Lok Sabha Question No. 3297 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-23
Subject: e-Investment
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Balak Nath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3297.

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 23 RD      MARCH, 2022.

## e-INVESTMENT

## 3297.  SHRI BALAK NATH:

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

वाणिज्य

## एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Government intends to do business in Rajasthan and National Single Window Online e-Investment has been started for the convenience of the probable investors; if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the total number of approvals needed to set up any project by an investor; and
- (c) whether the entire process for granting approvals have been digitalized and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री ( श्री सोम प्रकाश ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI SOM PARKASH)

- (a) to (c):

Setting  up  of  an  Investment  Clearance  Cell  (ICC)  was  announced in the Budget 2020-21 with the objective to provide "end to end" facilitation and  support  to  investors, including  pre-investment  advisory, provide information related to land banks and facilitate clearances at Centre and State level. The cell was to operate through an online digital portal.

Envisioned as a one-stop shop for taking all the regulatory approvals and services in the country, the ICC/ National Single Window System (NSWS) [www.nsws.gov.in] was soft-launched on 22nd September, 2021 by Hon'ble Commerce & Industry Minister.

Currently  146  Central  approvals  across  21  Ministries/  Departments  are enabled  to  be  applied  through  the  NSWS  portal.  14  States'/UTs'  Single Window Systems have been linked with the NSWS Portal thereby providing access  to approvals  of these States/UTs  to  be  applied through a single  login  id.  All  concerned  Ministries  and  Departments  of  the  Central

Government and States have been requested to integrate their approval processes with the NSWS. The total number of approvals required to set up any project in India varies from State-to-State and depends on many factors like size of investment, funding  source,  sector,  environmental  clearance,  number  and  type  of employment and the State/UT in which the project is being set up by the investor, etc. NSWS fulfills this requirement through the Know Your Approvals module (KYA)  on the NSWS  platform.  The  KYA  is  a dynamic, intelligent questionnaire  which  is  built  incorporating  the  various  variables  of  the investor like sector, size of investment, type of entity and the State in which the  investment  is  made.  The  module  provides  an  indicative  list  of  both Central and State approvals based on the specific inputs provided by the investor.  Currently,  the  KYA  module  has  details  of  over  3400  approvals across 32 Ministries/ Departments and 16 States /UTs. Rajasthan is currently not integrated with NSWS. However, a preliminary discussion  has  been  held  with  the  State  Government  to  apprise  them about the integration process to onboard the NSWS.

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