Haryana government amends Enterprises Promotion Bill

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana cabinet on Monday 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 timelines, 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, 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 under the Union Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
The state government introduced a single-window system to provide for simplification of regulatory framework for speedy implementation of industrial and other projects 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.
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. A 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 up to Rs 10 crore and CLU cases up to one acre in conforming zones are cleared by district-level clearance committee (DLCC) headed by deputy commissioner.