Lok Sabha Question No. 316 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-18
Subject: e-Biz Portal
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY & PROMOTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 316. TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 18 TH  DECEMBER,  2017.

## e-BIZ PORTAL

## 316. DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) the details of the services including State level services currently offered on the e-Biz portal of the Government;
- (b) whether the  e-Biz  portal  has  experienced  any  technical  glitches  and  if  so,  the  details thereof  and  the  corrective  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  prevent  such  technical glitches in the future; and
- (c) whether the e-Biz portal has improved the ease of doing business in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज् य एवं उद्योगमंत्रालयमें राज्यमंत्री श्री सी आर चौधरी )

## ( . . THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI C.R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a): The details of the services including State level services currently offered on the e-Biz portal of Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion are given below:-

## List of Central Government Services:

|   S. No. | Ministry/ Dept. Name                          | Service Name                                      | Launch Date   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|        1 | Employee's State Insurance Corporation        | Employer Registration                             | 12.12.2014    |
|        2 | Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion | Industrial License                                | 20.01.2014    |
|        3 | Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion | Industrial Entrepreneur Memorandum                | 20.01.2014    |
|        4 | Ministry of Corporate Affairs                 | Name Availability                                 | 19.02.2015    |
|        5 | Ministry of Corporate Affairs                 | Director Identification Number                    | 19.02.2015    |
|        6 | Ministry of Corporate Affairs                 | Certificate of Incorporation                      | 19.02.2015    |
|        7 | Ministry of Corporate Affairs                 | Commencement of Business*                         | 19.02.2015    |
|        8 | Ministry of Corporate Affairs                 | Name Reservation of Limited Liability Partnership | 11.04.2017    |

|   9. | Ministry of Corporate Affairs                                   | Incorporation of Limited Liability Partnership                                           | 11.04.2017   |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|   10 | Central Board of Direct Taxes                                   | Issue of Permanent Account Number (PAN)                                                  | 19.02.2015   |
|   11 | Central Board of Direct Taxes                                   | Issue of Tax Deduction Account Number (TAN)                                              | 19.02.2015   |
|   12 | Reserve Bank of India                                           | Advanced Foreign Remittance (AFR)                                                        | 19.02.2015   |
|   13 | Reserve Bank of India                                           | Foreign Collaboration-General Permission Route (FC-GPR)                                  | 19.02.2015   |
|   14 | Employees' Provident Fund Organization                          | Employer Registration                                                                    | 19.02.2015   |
|   15 | Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organization                    | Issue of Explosive License                                                               | 19.02.2015   |
|   16 | Directorate General of Foreign Trade                            | Importer Exporter Code License                                                           | 19.02.2015   |
|   17 | Reserve Bank of India                                           | Foreign Currency- Transfer of Shares**                                                   | 24.08.2015   |
|   18 | Department of Heavy Industry (DHI)                              | Issue of custom duty concession certificate to entrepreneurs under project import scheme | 1.10.2015    |
|   19 | Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)                            | Changes or correction in PAN data                                                        | 1.10.2015    |
|   20 | Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoL&E)                       | Registration under the Contract Labour Act, 1970                                         | 28.10.2015   |
|   21 | Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoL&E)                       | Registration under the Building and other construction workers Act, 1996                 | 28.10.2015   |
|   22 | Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoL&E)                       | Registration under the Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979                             | 28.10.2015   |
|   23 | Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) | Terms Of Reference ( TOR)                                                                | 6.10.2016    |
|   24 | Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF &CC)  | Application for Environment Clearance                                                    | 6.10.2016    |

- Note: * Withdrawn from e-Biz Portal w.e.f. 15.07.2015 pursuant to the company's amendment Act, 2015.
- **  FC-TRS  is  additional  service integrated  and  launched  with  e-Biz  portal  w.e.f. 24.08.2015 on request of RBI.

