Ease of doing business: TN launches single-window portal for industries

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday launched the single-window portal for industries as part of the efforts to promote ease of doing business in the state.

"Industries department has developed an integrated web-based single window portal (www.easybusiness.tn.gov.in) which will enable industries to obtain the required pre-establishment, pre-operation clearances and renewals across 11 departments including Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Pollution Control Board and Labour," an official release said.

Through this portal, 37 services of various departments would be made available to investors without any human interface, it said, adding that the portal provides for online submission of applications, tracking and monitoring of application through SMS and e-mail.

The state government has recently passed the Tamil Nadu Business Facilitation Act 2017 through which an ordinance to strengthen the single window system by stipulating timeline for each approval and also provides for deemed approval in respect of certain clearances.