Sukhbir Badal advocates formation of Industry Inspections Bureau to facilitate industrialists
Author(s): City Air NewsNo labour Inspector to visit industries from January; Comprehensive labour management system to be in place by December 31st; Deputy CM reviews arrangements of 2nd Progressive Punjab Investment Summit Chandigarh,...
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Oct 21, 2015 12:30
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No labour Inspector to visit industries from January; Comprehensive labour management system to be in place by December 31st; Deputy CM reviews arrangements of 2nd Progressive Punjab Investment Summit
Chandigarh, October 21, 2015: Adding feathers in the cap for ease of doing business in the state Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal today advocated the proposal to establish "Bureau of Industry Inspections" on the lines of Invest Punjab to free the industrialists from the clutches of "Inspector Raj" in Punjab.
Presiding over a high level meeting with administrative secretaries to oversee the arrangements of 2nd Progressive Punjab Investment Summit at SAS Nagar, Deputy Chief Minister mooted the proposal to setup Industry Inspections Bureau so that all clearances regarding inspections of industrial units and annual assessments could be regulated through one administrative authority. He categorically said "I desire that Punjab should be an 'inspector free' state by December 31 and entrepreneurs can do their businesses with free mind and without any tension from frequent inspections".
Reviewing the proposals to do away with various inspections and provisioning of online facilities by various departments Mr Badal directed that in case of any complaint or otherwise mandated by central government rules, the inspector would visit the industry only with prior approval of Labour Commissioner. "No Boiler Inspector will visit the factory unless invited for annual inspection by the concerned firm and with prior approval of authority", he added.
To facilitate the ease of doing business Deputy CM asked all the departments especially Labour, Forests, Pollution Control Board, Industry department and PSPCL to update their portals and put all relevant information regarding inspection procedure, online filing of applications, e-payments of fees and timeline for application approval in the public sphere.
Elaborating the facilities proposed by industry and labour department Chief Secretary Mr Sarvesh Kaushal informed that 'Comprehensive Labour Management Computerised System' would be implemented by December 31 to provide submission of self-certification of documents, joint inspections under various acts, validity of factory licences for five to 10 years, third party inspection of units and timeline for inspection reports.
Among others present in the meeting included Media Advisor Jangveer Singh, Additional Chief Secretary Revenue Karan Avtar Singh, Principal Secretary to Deputy CM PS Aujla, Principal Secretary Housing, Labour and Forests Vishwajit Khanna, Principal Secretary Governance Reforms G. Vajralingam, Secretary Industry and CEO Invest Punjab Anirudh Tewari, Financial Commissioner Taxation Anurag Aggarwal, Secretary Additional CEO Invest Punjab DK Tewari, Secretary Power A. Venu Prasad, Chairman PSPCL KD Choudhary, Special Principal Secretaries to Deputy CM Manvesh Singh Sidhu, Rahul Tewari and Ajay Mahajan.
Date:
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
