Bhubaneswar: “Ensure 100 per cent implementation of the business reforms, introduced till date, at the ground level,” said Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi to several officials of various departments, here Thursday.
Presiding over a high-level meeting on Business Reform Action Plan for the upcoming year here at the Secretariat, Padhi instructed various departments to issue strict guidelines to all the offices and agencies under their administrative control to ensure that the reforms are implemented “in their true spirit.” Padhi directed the officials to ensure online delivery of services regarding various clearances, permissions, no objections and licenses by January 2019.
The chief secretary also advised the Industries department to organise sensitisation and orientation programmes for the officers working at the ground level for service deliveries.
Departments were further asked to create wide awareness among the prospective users about the online facilities and services available so that they can avail them without running to the government offices.
A state-level review has revealed that on the whole 97.83 per cent of targeted business reforms have already been introduced in the state. Hundred per cent of the targeted reforms have been introduced in the vital indicators like access to information, compliance to environmental procedures, labour regulations, tax procedures and single window system among several others.
Three commercial courts have already been established at Khurda, Berhampur and Sambalpur for quick disposal of business related cases.
The top bureaucrat of the state directed the officials to make online systems for sanctioning of drug license, trade license, construction permits, and registration of shops and commercial establishments.
The concerned departments were further asked to make provisions for online application and sanctioning of incentives in favour of various enterprises.