The Tamil Nadu government is trying to make the single window portal for industry clearances more comprehensive by adding more services.
“Currently there are 24 services and we will be expanding this to 54 over the next six months,” N. Muruganandam, Principal Secretary, Industries Department, Government of Tamil Nadu told The Hindu at the side lines of the first India- CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam) reverse buyer seller meet that was organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) with the theme “ Building Economic Integration Through Value Chains”.
To avoid procedural delays in getting statutory clearances from various authorities, the Tamil Nadu government set up a single window facilitation mechanism under Guidance Bureau to accord in-principle composite approval for pre-project clearances at the state government level.
According to data provided on the single window portal website, the guidance bureau has so far facilitated 241 project proposals with a total investment of Rs.78,225.72 crores through single window facilitation.
Earlier speaking at the event, the industries secretary said that Vietnam has a good single window policy. “We can look at their policy and see what we can pick up from there and improve,” he added. He also said that there is a huge tourism potential between India and CLMV countries.
Ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhaya, Chairman, CII CLMV Task Force, urged Indian entrepreneurs to think of investing in the local products in CLMV countries with special focus on land, water, forest and livestock.
S Chandramohan, Chairman, CII Tamil Nadu State Council & Group President-Finance & Investment Strategy, TAFE Ltd, said as the whole world was moving towards digital economy and considering the fact that India is very strong in digital sector, be it banking, finances, automobile or agriculture he asked the CLMV partners to leverage India’s capabilities to improve their digital growth.
R Selvam, Executive Director, Council of Leather Exports, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India explained the opportunities in the leather sector.
