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Odisha’s GO-SWIFT portal gets 1,000 proposals within a 22 months of roll out

in Business October 3, 2019 Comments Off on Odisha’s GO-SWIFT portal gets 1,000 proposals within a 22 months of roll out 1,091 Views

Bhubaneswar, 3rd October 2019:(ONT Bureau) The Government of Odisha Single Window for Investor Facilitation and Tracking (GO-SWIFT) portal has received 1,000 investment proposals in just less than two years of its roll-out.

The one-stop portal that tracks the complete life cycle of an investment, received its 1,000th proposal from a Mumbai based chemical manufacturer. The unnamed company has proposed to invest Rs 162 Cr to set up a manufacturing unit to produce chemicals to be used in water treatment purpose with an annual capacity of 72,000 cubic meter per annum. The project has the potential to generate direct and indirect employment for 125 people.

Capt Dibya Shankar Mishra, Minister of State Energy, Home, Industries and MSME said, GO SWIFT”, Odisha’s single window system was designed and launched in November 2017 by Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri Naveen Pattnaik, to provide a one-stop-shop for all industries throughout their investment lifecycle. In a span of less than 2 years, the portal has received its 1000th application, which is a testament to its tremendous success for facilitating industrial projects Odisha. We will definitely continue to raise the bar for ease of doing business and are focused on speedy implementation of projects on the ground.

Some of the leading companies whose proposals were received in GO SWIFT portal and approved by State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) /High-Level Clearance Authority (HLCA) include Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Haldia Petrochemicals, Aditya Birla Fashion, Manpasand Beverages, ITC Foods, Apar Industries Ltd, Vedanta, JSW Cement, Gokul Agro, and Jindal Aluminum among others. The proposal of Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) to set up one of the largest petrochemical complexes in its existing base at Paradip, amounting Rs 1 trillion was approved in recent HLCA meeting held on 19th August 2019. The proposal of Haldia Petrochemical to set up another petrochemical complex in Balasore district amounting more than Rs 78,000 Cr was also approved in the same meeting.

GO-SWIFT provides all of the information and clearances that investors tend to require in a time-bound, hassle-free, paperless and transparent manner. Entirely online, the launch of GO-SWIFT has improved the efficiency of the approval process for both new and existing industries across 32 services from 15 state departments.

A first-of-its-kind in the country, GO-SWIFT provides information on business reforms and policy initiatives. The investor dashboard on the portal allows users to track the real-time status of their application and get alerts via SMS and email. GO-SWIFT also has a Department Dashboard for senior government officials to use and track the industrial units in the State. Along with its other features, GO-SWIFT has also seamlessly integrated all other existing online systems developed by the Government of Odisha, such as GO PLUS (Government of Odisha Portal for Land Use and Services) and ‘GO iPAS (Government of Odisha IDCO Post Allotment Services ) for post-land allotment services for industrial units.

The timelines mandated by Odisha Right to Public Services Act (ORTPSA 2012) have been mapped for each service to ensure that all approvals are delivered in a time-bound manner to the investors. The average time for the application of services has come down significantly due to GO-SWIFT. The proposal of Tata Steel Processing and Distribution Limited (TSPDL) to set up its unit at an investment of Rs 92 crore is approved in a record time of four days after submitting the application in GO SWIFT portal

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Government of India has also recognized GO SWIFT portal as best practice. DPIIT has also advised other States/ UTs to evaluate the Single Window system/ online portal (GO SWIFT) of the State of Odisha for replication/adoption with suitable modifications. “

The GO SWIFT system acts as a major fillip to the ‘5T’ framework adopted by the state of Odisha recently. This system aims to Transform processes adopted by a Team of dedicated officials through the Technological online portal in a Transparent manner, within the stipulated Timelines defined under Odisha Right to Public Services Act. 

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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