Lok Sabha Question No. 964 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-26
Subject: NSWS
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Pocha Brahmananda Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 964. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 26 TH  JULY, 2023.

## NSWS

## 964.   SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY:

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

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether  the  National  Single  Window  System  (NSWS)  has  been  made operational;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether approvals across all Ministries and departments have been onboarded on NSWS;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether the NSWS provides industry-wise details of approvals to facilitate easy access to information for enterprises in different industries; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## 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) & (b): The  National  Single  Window  System  (NSWS)  was  soft  launched  on  22 nd September 2021 and has been operational since then with the objective to provide facilitation and support to investors, including pre-investment advisory,  provide information related to land banks and facilitate clearances at Centre and State level. Some of the details of NSWS are as under:

## Central Ministries

-  32 out of 32 Central Ministries and Departments onboarded on the platform.
-  276 G2B approvals can be applied through NSWS.
-  1,80,991 approvals granted including MSME, FDI Approvals, Petroleum-related services, Hallmarking and Start-up Registration
-  Information pertaining to 598 approvals available to investors.

## State Single Windows

-  The NSWS is integrated with 22 State Single Window Systems.
-  Registration  of  Vehicle  Scrappage  Facilities  -  Ministry  of  Road Transport and Highways
-  Ethanol Policy- Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
-  Indian Footwear and Leather Development Program - Department for  Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce, and Industry
-  National Programme on High Efficiency Solar PV Modules under PLI SchemeMinistry of New and Renewable Energy
- (c) & (d): The initial NSWS  exercise was done to decide the total in-scope Ministries/Departments that provide for business related approvals. Total of 32 Ministries/Departments were identified for the NSWS. As on date, all in-scope 32  Central  Ministries/Departments  have  been  onboarded  on  NSWS.  The details of Ministries/Departments onboarded on NSWS is at Annexure-I.
- (e) & (f): The KYA (Know Your Approval) Module on NSWS helps an industry to identify tentative list of approvals they need to set up their business in India. Related details of approvals are also available on NSWS. Currently, KYA (Know- YourApproval)  module  of  NSWS  is  live  with  612  approvals  across  32  Central Ministries/Departments and 4209 approvals across 32 States/UTs. More than 2.1L investors have used the KYA (Know Your Approvals) module to know about approvals they need in starting and running their businesses. Relevant details are available along with the approvals listed on NSWS.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) & (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 964 FOR ANSWER ON 26.07.2023

The details of Ministries/Departments onboarded on NSWS is as under:

|   S.no. | Ministry/Department                                | Ministry/Department            | Division                              |   Approvals Integrated |   Approvals In Scope |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|       1 | M/o Commerce and Industry                          | DPIIT                          | FIFP                                  |                      1 |                    1 |
|       1 | M/o Commerce and Industry                          | DPIIT                          | IL                                    |                      2 |                    2 |
|       1 | M/o Commerce and Industry                          | DPIIT                          | IEM                                   |                      1 |                    1 |
|       1 | M/o Commerce and Industry                          | DPIIT                          | IP India                              |                      2 |                    6 |
|       1 | M/o Commerce and Industry                          | DPIIT                          | PESO                                  |                     60 |                   60 |
|       1 | M/o Commerce and Industry                          | DPIIT                          | Startup India                         |                      1 |                    1 |
|       1 | M/o Commerce and Industry                          | DPIIT                          | Leather                               |                      7 |                    7 |
|       2 | M/o Commerce and Industry                          | D/o Commerce                   | APEDA                                 |                      1 |                    1 |
|       2 | M/o Commerce and Industry                          | D/o Commerce                   | Coffee Board                          |                      1 |                    1 |
|       2 | M/o Commerce and Industry                          | D/o Commerce                   | DGFT                                  |                      1 |                    1 |
|       2 | M/o Commerce and Industry                          | D/o Commerce                   | EoU                                   |                      8 |                   11 |
|       2 | M/o Commerce and Industry                          | D/o Commerce                   | MPEDA                                 |                      4 |                    4 |
|       2 | M/o Commerce and Industry                          | D/o Commerce                   | Rubber Board                          |                      3 |                    3 |
|       2 | M/o Commerce and Industry                          | D/o Commerce                   | SEZ                                   |                      4 |                    4 |
|       2 | M/o Commerce and Industry                          | D/o Commerce                   | Spices Board                          |                      3 |                    3 |
|       2 | M/o Commerce and Industry                          | D/o Commerce                   | Tea Board                             |                     14 |                   14 |
|       2 | M/o Commerce and Industry                          | D/o Commerce                   | Tobacco Board                         |                      6 |                    6 |
|       3 | D/o Revenue                                        | D/o Revenue                    |                                       |                      4 |                    4 |
|       4 | M/o Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution | D/o Food & Public Distribution | WDRA                                  |                      2 |                    2 |
|       4 | M/o Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution | D/o Food & Public Distribution | Sugar, Ethanol and Distillery Schemes |                      6 |                    6 |
|       5 | M/o Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution | D/o Consumer Affairs           | BIS                                   |                      2 |                    4 |
|       5 | M/o Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution | D/o Consumer Affairs           | LM                                    |                      3 |                    3 |

