A BILL TO PROVIDE VARIOUS LICENSES, CLERANCE| FOR SETTING UP OF INDUS PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIAL DE" FOR AW INVESTOR FRIENDLY TELANGANA AND FOR MATTE| INCIDENTAL THERETO. Whereas, itis expedient to provi and othe pro_ects in the State, by provid to ensure early commercial production of| SPEEDY PROCESSING FOR ISSUE OF AND CERTIFICATES REQUIRED |AL_ UNDERTAKINGS FOR THE LOPMENT AND ALSO TO PROVIDE, ‘ORONMENT IN THE STATE OF S CONNECTED THEREWITH OR le for speedy implementation of industrial ing single point clearances to promoters and uch projects; Be it enacted by the legislature df the State of Telangana in the Sixty-fifth Year of tie Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER -1 PRELI Short title, Extent and commencemes t | 1, (1) This Act_ may @) Itextends to the wh (3) It shall come into for may by notification [Definitions |] (1) “Clearances” certificate, registrations, competent aut setting up of Telangana and the industrial us “Competent At the Governmel Municipality o the powers and| all 2) @) @ ©) Committee” c “Government” “Industrial Un manufacturing doing any othe} specified by th “Check List” the applicant w} Pre-Serutiny completeness prior to issue o 6) a) 1 INDUSTRIAL PI CERTIFICATION| “District Committee” called the “TELANGANA STATE OJECT APPROVAL AND SELF ‘SYSTEM (TS-IPASS) ACT, 2014”. le of the State of Telangana ce on such date as the State Government in the Telangana State Gazette, appoint, (2) In this Act, unless the context, otherwise requires, fneans grant or issue of no-objection ments, consents, approvals, permissions, rollments, licenées and the like, by any jority or authorities in connection with. the in_industrial undertaking in the State of shall include all such clearances required till dertaking staits commercial production; thority” means any department or ageney of , Authorized Agency, Gram Panchayat, ‘ther local body, which are entrusted Iesponsibilities to grant or issue clearances; means the “Distriet TS-PASS stituted under Section 3; means the Government of Telangana; lertaking” means an undertaking engaged in 3 processing or both or providing service or business or commercial activity as may be State Government; rnfeans the list of documents to be furnished by ith Common Application Form(CAF): jeans examination of applications to see the ‘CAF along with Check Slip by all means , ‘acknowledgement by the Nodal Agency;(8) “Nodal Agency” means the agency notified at the State level or at the District lével under Section 5; (9) “Notification” means |a notification published in the Telangana Gazette andl the word ‘notified’ should be construed accordingly; (10) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act (11) “Right to Clearances linder TS-iPASS” means a system bestowed for clearances, same as in the lines of Right to Information Act, which enables imposing of penal action on officers responsible for delay (12) “State Committee” [means the “State TS-PASS Committee” constituted under Section 4. CHAPTER -11 CONSTITUTION, P QWI:RS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE DISTRICT COMMITTEES, ‘SU'ATI, COMMITTEE AND NODAL AGENCIES: _, 3, (1) The State Government may, by notifications, constitute a “Distriet Constitution, T&IPASS Committee” for gach district, which shall consist of the powers and District Collector as the Chaitman, Joint Collector as Vice-Chairman functions of and District Level/ Regional Level officials of relevant departments as District ‘members for such term as may be specified in the notification. Committee (2) The District Committeg shall be the Competent Authority at the istrict level and exercise the following powers and petform the following functions narhely: (@ to meet at such times and places as the Chairman of the Committee may decide and shall transact business as per the procedure as thay prescribed; Gi) to receive applications for all clearances for setting up industrial units Jwith proposed investment up to the amount notified uhder Section 17; (iii) to inform the appilcant of the date on-which the application was received by the compétent authority, department wise date by which the approvals should be accorded and date on, which such application may be deemed to have been approved inthe cage of deemed approval; (iv) to review and a itor the processing of applications by the competent authorities and to forward the orders of the competent authorities to the applicant; (¥) to forward cases with remarks and relevant documents to the State Committee for decision under Section 15; (vi) to invite Compettnt authorities or experts, who are rot members of the Committee, as special invitees for any meeting of the District Committee as desired by the Chairman of the Committee; the Member.of the District Committee shall attend the meeting convened under clause (i) personally and in case he is unable to attend the meeting, he may depute a senior level Officer with a written authorization to takepowers and fanctions of Sta ‘| | Committee &) appropriate} decision in the meeting; (viii) such other (ix) Based on the self-certification provided by the Applicant, the Districl Committee will provide a single point TS- iPASS apqroval on behalf of all relevant departments instead of individual departmental approvals. ‘The Distridt Committee shall give all clearances referred to it withina period of 30 days. ywers and functions as may be prescribed Constitution, | 4. (1) The Government may, by notification, constitute a State Committee known as the “State TSiPASS Committee”, which shall consist of Secretary of Industrie Industries as the Memiber-Convener with HODs of the relevant departments as other mémbers for such term as may be specified in the notification. as the Chairman and the Commissioner of (2) The State Committee shall be the Competent Authority at the State Level and exercise the following powers and perform the following funetions namely:- @ ai) Gi) (i). ™ (wi) wii) to meet at Committee ich times and places as the Chaitman of the jay decide and shall transact business as per the procedure ag may be prescribed: to receive II applications for clearances for setting up industrial ugits with proposed investment more than the amount notified under section 17; ‘To organize Pre-Scrutiny of the applications twice in a week to verify application ind guide the applicant in submission of in full shape prior to acceptance and issue of acknowledgement by the Nodal Agency; to inform was receives applicant of the date on which the application by the competent authority, and date on which such application may be deemed to have been approved in the cease of applitability of deemed approval under section 13(1) ; to review arld moni Competent forward. the applicant; to forward) the State Gi to invite F the processing of applications by the lauthorties.and District Committees and to coders of the competent authority to the ases with remarks and relevant documents to jvernment for decision under section 16; ympetent authorities or experts, who are not members of the Committee, as special invitees for any meeting as (viii) the Memt (e), convened tunable to a officer witl decision in such other time to time. 3 lesired by the Chairman of the State Committee; ‘of the State Committee shall attend the meeting {nder clause (i) personally and in case he is end the meeting, he may depute a senior level ‘a written authorization to take appropriate he meeting; jowers and functions as may be prescribed from