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Assam Ease of Doing Business Act, 2016
Assam Ease of Doing Business Act, 2016
Sections
1. Short title, extent and commencement.
Section 12. Application.
Section 23. Definitions
Section 34. Establishment of Assam Bureau of Investment Promotion.
Section 45. Constitution of Board of Governors.
Section 56. Functions of the Board of Governors.
Section 67. Constitution of Single Window Agency and Executive Committee.
Section 78. Functions of the Single Window Agency.
Section 89. Procedure for online application for obtaining clearance.
Section 910. Self Certification.
Section 1011. Office, Officers and staff of the Single Window Agency.
Section 1112. Powers to engage or outsource person.
Section 1213. Functions of the Executive Committee.
Section 1314. Functions of the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 1415. Time limit for issue of different clearances.
Section 1516. Deemed Clearance.
Section 1617. Exemption.
Section 1718. Fund.
Section 1819. Account and Audit.
Section 1920. Fees.
Section 2021. Delegation of Financial power.
Section 2122. Suspension or cancellation of clearance.
Section 2223. Penalty.
Section 2324. Offences by Companies, etc.
Section 2425. Action against Officer and Staff.
Section 2526. Power to remove difficulty.
Section 2627. Power to delegate.
Section 2728. Appeal.
Section 2829. Power to make rules.
Section 2930. Repeal and savings.
Section 30
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"content": "(a) \"Application\" means application as mentioned in Sections 8 and 9 and the word \"applicant\" shall be construed accordingly ;\n(b) \" Board of Governor\" means the Board of Governors of the Bureau constituted under Section 5 ;\n(c) \"Bureau\" means Assam Bureau of Investment Promotion established under Section 4 ;\n(d) \"Chief Executive Officer\" means the Chief Executive Officer of the Single Window Agency constituted under Section 7 ;\n(e) \"Clearance\" means grant or issue of no-objection certificate, allotment, consent, approval, permission, registrations (excluding registration required under taxing Acts of the State or the Centre), enrollments, licenses and like, by any competent authority or authorities of the State Government, required to be issued under various state enactments, in connection with the setting up of an Industrial or Service sector undertaking in the State of Assam and shall include all such clearances required till the industrial or service sector undertaking starts its commercial production or operation :\n(f) \"competent authority\" means any department or agency or instrumentality of the Government, Corporation, Board, Panchayat, Municipality, Development Authority, Territorial Councils or Councils or other local body, or authority which are entrusted with the powers and responsibilities to grant or issue clearances;\n(g) \"Executive Committee\" means the Executive Committee of the Single Window Agency constituted under Section 7 ;\n(h) \"Government\" means the Government of Assam;\n(i) \"industrial undertaking\" means an undertaking engaged in manufacturing or processing or both or providing service or doing any other business or commercial activity as may be specified by the Government by notification, for the purposes of this Act;\n(j) \"Notification\" means a notification published in the Assam Gazette and the word \"notified\" shall be construed accordingly ;\n(k) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(l) \"Single Window Agency\" means a set up constituted under Section 7 to provide all clearances to the investors under this Act.",
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"content": "(a) approving the regulation and procedures of the Bureau and the Single Window Agency and entrustment of any other function (s) to the Executive Committee and the Chief Executive Officer in conformity with this Act ;\n(b) creating, sanction, abolition and re-designation of posts required for effective functioning of the Bureau ;\n(c) approving the annual budget, accounts and reports including the audit reports of the Bureau.\n(b) The Board of Governors may invite any expert for any meeting if so necessary;\n(c) The Board of Governors may co-opt any members, if so required for assistance of the Board in any matter for proper and effective discharge of its functions.",