## List of State services:

14 services of Andhra Pradesh (launched on 18 September 2015), 2 services of NCT of Delhi (launched on 1 October 2015) and 15 services of Odisha (launched on 14 February 2016) are available on e-Biz portal.

| Andhra Pradesh (14 Services)   | Andhra Pradesh (14 Services)   | Andhra Pradesh (14 Services)                 |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                          | Department Name                | Service Name                                 |
| 1                              | AP-Ground Water Department     | Permission to draw Ground Water              |
| 2                              | AP-Department of Factories     | Approvals of plans from Factories Department |

|   3 | AP-Department of Factories                 | Factories License                                     |
|-----|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|   4 | AP-Department of Factories                 | Annual Filing under Factories Act                     |
|   5 | AP-Fire Department                         | NOC from Fire Services Department                     |
|   6 | AP-Department of Industries                | Industrial Incentives(Power)                          |
|   7 | AP-Department of Industries                | Industrial Incentives (VAT)                           |
|   8 | AP-Department of Industries                | Allotment of Scarce raw materials                     |
|   9 | AP-Department of Industries                | MSME Registration                                     |
|  10 | AP-Department of Industries                | NOC Acknowledgement from GM, DIC for MSME             |
|  11 | AP-Department of Drug Controller           | License for manufacturing Bulk Drugs and Formulations |
|  12 | AP - Department of Town & Country Planning | Permission from TCP for Site and Building             |
|  13 | AP-Commercial Taxes Department             | VAT Registration                                      |
|  14 | AP-Commercial Taxes Department             | CST Registration                                      |

| Delhi   | (2 Services)                    |                      |
|---------|---------------------------------|----------------------|
| S.No.   | Department Name                 | Service Name         |
| 1.      | Factories Department            | Factory Filling      |
| 2.      | BYPL(BSES Yamuna Power Limited) | New Power Connection |

| Odisha (15 Services)   | Odisha (15 Services)                             | Odisha (15 Services)                                                                |
|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                  | Department Name                                  | Service Name                                                                        |
| 1.                     | Industries Department, Odisha                    | Project Evaluation including Allotment of Land or Shed in Industrial Estate or Area |
| 2.                     | Labour Directorate, Odisha                       | Registration under Shops and Establishment Act                                      |
| 3.                     | Directorate of Factories & Boilers, Odisha       | Registration under Boilers Act                                                      |
| 4.                     | Department of Energy, Odisha                     | Application For New Power Connection                                                |
| 5.                     | Directorate of Factories & Boilers, Odisha       | Approvals of Plan under Factories Act 1948                                          |
| 6.                     | Directorate of Factories & Boilers, Odisha       | Registration of Establishments employing Contract Labour                            |
| 7.                     | Directorate of Factories & Boilers, Odisha       | Factories License under Factories Act 1948                                          |
| 8.                     | Water Resources Department, Odisha               | Permission to draw Water for Industries- Ground Water                               |
| 9.                     | Water Resources Department, Odisha               | Permission to draw Water for Industries- Surface Water                              |
| 10.                    | Housing and Urban Development Department, Odisha | Permission for Site and Building                                                    |
| 11                     | Commercial Taxes Organization, Odisha            | Application for registration under Odisha Value Added Tax Rule                      |
| 12.                    | Commercial Taxes Organization, Odisha            | Completion cum Occupancy Certificate                                                |

|   13. | Odisha State Pollution Control Board   | Consent to Establish under Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981                         |
|-------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    14 | Odisha State Pollution Control Board   | Consent to Operate under Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981                           |
|    15 | Commercial Taxes Organization, Odisha  | Application for registration under Section 7(1) or 7(2) of The Central Sales Tax Act |

- (b): e-Biz portal has not experienced major technical glitches. Stakeholders viz., M/s Infosys Ltd.,  National  Informatics  Center  (NIC)  and  National  e-Governance  Services  Delivery Gateway (NSDG) carry out periodic maintenance activities of their respective systems that require shutdown of the e-Biz portal for short period of time. Such outages of the e-Biz portal are done with due notifications to business users through various electronic modes.
- (c): Since the launch of the services on e-biz portal, 47993 registered users  have submitted 78620 applications on the portal till date.  The total visitor count on the portal is  1561749.      Major  services  availed  include  (a)  Industrial  License,  (b)  Industrial Entrepreneurs'  Memorandum,  (c)  Advance  Foreign  Remittance  (AFR),  (d)  Foreign Collaboration  -  General  Permission  Route  (FC-GPR)  and  (e)  Foreign  Collaboration  Transfer of Shares (FC-TRS).

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