and is to act as a link between the foreign investor and the state. But lack of digital records, land mapping data available with the states and formal guideline available, the process has been delayed.
A parliamentary sub committee on ease of doing business in India was constituted in the month of April this year. The committee has met ones and is yet to draw contours for ease of doing business in India.
"We have had one meeting so far. We will be able to come up with a report in the next six months," said Chandan Mitra, chairman of the committee.
A senior official at the urban development ministry also confirmed that in the current scenario it will take atleast one year for the ministry to come up with the single window clearance system. "The Bureau of Indian Standards is revising the National Building Code and the ministries are in the process of digitizing their data. We are yet to receive inputs from the states. Till the time, we have these records in place we will not be able to
start these services," said the officer
