Bihar Affairs
Online system to speed up green clearance for entrepreneurs
The Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) on Saturday announced that the process for environmental clearance sought by entrepreneurs has been simplified with the introduction of the online Consent management and monitoring system.
A BSPCB communique released on Saturday said a Suvidha Kendra set up at the Board headquarters on the Patliputra Industrial Area road will facilitate the filing of applications by entrepreneurs. It will become operational from April 15. Suvidha Kendras have also come up at Muzaffarpur and Barauni.
The communique said the entrepreneurs will be able to file their applications, along with scanned documents, by paying a fee of Rs 1,000.
The online facility aims to remove the delays in the issuance of environmental clearance to entrepreneurs for their projects.
Under the manual system, the delay was often caused by errors made in filling the forms and documents, which delayed the process of issuing clearance certificate, the communique stated.
For environmental clearance from the pollution control authority, a separate set of forms would have to be filled through the online process, coupled with the submission of scanned documents for a fee of Rs 1,000 would be charged.
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