Reddy launches Unified Portal for Licensing of Eating/ Lodging Houses in NCT, Delhi

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New Delhi  : Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy on October 1, 2019, launched a single window online system for licensing of eating houses/lodging houses, in New Delhi. This unique initiative is a joint effort of various agencies involved in the process of licensing in the NCT of Delhi for facilitating ease of doing business.

Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Reddy said that the portal is a step in the direction to achieve PM Narendra Modi’s vision to establish a corruption-free economy by bringing in welfare-oriented economic reforms. He said that India has progressively improved its Ease of Doing Business ranking and the Government is encouraging entrepreneurs to start up new businesses. The Food and Beverages is a big sector and by 2021, it would be having over 2% contribution in India’s GDP, he added.

Talking about the features of the portal, Reddy said that this single window clearance system has been developed under Digital India programme to facilitate people obtain licenses to open their eatery/lodging businesses in Delhi. This would be an integrated, transparent and seamless system for providing licenses in a time bound manner. Such a people-friendly system would prevent corruption and increase compliance with rules and regulations by all stakeholders, the Minister said, according to a PIB release.

The Unified Portal aims at simplifying and rationalising the regulatory processes (registration & inspection), infusion of transparency and avoids procedural delays in getting statutory clearances from various authorities and real time receipt of application by all agencies simultaneously.

The Single Window Unified Portal will facilitate the applicant know the status of his application at all the stages of approval process; the applicant will get notification of any deficiency in his application in the portal itself and also through email and message in his registered mobile number; the applicant may correct the deficiencies online in the portal itself within the prescribed timeline; time bound processing of application by all the agencies.