|   6 | M/o Power                                | M/o Power                                | CEA                                   | 6   | 6   |
|-----|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-----|-----|
|   6 |                                          |                                          | CTU                                   | 10  | 10  |
|   6 |                                          |                                          | POSOCO                                | 5   | 5   |
|   7 | M/o Civil Aviation                       | M/o Civil Aviation                       | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | 7   | 8   |
|   8 | M/o Petroleum and Natural Gas            | M/o Petroleum and Natural Gas            | PNGRB                                 | 4   | 4   |
|   8 |                                          |                                          | DGH                                   | 0   | 5   |
|   8 |                                          |                                          | Marketing division                    | 2   | 2   |
|   9 | M/o Home Affairs                         | M/o Home Affairs                         | Arms                                  | 2   | 2   |
|  10 | M/o Railways                             | M/o Railways                             |                                       | 2   | 2   |
|  11 | M/o Road Transport and Highways          | M/o Road Transport and Highways          |                                       | 3   | 5   |
|  12 | M/o Corporate Affairs                    | M/o Corporate Affairs                    |                                       | 2   | 9   |
|  13 | M/o Environment, Forest & Climate Change | M/o Environment, Forest & Climate Change |                                       | 6   | 6   |
|  14 | M/o Labour & Employment                  | M/o Labour & Employment                  |                                       | 5   | 5   |
|  15 | M/o Jal Shakti                           | M/o Jal Shakti                           |                                       | 3   | 3   |
|  16 | D/o Telecom                              | D/o Telecom                              |                                       | 46  | 46  |
|  17 | M/o New and Renewable Energy             | M/o New and Renewable Energy             |                                       | 1   | 1   |
|  18 | M/o Agriculture & Farmers Welfare        | M/o Agriculture & Farmers Welfare        | Seeds                                 | 1   | 1   |
|  18 |                                          |                                          | INM                                   | 1   | 1   |
|  18 |                                          |                                          | CROP                                  | 0   | 8   |
|  18 |                                          |                                          | PQMS                                  | 0   | 5   |
|  18 |                                          |                                          | DMI                                   | 0   | 3   |
|  19 | D/o Fisheries                            | D/o Fisheries                            |                                       | 1   | 1   |
|  20 | M/o Textiles                             | Central Silk Board                       |                                       | 2   | 2   |
|  20 |                                          | Office of the Textile Commissioner       |                                       | 0   | 1   |
|  21 | M/o Information & Broadcasting           | Broadcast Seva                           | Press Section                         | 4   | 13  |
|  21 |                                          |                                          | FFO                                   |     |     |
|  21 |                                          |                                          | RNI                                   |     |     |

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|   22 | M/o Culture                       | Archaeological Survey of India    |                                 |   0 |   1 |
|------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----|-----|
|   22 | M/o Culture                       | National Monuments Authority      |                                 |   1 |   1 |
|   23 | M/o Atomic Energy                 | D/o Atomic Energy                 |                                 |   4 |   4 |
|   23 | M/o Atomic Energy                 | AERB                              |                                 |   0 |  26 |
|   24 | D/o Higher Education              | AICTE                             |                                 |   1 |   1 |
|   25 | M/o Housing and Urban Affairs     | M/o Housing and Urban Affairs     | Central Public Works Department |   1 |   1 |
|   26 | M/o Health & Family Welfare       | FSSAI                             |                                 |   4 |   4 |
|   26 | M/o Health & Family Welfare       | CDSCO                             |                                 |   8 |  21 |
|   27 | D/o Animal Husbandry and Dairying | D/o Animal Husbandry and Dairying |                                 |   2 |   2 |
|   28 | D/o School Education              | CBSE                              |                                 |   1 |   1 |
|   29 | M/o Mines                         | M/o Mines                         |                                 |   2 |   2 |
|   30 | M/o Tourism                       | M/o Tourism                       |                                 |   1 |   5 |
|   31 | M/o Coal                          | M/o Coal                          |                                 |   1 |   1 |
|   32 | M/o MSME                          | M/o MSME                          |                                 |   1 |   1 |

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