Friday, August 30, 2019

Chandigarh, Aug 30- Haryana Cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal here today, approved the Haryana Enterprises Promotion (Amendment) Bill, 2019.

The Amendment includes the provisions to include existing enterprises, grant of renewals of the already granted clearances, expanding scope of services and departments in ambit of single window mechanism, flexible time lines and delegation of powers to the nodal officers for ensuring greater Ease of Doing Business to the entrepreneurs and Business entities.

The Amendments will also provide for delegation of power of Haryana Enterprises Promotion Board and Empowered Executive Committee for facilitating quick decision making and granting deemed clearances in a time bound manner. Unity provisions in line with Right to Service Act, 2014 have also been added to ensure time bound service delivery.

Haryana Government formulated the Enterprises Promotion Act, 2016 to provide for simplified regulatory framework and to assist promoters in speedy implementation of industrial and other project in the State by providing single point clearances and investor friendly environment. It was felt that the existing business entities were not being benefitted from the Act as renewals were out of the scope of the Act.