The Government of Goa on August 29, 2024, notified the Implementation of Guidelines for Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP), 2024 to grant impetus to Ease of Doing Business in the State.
The following has been stated-
•Government of Goa is the State Nodal Agency and has been mandated to implement reforms identified under Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) in the State, to enhance the business ecosystem in the Country and in respective States/UT’s, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Government of India has issued specific directions in the implementation cycle of Ease of Doing Business 2024.
•To bring about transparency, ease of access, user-friendliness, interoperability, and accountability in Government to Business (G2B) service delivery framework, the Government of Goa hereby makes it mandatory that PAN shall serve as the unique business identifier towards establishment of linkage/integration with Central/State/UT Governments.
•The Know Your Approval (KYA) module on the State Single Window System (Goaonline) must be integrated with the KYA module of National Single Window System. The information such displayed shall include all State Clearances/Approvals/NoCs for establishing (pre-establishment) & starting operations (pre-operations) based on inputs such as type of industry, number of employees, risk category (classification of industry basis various parameters at State/ /UT level such as provisions under pollution, labour amongst others.), size of firm, business location, Foreign/Domestic investor etc.
[Notification No. 3/18/2024-IND/241]