Shilpa Sathi (Single Window Cell)

According to existing procedures, investors need to submit an array of application forms to different government departments to get relevant licenses and registrations. It often results in un-necessary delays due to lack of inter - departmental co-ordination.
To assist the investors in setting up industries in West Bengal, the Government of West Bengal has launched Shilpa Sathi where an investor can submit a Common Application Form in the Single Window Cell at WBIDC.

Initially, in Phase-I, the facility of Shilpa Sathi will be available to investors, who want to set up medium and large industries in Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly,South24-Parganas and North 24-Parganas districts.Shilpa Sathi will assist investors to apply in Common Application Form (CAF), to obtain licenses and registration from relevant important State Government departments from a single place which are listed below.

Department/Directorate License / Registration
Directorate of Factories, Labour Department
Factory Licence
Shops & Establishment Directorate, Labour Department
Shops & Establishment Registration
Fire & Emergency Services Department
N.O.C.
Pollution Control Board
Consent to Establish
WBSEDCL
Power Connection
CESC
Power Connection
Irrigation & Waterways Department
Water Connection (Surface Water)
Kolkata Municipal Corporation/Municipalities
Trade License/Certificate of Enlistment

For the above purpose a Single Window Cell (SWC) has started functioning in the office of West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation Ltd (WBIDC). Officers of the above departments will sit in the Single Window Cell at designated days of the week. They will receive the Common Application Form and related documents and will issue relevant Licenses / Registration after observing necessary legal and procedural formalities according to relevant Acts and Rules. In Phase-II the investor will be able to submit the Common Application Form on-line in the Shilpa Sathi and get all licenses and registrations on- line. An on-line tracking system of status of the on-line application will also be available in the G2B portal developed for the purpose with IT infrastructure in the State Data Centre. In Phase-III, the State Shilpa Sathi will migrate to the eBiz, the Single Window Facility being developed by Department of Industrial Promotion and Policy, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, which aims to cover all Central and State government departments which issue licenses and registrations required for setting up an industry in India.

     
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