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Date : 22 Jan 2022
National Single Window System (NSWS) - One set of approvals from the integrated Ministries
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- Chairing a review meeting of the NSWS platform, minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said there should be complete end-to-end testing of one set of approvals for each of the integrated Ministries on the NSWS portal.
- The first approval through the NSWS portal was granted on 11 January 2022 to M/s CMR-Kataria Recycling Private Limited for the Vehicle Scrappage Facility RVSF, Kheda, Gujarat with a capacity of 67,000 vehicles.
- The approval has been made possible within a timeline of 63 days since RVSF application was submitted online on 08 November 2021.
- The digital platform of NSWS facilitates investors to identify and apply for approvals.
- It supports information across 32 Central Ministries/ Departments and the platform has 14 States onboard namely Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
- The process for inclusion of 6 more States is in progress and efforts are on to bring more states onboard the NSWS.
- In order to ensure faster approvals and save time, better communication strategy are being planned and presentations are to be made before large corporations and to the Indian Missions abroad.
- The Know Your Approvals (KYA) service is live on the NSWS with 544 approvals across 32 Central Ministries/ Departments.
- A total of 3,259 approvals are listed.
- Efforts are under progress to ensure that 13 more Ministries/Departments are onboarded by 31st March 2022 with another 360 approvals/registrations.
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