sikkim EODB
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Sikkim aims to improve its investment climate and ease of doing business through various regulatory reforms and infrastructure development. Key areas of focus include streamlining processes for obtaining electricity connections, paying taxes, resolving commercial disputes, registering and transferring property, conducting inspections, obtaining permits and approvals through online single window systems. Sikkim also aims to develop physical infrastructure like roads, telecommunications and rail/air connectivity to facilitate business and trade. However, challenges remain due to environmental protections, land ownership laws, unemployment and slow implementation of reforms.
sikkim EODB
- 1. Sikkim This are the important supports need for anyone to build up the investment climate ? Resources/Inputs ? Regulatory framework ? Incentives to Industry ? Physical and social infrastructure
- 2. ? Getting electricity is an important factor in all kinds of business the Sikkim is developing a separate website for getting electricity, till now they have achieved online bill payment they are developing soon they will be option for getting new connection through the website even. https://sikkim.gov.in/departments/energy-and-power-department/new- service-connection ? Paying Tax : Establish a helpline providing basic services such as assisting users in preparing and filing returns under the State/Union Territory GST Act Advantage of doing business in Sikkim
- 3. ? Protecting Minority Investors: Establish a specialized division/bench under the High Court to hear commercial disputes ? Enforcing contracts: The contracts are infused in an online mode so that there will be no physical signing is required ? Registering Property: Digitize cadastral maps of all rural areas in the state. ? Trading across borders: there are many illegal trade happening in the borders if they are regularized they can achieve an new business line there. ? Facilitating infrastructure Sikkim is well connected by roads. Telecommunication connectivity compares with the national standards. Optical-fibre connectivity is being developed. Rail and air connectivity are also being developed in the state. Upcoming Contracts
- 4. BRAP unfulfilled reforms BRAP 2019, DPIIT has proposed to undertake a 100% feedback based assessment area wise. ? Labour regulation enablers: This consists of reforms for factories. Like introduction of a provision for self- certification /third party certification for boilers by persons having qualification, introduction of provision for issuing Factory License and all subsequent renewals with validity of 10 years or more, eliminate the requirement of inspection prior to registration under the Shops and Establishment Act and ensure that the registration is granted within one day from the date of application etc. These were mainly for the relaxation of owners so that can work without thinking about all the odds and also to settle relationship between company and govt. ? Access to Information and Transparency Enablers: Transparency and access to information are crucial in ensuring access and participation, and can contribute to reducing or preventing corruption, clientelism and inefficiency. Approval of plan and permission to construct/extend/or take into use any building as a factory, approval for Boiler manufacturer and renewal thereof, registration of establishment under the Inter State Migrant Workmen (RE&CS) Act, 1979 etc. ? Commercial Dispute Resolution Enablers: The act of solving disputes between business entities by methods including negotiation, arbitration, mediation, and litigation. Establishing specialized division/bench under the High Court to hear commercial disputes, specialized commercial courts to hear and resolve the commercial disputes, ensure at least 90% of the vacancies in specialized Commercial courts been filled up, design and implement a system that allows e-filing for commercial disputes in Commercial courts etc.
- 5. ? Land administration and Transfer of Land and Property: This suggests the rules of land tenure are applied and made operational. Land administration, whether formal or informal, comprises an extensive range of systems and processes to administer. Digitizing cadastral maps of all rural areas in the state, integrating the mutation process with the registration process and allow intimation of mutation as soon as the deed is registered, provide model deed templates for sale, gift, lease, mortgage and rent in downloadable and editable format along with instructions to use them, to design and implement a system that allows online application and payment for submission and verification of document and mandate that all applications are submitted online; were kind of reforms to be implemented. ? Inspection Enablers: These were decided on the basis of problems faced by companies in scheduling inspections and conflicts between inspectors and companies. Reform build up goes as Design and develop an online inspection platform for scheduling inspections, to ensure that selection of establishments for inspection is done using risk assessments and to differentiate compliance inspection requirements based on risk profile. ? Construction Permit Enablers: A building permit is an official approval issued by the local government agency that allows to proceed with a construction or remodeling project on your property. It ensures that the project plans comply with local standards for land use. Publish a well-defined inspection procedure and checklist on department’s web site, design and implement a computerized system for identifying building/area that needs to be inspected based on risk assessment, mandate online submission of inspection report within 48 hours to the Department, design and implement a system for computerized allocation of inspectors etc are some ways to enable easy construction permits.