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"content": "(1)\nChief Secretary to the Government of Assam\n-\nChairman ;\n(2)\nSeniormost Secretary to the Government Assam, Revenue and\n\t\t\t\tDisaster Management Department.\n-\nMember ;\n(3)\nSeniormost Secretary to the Government of Assam, Finance.\n-\nMember;\n(4)\nSeniormost Secretary to the Government of Assam, Industry and\n\t\t\t\tCommerce Department.\n-\nMember;\n(5)\nSeniormost Secretary to the Government of Assam, Power\n\t\t\t\tDepartment.\n-\nMember ;\n(6)\nSeniormost Secretary to the Government of Assam, Labour and\n\t\t\t\tEmployment Department.\n-\nMember ;\n(7)\nSeniormost Secretary to the Government of Assam, Environment\n\t\t\t\tand Forest Department.\n-\nMember ;\n(8)\nSeniormost Secretary to the Government of Assam, Home and\n\t\t\t\tPolitical Department.\n-\nMember;\n(9)\nSeniormost Secretary to the Government of Assam, Panchayat and\n\t\t\t\tRural Development Department.\n-\nMember ;\n(10)\nChief Executive Officer\n-\nMember-Secretary",
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"content": "(i) be responsible for creation of a dedicated Centralized Web Portal with connectivity, so that the investors may submit application form/s online, as required by them for obtaining various clearances;\n(ii) be headed by a Chief Executive Officer to be appointed by the Government;\n(iii) prepare a combined application form for online submission by the investors for obtaining various clearances, which shall consist of,-\n(i) forms under the relevant Central enactments without any change; and\n(ii) existing forms or new forms in lieu of the existing forms under the relevant state enactments;\n(iv) publish downloadable application form/s, comprehensive check lists, etc. covering all activities in their Portal;\n(v) follow the required procedures to be observed under section 9;\n(vi) perform any other functions as entrusted to them by the Bureau for carrying out the provisions of this Act.",
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"content": "(ii) The application form along with prescribed attachment shall be submitted/uploaded online, wherever feasible. Other attachments, wherever necessary, shall be sent to the concerned competent authority through courier, and can be tracked online through a built-in system as per guidance available in the Single Window Portal;\n(iii) On receipt of the application form online, the system shalt automatically forward it to the concerned competent authority. The Single Window Agency shall hand over hard copy or copies of such application/s to the officer under the disposal of the Chief Executive Officer to follow up and get the clearance within the stipulated time ;\n(iv) All competent authorities shall be provided online access to the Single Window Portal through a secured user ID and password, to process the applications forwarded to them ;\n(v) For additional attachments despatched by courier to respective competent authority, the concerned competent authority shall enter the date specific to clearance in their record;\n(vi) In case the competent authority does not acknowledge the receipt of attachment within 3 (three) working days of despatch, as noted initially in the system, the fourth working day from despatch shall be construed as reference date specific to clearance ;\n(vii) The competent authority may ask for additional information from the applicant only once, within first 3 (three) days of application which may be extended up to a maximum of 7(seven) days in case of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation, under intimation to the Chief Executive Officer ;\n(viii) The competent authority shall process the application and communicate the decision regarding approval or rejection of the request alongwith comments and upload the same in the system within the prescribed time limit. Approval or rejection letter shall bear the digital signature of the competent authority. A hard copy of the approval shall be forwarded to the applicant as well as to the Chief Executive Officer ;\n(ix) Once the request is approved by the concerned competent authority, the applicant can take a print out of the approval ;\n(x) The applicants may file online for Multiple clearances. Applicant/s shall be given an option to file for all clearances at one time or multiple time, as the case maybe;\n(xi) At each stage of the application, an e-mail and SMS alerts shall be sent to the applicant ;\n(xii) The application shall be submitted with the prescribed fee in the prescribed manner to the Single Window Agency ;\n(xiii) The Single Window Agency shall keep all records of clearances, etc. for future record ;\n(xiv) The Single Window Agency shall submit a report to the Bureau, the Government as well as to the Chairman of the Executive Committee about the status of application received, disposal, pending and reasons for pending on monthly basis ;\n(xv) There shall be a dedicated helpline number to provide helps to the investors while filing application form online ;\n(xvi) Competent authority or authorities having its own web portal with facilities of online submission, tracking, etc. shall continue with the existing portal till such time as deemed fit and proper in consultation with the Single Window Agency. These web portals shall be hyperlinked with the portal created under the Single Window Agency. However competent authority shall take initiative to interlink with the web portal created by the Single Window Agency.",
