Chandigarh July 6: Haryana Cabinet which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal here today has accorded approval for the Haryana Enterprises Promotion (Amendment) Bill, 2020 aiming to strengthen the ease of doing business for the promotion of industrial development in the State.
The State Government enacted Haryana Enterprises Promotion Act, 2016, and corresponding rules, to create an ecosystem in which the Ease of Doing Business in the State matches and even exceeds the best global standards to reduce delays as well as the costs of doing business in the State.
The provisions for inclusion of existing enterprises, grant of renewals of the already granted clearances, expanding scope of services and departments in ambit of single window mechanism, flexible time-lines, delegation of the powers to the Nodal Officers etc. in Haryana Enterprises Policy Act, 2016 are required to be made urgently for boosting Ease of Doing Business in the State. Besides this, the proposed amendments will affect the prospects of Haryana in evaluation of State Rankings being carried out by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Union Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
State Government introduced Single Window System to provide for simplification of regulatory framework for speedy implementation of industrial and other projects in the State of Haryana by providing single point time bound clearances under one roof, required for setting up enterprises and assistance to promoters, reducing the procedural requirements, rationalizing the documents and to ensure ease of doing business for the promotion of industrial development and facilitation of new investments and to provide for an investor friendly environment in the State of Haryana.
Haryana Enterprise Promotion Board (HEPB) has been constituted under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, for overseeing time bound clearances, sanctioning special packages for mega projects and approving policy initiatives. Two-tier system for project clearances has been established. Projects with investment more than Rs. 10 crore and involving CLU cases of more than one acre land are cleared by the Empowered Executive Committee (EEC)/Nodal Officers and Projects with investment upto Rs. 10 crore and CLU cases upto one acre in conforming zones are cleared by District Level Clearance Committee (DLCC) headed by Deputy Commissioner.
Haryana Enterprises Promotion Centre, single window system, was inaugurated by the Chief Minister February 2, 2017 and it is acting as secretariat to HEPB and EEC. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in association with World Bank has brought in Business Reform Action Points for introducing Ease of Doing Business. They have been evaluating the States annually and Haryana has performed exceptionally well by securing third position in the Country in Ease of Doing Business rankings of the States in the year 2017-18.
Haryana Enterprises Promotion Centre (HEPC) is functioning as a Single Window Agency under one roof to provide guidance and hand holding services for obtaining various clearances for implementation of the projects. Invest Haryana portal was launched for facilitating the investors in filing Common application forms for obtaining over 80 clearances of more than 20 departments in a time bound manner.
The Business Reform Action Points mandates the grant of clearances to existing enterprises and renewals through single window system in a specific timeframe. These action points have been expanding the scope of departments as well as clearances. The recent Business Reform Action Points require provision of punitive provisions in the service delivery framework. It has also become essential to provide for delegation of powers of Haryana Enterprise Promotion Board and Empowered Executive Committee for facilitating quick decision making and granting deemed clearances in a time bound manner to the enterprises.