Odisha to implement reforms for making business easier

With 54 industrial units keen to invest about Rs 1.11 crore in Odisha within five months of "Make In Odisha Conclave", the state government has decided to carry forward its reform mechanism to make the process of doing business easier, official sources said.
Presiding over a meeting, Chief Secretary A P Padhi directed the concerned departments to ensure 100 per cent implementation of the reforms, already notified by the administration.
"The district and field level officers should be fully aware about the importance and objectives of the reforms and implement those proactively," Padhi said.
The meeting deliberated on Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP)-2017. Around 405 action plans pertaining to 18 departments were suggested in the BARP-2017, of which around 12 action points were found not applicable, Industries Secretary Sanjeev Chopra said.

Out of the balance action points, around 235 points relates to putting 47 services on line, Chopra said.
So far 173 action points have been complied with and compliance to other action points were being carried forward. A compendium of reforms introduced till the date have been put on the website https://bsmedia.business-standard.comwww.Investodisha.Org/eodb/compedium for information of the investors, he said.

Padhi directed the departments to complete the process of reform and their implementation by October 31 and asked the respective departments to publicize the reforms they have already introduced.
The meeting resolved to have regular review of the implementation of the reforms at various levels. Each department would designate a Nodal Officer for the purpose at department level. Secretary of the concerned department would take a weekly review while the industries department will take a fortnightly review with the nodal officers of the departments.

The chief secretary would make a monthly implementation review and bi-monthly review meeting about the reforms would be held at the Chief Minister's level.
The proposal about shifting to online single window system in place of the present system of running e-BIZ single window was also discussed in the meeting.