- 6. ? Single Window System: The single-window system is a trade facilitation idea. In simple words, it allows a user to get sufficient information from one source. Ensure ‘Registration certificate of Establishment Inter State Migrant Workmen(RE&CS)Act,1979 (License of Contractor Establishment)’ is provided as a service through the online single window system facilitating the online application submission, payments, tracking of status, approvals and issuance of the certificate(s), ensure `Registration under weights and measures, 1998` is provided as a service through the online single window system facilitating online application, payments, tracking of status, approvals and issuance of the certificate(s), ensure 'Consent to establish (under Water Act & Air Act)’ is provided as a service through the online single window system facilitating online application submission, payments, tracking of status, approvals and issuance of the certificate(s), ensure 'Consent to operate (under Water Act & Air Act)’ is provided as a service through the online single window system facilitating online application submission, payments, tracking of status, approvals and issuance of the certificate(s) etc; are some reforms which are to be implemented to facilitate secure and easy trade of information. ? Land Availability and Allotment: This reform is to design and implement a land allotment system that allows online application and payment without the need for a physical touch point for document submission and verification and mandate that all applications are submitted online, ensure that the system allows users to download the final signed land allotment certificate from the online portal and allow third parties to easily verify the land allotment certificates in the public domain. ? Environmental Registration Enablers: This reform was to allow for auto-renewal of Consent to Operate (under Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981) based on self-certification/third party certification and ensure that majority of establishments avail this provision and issue Consent to Operate with a validity period of 5 years or above. Also to design and implement a system that allows online application submission, payment, tracking and monitoring without the need for a physical touch point for document submission and verification and mandate that all applications are submitted online.
- 7. ? Obtaining Electricity Connection: Ensure that the regulator publishes monthly or quarterly the data regarding total duration and frequency of outages online in public domain, ensure that information on effective tariffs are available online, and that customers are notified of a change in tariff ahead of the billing cycle and implement a system that allows online application submission, payment and tracking of status without the need for a physical touch point for document submission for new electricity connection and mandate that all applications are submitted online. This would make getting electricity and paying off expenses very feasible and easy. Sikkim receives most of its electricity from 19 hydroelectric power stations. Power is also obtained from the National Thermal Power Corporation and Power Grid Corporation of India. ? Paying Taxes: Design and implement a system that allows online application submission, payment, filling, tracking and monitoring without the need for a physical touch point for document submission and verification and mandate that all applications are submitted online and also, ensure that the system allows user to download the final signed approval certificate from the online portal.
- 8. ? Three North Eastern states Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim is among three lowest rank holders when it comes of Ease Of Doing Business in India even after having the edge of investment prospects in organic products. ? Sikkim currently does not have a Companies Act, as after the repeal of the old Act, new Companies Act has not been notified. It further noted that being an environmentally sensitive zone so the clearance cannot be automatic as each issue needs a closer look. ? The land laws protect the interest of ethic community and any change of title requires approval at highest level. ? According to 5th Employment Un-employment survey of Labour Bureau 2015-16, Sikkim has second highest unemployment rate (after Tripura) of 18.1 per cent. This implies jobless growth in the State. ? According to reports in 2015, Sikkim was on the 27th rank and now has fallen to 33. This shows that the reforms are not implemented or are not effective. ? In recent years, the government of Sikkim has extensively promoted tourism. As a result, state revenue has increased 14 times since the mid-1990s. Sikkim has furthermore invested in a fledgling gambling industry promoting both casinos and online gambling. The Playwin lottery has been a notable success in the state.
- 9. ? Talking about the Performance Index, President Kovind said that India has improved by 10 points while in Travel and Tourism Competitiveness ranking of World Economic Forum, India has reached 34th position from 52nd. ? Sikkim offers a great deal of tourism. ? Most investment opportunity that Sikkim can promote is in tourism and organic products. ? Tourists visiting the northeastern state of Sikkim shot up by nearly 77 per cent to 14.25 lakh during 2017, according to the state’s tourism department. Tourism
- 10. Limitation ? There are only four district and the population is 6.19 lakhs. So Sikkim is not a big market there is less land resource for investors to do set up any plant ? But for tourism investor it is a great area ? The government is not that cooperative because they are so ethnic diversified state. There are so many Nepalis immigrated in large number so there is always fight with the governments even after one party forms the government.
- 11. Our Idea ? The Sikkim government should develop a one portal website for everything all registration in a single website. ? Tourism should be given as contract to the private sectors there are many investors ready to invest in the state and the registration of land for that has to be made easy and it should be a fast process ? All the upcoming Idea should be implemented fast ? The population in Sikkim is increasing drastically so it’s a good time for investors because they can get employees at low rate.