Chandigarh November 16- The Haryana Government has ramped up its exercise for the Ease of Doing Business (EODB) rankings this year with the government departments making significant progress towards 100 per cent implementation of State Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP)-2020 by November 30, 2020 even as eight departments have already achieved 100 percent compliance of reform points under BRAP.

This was informed in a meeting regarding Ease of Doing Business held under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal here today.

It was informed that the State Business Reforms Action Plan carries 301 points out of which 209 points have so far been implemented by the concerned departments whereas 70 points are under implementation. On the basis of the State Business Reforms Action Plan, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Government of India decides the EODB rankings.
The Chief Minister reviewed the progress of various departments and directed them to finalize the State Business Reforms Action Plan by November 30, 2020. He directed the departments concerned to ensure proper coordination and make sure that all services are rendered online within the stipulated time. The issues pertaining to various departments which were taken up in the meeting included services related to Home department, digitization and publishing online land transaction deeds for 20 years, integration of property registration with utilities like electricity and water, online single window clearance for movie shooting license, timelines notification under the Haryana Right to Service Act, 2014 and registration under Shops and Establishment and/or Trade License to be given through a single form.

It was informed that the Revenue Department has initiated Project “Modern Revenue Record Room” to digitize the land record data. It was also informed that a common standardized form is being prepared by the departments of Urban Local Bodies and Labour for registration under Shops and Establishment and/or Trade License. Apart from this, a central inspection system has been made functional for the Labour, Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) and Boiler so as to ensure that the selection of establishments for inspection is done using computerized risk assessment and allocation of inspectors is undertaken under Central Inspection System.

It was informed that the Government of India would conduct a user feedback exercise through telephonic interview and/or WhatsApp/SMS/Email based link in May 2021. For this, a complete database of users for the period between November 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021 would be shared with the Government of India by April 30, 2021 for evaluation of the States' effort and ranking on EoDB - Ease of Doing Business.

Among those present in the meeting include Chief Secretary Mr Vijai Vardhan, Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr D.S. Dhesi, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr V. Umashankar, Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management Department Mr Sanjeev Kaushal, Additional Chief Secretary, Urban Local Bodies Department, Mr S.N. Roy, Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department Mr Rajeev Arora, Additional Chief Secretary , Science and Technology Department Mr Amit Jha, Principal Secretary, Excise and Taxation Department Mr Anurag Rastogi, Principal Secretary Industries and Commerce Mr A.K Singh and Principal Secretary, Archaeology and Museums Mr Ashok Khemka, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mrs Ashima Brar, Director, Industries and Commerce, Dr Saket Kumar and other senior officers of the State Government. Additional Chief Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department Mr P.K Das, Additional Chief Secretary, School Education Department, Mr Mahavir Singh and Principal Secretary Development and Panchayats, Mr Sudhir Rajpal attended the meeting through video conferencing.