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"content": "(a) shall regularly monitor, supervise and review the functioning of the Single Window Agency set up under this Act ;\n(b) shall sit at least once in a quarter or such other times as may be directed by the Chairman of the Committee ;\n(c) shall be responsible for recommending to the Board of Governors of the Bureau regarding any critical clearance or relaxation in any matter of investment proposals and activities of the Single Window Agency ;\n(d) shall be responsible for organizing campaign, events, conferences and meetings both in India and abroad for promoting Assam as an investment destination ;\n(e) may refer any matter or issue to the Government or the Board of Governors with its recommendation or suggestions, if considered necessary;\n(f) may invite the concerned administrative Head or Secretary or any other officer of a competent authority as a special invitee to discuss and finalize any specific proposal/s or issue/s of such competent authority ;\n(g) may co-opt any other member/s if so required, for assistance of the Executive Committee for proper and effective discharge of its functions ;\n(h) may appoint from time to time, such sub-committee and/or special committee as may be considered necessary, to assist it in carrying out its functions and facilitate investment in the State ; and\n(i) Shall be responsible for carrying out any other functions as may be entrusted to it by the Board of Governors.",
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"content": "(a) he shall receive and process all investment proposals including new investment as well as proposal of he shall receive and process all investment proposals modernization, expansion of existing industries ;\n(b) he shall be responsible to run the Web Portal of Single Window Agency efficiently, liaise with all competent authorities, preparation of monthly report and get clearances from the competent authority in time ;\n(c) he shall coordinate with all efforts of the State Government to encourage new investment and its actual implementation in the state in respect of all sectors of trade, commerce and industry ;\n(d) he shall receive or cause to be received applications online for new investment from Private and Public sector, and examine and process the same for all necessary statutory and other approvals ;\n(e) he shall issue notices to the competent authority, in case of their failure to provide necessary clearances within the stipulated time and same be intimated to the concerned administrative departments for taking necessary action ;\n(f) he shall review the process with the team of officers under him at least twice in a month and sort out any problem faced by them. In case of any critical issue/s, the matter may be referred to the Executive Committee for a suitable solution.\n(g) He shall be responsible for carrying such other functions as may be entrusted to him by the Board of Governors.",
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"number": "18",
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"content": "(a) Procurement of IT Hardware/Software, cost towards development of software, maintenance of Hardware/Software, payment towards connectivity charges, Annual charges of leased land, furniture and fixtures, procurement of electrical equipments, printing paper, postage and stamps, contingencies, mid term study, preparation of Request for Proposal (RFP) and to defray any other statutory dues etc.\n(b) Salary for the officers and staff of the Single Window Agency including outsourced and contractual staff engaged by the Single Window Agency ;\n(c) Cost towards payment of rent, Travelling allowances for the Chief Executive Officer and other officers and staff ;\n(d) Cost towards printing and stationery, payment of electricity bills, telephone bills, mobile bills, bill for helpline telephone number, etc. and any more head of expenditure approved by the Executive Committee.",
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"content": "(a)\nBoard of Governors\nFull power\n(b)\nExecutive Committee\nUpto Rs. 1 Cr.\n(c)\nChief Executive Officer level\nUpto Rs. 20 lakh.",
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"content": "(a) \"Company\" means any body Corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals ; and\n(b) \"Director\" in relation to a firm means a partner in the firm.",
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"Act ID": "Last Updated 12th June, 2020 [ass379]",
"Act Number": "(Assam Act No. 5 of 2016)",
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"Act Year": "2016",
"Short Title": "Assam Ease of Doing Business Act, 2016",
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