Kerala was an early mover in enacting a legislation for providing time bound clearances to industrial enterprises, as well as for notifying Industrial Township Areas, vide the Kerala Industrial Single Window Clearance Boards & Industrial Township Area Development Act, 1999. The Act gave birth to Single Window Clearance Boards at the State, District and Industrial Area levels for the speedy issuance (within 30 working days) of various licenses/ clearances/ permits/ NOCs, etc., required for setting up/ expansion/ diversification/ modernisation of enterprises in the State, including renewals thereof.
Industrial Area Boards – constituted for Industrial Areas/ Industrial Parks/ Industrial Estates/ Industrial Growth Centres in the State, including notified Private Industrial Parks, for speedy issuance of statutory clearances to the units set up in such Parks/ Estates, etc. District Collector of the district concerned shall be the Chairperson, and the Designated Authority of the Industrial Area concerned shall be the Convenor.
District Single Window Clearance Boards – chaired by District Collector and convened by General Manager, District Industries Centre of the district concerned. For considering license applications entailing investments upto Rs. 15 Crore.
Kerala State Single Window Clearance Board – apex body, chaired by Chief Secretary, with Managing Director, KSIDC as Convenor, and Heads of various departments as members. Primarily considers license applications pertaining to investments more than Rs. 15 Crore, in addition to being the Appellate Authority.
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