The Union Government stated that the National Single Window System (NSWS) Portal has created a new landmark by crossing 75 thousand of approvals for various Central, State, and UT clearances.
The platform was launched by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in 2021.
The portal is providing a single interface to apply for all Government-to-business (G2B) clearances from various Ministries and Departments as well as eliminating duplication of work.
The National Single Window System (NSWS) is a digital platform to guide potential users in identifying and applying for approvals according to their business requirements.
The portal hosts applications for approvals from 26 Central Departments and 19 State Governments.
The platform is built to serve as an advisory tool to identify approvals based on user input and is to be used for guidance purposes only.
Significance:
It will have solutions for all at one click of the mouse through ‘End to End’ facilitation.
It will bring Transparency, Accountability & Responsiveness to the ecosystem
All information will be available on a single dashboard.
Foreign & Indian Investors, Businesses and Startups will benefit from the initiative.
It promotes ease of doing business and also strengthens other schemes e.g. Make in India, Startup India, etc.
Included Services:
Know Your Approval (KYA) Service: an intelligent information wizard that generates a list of approvals required by any business to commence operations.
Common Registration Form: To ensure a single point of submission of information and documents across Ministries and States, a unified information capturing system along with a common registration form has been introduced.
State registration form: Enables investors to have seamless single-click access to respective State Single Window System.
Applicant dashboard: Provides a single online interface to apply, track and respond to queries about approvals and registrations across ministries and States.
Document repository: An online centralized storage service for investors to enable one-time documentsubmission and use the same across multiple approvals. This eliminates the need to submit documents at multiple portals.
E-Communication module: Enables online response to queries and clarification requests related to applications by Ministries and States.
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