Shilpa Sathi Prakalpa Scheme is a single window services portal set up by the West Bengal Corporation Ltd. This portal serves as a digital gateway for providing the necessary services under the applicable rules. It facilities investors in obtaining services required for setting up and operating a business in the state. Also, industry Facilitation Centre in every district of the state provides handholding support to the investors seeking services from Silpa Sathi.
Benefits of the Shilpa Sathi Prakalpa Scheme :
- It serves as a digital gateway for ensuring the required statutory compliances under the applicable Acts, laws, policies and schemes of the Government of West Bengal.
- Investors can get certificates and licenses required for setting up and operating the business in the state in a smooth and time-bound manner, without the need to visit any government department or office.
- Silpa Sathi Kishoks are also available at twenty-three Industry Facilitation Centres located in every district of the state. The IFCs provide handholding support to the investors seeking statutory compliance services from Silpa Sathi Prakalpa.
Features of Shilpa Sathi Prakalpa Scheme :
- Online submission of the application for grant or issue of permissions, approvals, certificates, enrolments, registrations, licenses, allotments, consents, no objection certificate (NOC) and the like including incentives by any Department or Organization of the Government including local bodies to set up and operate a business.
- Online payment of fees.
- Online approval, tracking of the real-time status of application and issuance of the certificates.
- Notification alert to applicants through SMS/ e-mail notification as and when the form is submitted and the query is raised or application is approved or rejected.
- Automated SMS or e-mail notification to the respective Head of competent Authorities with status information on the applications in which clearances are likely to breach the stipulated time frame specified in the West Bengal Right to Public Services Act.
Services :
List of services in Silpa Sathi Prakalpa are as follows :-
- Consumer Affairs Department
- Environment Department
- Forest Department
- Labour Department
- Municipal Affairs Department
- Public Works Department
- Land and Land Reforms Department
- Fire & Emergency Services Department
- Health & Family Welfare Department
- Urban Development Department
- Tourism Department
- Irrigation & Waterways Department
- Industry Commerce and Enterprises Department
- Registration and Stamps
- Panchayats and Rural Development Department
- Information Technology and Electronics Department
- Power and Non-Conventional Energy Sources Department
- State Water Investigation Directorate
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