Bhubaneswar: After a steep fall from seventh rank to eleventh on ease of doing business, Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi Tuesday asked all concerned departments to ensure 100 per cent compliance of business reforms points by the end of October.
Chairing a high-level meeting at Secretariat, Padhi directed the secretaries of various departments to ensure completion of the process of reform and their implementation by October 2017 without fail. The departments were also advised to publicise the reforms they have initiated to bring investments to the state.
‘‘The district and field-level officers should be aware of the importance and objectives of the reforms and should implement those proactively,” Padhi said at the meeting.
It was decided to carry forward the reforms to further simplify the procedural compliances for doing business in the state. The meeting also deliberated on Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) 2017.
The discussions revealed that 405 action plans pertaining to 18 departments were suggested in the BARP-2017. While 12 action points were found not applicable, 235 points related to putting 47 services online.
So far, 173 action points have been complied with and compliance to other action points are being carried forward. A compendium of reforms introduced till the date have been put on the website http://www.investodisha.org
The state government has succeeded in brining in 54 industrial units worth `1,11,500 crore to the state within five months from “Make In Orissa Conclave” (organised in December, 2016).
It was also decided that each department would designate a nodal officer for the purpose at the departmental level while secretary of the concerned department would take a weekly review. Industries department would take a fortnightly review with nodal officers of the departments. The Chief Secretary would conduct monthly implementation review and bi-monthly review meetings about reforms would be held at the level of Chief Minister, it was revealed.
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