Single window
clearance for layout approvals & building permissions by early next year:
Venkaiah Naidu
World Bank
report shows Gujarat model is working
The Ministry of
Housing and Urban Development is likely to put in place a single window
time-bound clearance system for layout approvals and building permissions by
the beginning of next year, union minister, Mr M Venkaiah Naidu said at an
ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi recently.
“It is a long
pending demand of the industry, on national level I am working with six
ministers and I have a group of ministers’ meeting, I have held four rounds of
meetings with secretaries and ministers of environment, defence, civil
supplies, civil aviation and others,” said Mr Naidu while inaugurating a
national summit on ‘Housing for All-Catalyst for development & inclusive
growth,’ organised by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
(ASSOCHAM).
“The last
meeting is on October 14, 2015 after that we will submit the report to Cabinet and
then we will go ahead because we are getting permissions from these departments
and by the beginning of the next year, I am sure you will have this in place,”
said the union minister.
On Gujarat
topping the World Bank’s ranking of states on the ease of doing business in
India, Mr Naidu said, “It shows that Gujarat model is working.”
“Some people in
the recent past started saying Gujarat model is a failure, people of Gujarat
are not innocent to have three times continuously elected the same chief
minister, Gujarat is on top now even the World Bank has also recognised it,” he
added.
He said that
other states should also improve their performance and prepare for the next
round of assessment.
“We want every
state to be progressive, Uttar Pradesh & Bihar should also participate in
this race as and there is no point in criticising the Prime Minister Modi and
Gujarat,” said Mr Naidu.
“I am
requesting all states to please understand the present position and streamline
things and see to it that ease of doing business is made simple so that we get
more and more investments in our states,” he added.
He also said
that real estate sector needs to focus on green building technologies and adopt
appropriate, cost-effective building materials, reduce dependence on
conventional energy intensive construction practices.
Conceding that
employment generation is a major challenge, the union minister said, “If you
can push the real estate sector, if you really give credit to the
infrastructure sector and also to the (IT) information technology sector then
Indian youth will get better employment opportunities.”
He also said
that India will surpass China in economic growth. “Going by the global economic
crisis, seeing what is happening in China and going by India’s large young
population and our commitment to reforms, India is growing to grow faster than
China and there is no competition as of now with others also.”
The union
minister also emphasised on the need for labour reforms, reforms for land and
real estate sector. Besides, he also stressed upon the need for politics of
speedy and inclusive development.
In her address
at the ASSOCHAM conference, Ms.Nandita Chatterjee, secretary, Ministry of
Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) said that real estate players
should develop an app or a system whereby people can locate the houses
available.
“Is it possible
when we do our dissemination to try it up with some kind of an app or a system
where the people also get to know where is the supply located,” said Mr
Chatterjee.
Amid others who
addressed the ASSOCHAM summit included – Mr Navin Raheja, chairman, ASSOCHAM
Real Estate Committee, Mr Rajeev Talwar, chairman, ASSOCHAM Urban Development
Committee, Mr Anil K Agarwal, past president, ASSOCHAM, Mr D.S. Rawat,
secretary general and Mr Astitwa Pandey, senior president and managing
director, Corporate Finance, Yes Bank.
(ASSOCHAM)
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