Sri Vijaya Puram, Oct. 14: The Department of Industries, A&N Administration with the support and co-ordination of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), New Delhi organized a day long Workshop-cum-Meeting on Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) 2024 and Minimizing Regulatory Compliance Burden (RCB) in the Conference Hall of the Department of Industries, Middle Point today.

Dr. Bhuvnesh Pratap Singh, IAS, Deputy Secretary, DPIIT, New Delhi was the chief guest on the occasion along with other Officers from DPIIT and Invest India, New Delhi. 

The workshop was attended by Dr. Satyendra Singh Dursawat, IAS, Secretary (Industries), A&N Administration, Shri Abhishek Bhukal, GM, DIC and Director (Industries) along with Shri Sushil Kumar, Under Secretary, DPIIT, New Delhi. Members from various stakeholders, industrial associations and business associations attended the workshop. The Nodal Officers from the line Departments of A & N Administration also participated in the workshop.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Bhuvnesh Pratap Singh, expressed happiness that the UT of Andaman & Nicobar Islands was felicitated as ‘Top Achiever in Two Citizen Centric Reform Areas’ in Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) 2022 ranking. Further, he urged the line Departments under the UT of A & N Administration to come forward in streamlining regulatory structures and creating a investor friendly business environment in order to meet the objectives of Ease of Doing Business initiative of Govt. of India.

At the outset, Dr. Satyendra Singh Dursawat welcomed the gathering and informed that the UT of Andaman & Nicobar Islands under Reduction of Compliance Burden (RCB), the modes of delivery of 50 business/industry centric services and 32 citizen centric services were rationalized by simplifying, digitizing and reducing the documentary requirements of the services. The UT Administration has also reviewed all the Act, Rules & Regulation towards decriminalization of minor offences wherever possible. He further added that 30 online services and 68 Know Your Approvals pertaining to Andaman & Nicobar Islands were soft launched in the National Single Window System (NSWS) portal.

The technical sessions featured a session by Ms Divyani, Manager, NSWS, Invest India on NSWS portal along with the live demo of the NSWS portal. A session on Minimizing Regulatory Compliances was presented by Shri Dharmendar Kumar, DPIIT, New Delhi. Furthermore, Shri Ankur Vatsa, DPIIT, New Delhi made a presentation along with an interactive session on Business Reform Action Plan 2024.

During the interaction session, the members of industrial associations & stakeholders raised many queries and issues including tariff rate of Industrial estates which were constructively addressed. Besides the members of industrial associations & stakeholders also came forward and submitted many suggestions relevant in the current industrial scenario. The workshop concluded with the vote of thanks proposed by Shri Ajit Anand, Deputy Director, Department of Industries.