Single Window Agency

With a view to facilitate and expedite the various clearances and Government approvals required by entrepreneurs as also to promote investments in the State, the Governor of Meghalaya is pleased to constitute a Committee which will act as Single Window Agency for all investments in the State. The Committee will consists of the following members :-

1.	Chief Minister, Meghalaya	Chairman
2.	Chairman, MeSEB, Meghalaya	Member
3.	Principal Secretary, Revenue Department	Member
4.	Commissioner & Secretary, Industries Department	Member
5.	Commissioner & Secretary, Tourism Department	Member
6.	Principal Chief Conservator of Forest	Member
7.	Chairman, State Pollution Control Board	Member
8.	Managing Director, M.I.D.C. Ltd	Member
9.	Secretary General, C.I.M., Shillong	Member
10.	Director of Industries, Meghalaya, Shillong	Member Secretary

Chairman is also empowered to co-opt Member(s) for a particular meeting whose presence is likely to facilitate decisions.

The terms of reference of the Committee will be as follows :

To facilitate the expeditious issue of all clearance / approvals required from the various Department and Agencies of the State Government to any entrepreneur applying for the same and to assist there in obtaining clearance from other bodies / organisation in the State.
To assist entrepreneurs in obtaining various clearances and approvals from the Central Government and its agencies.
To take up with financial Institutions / Commercial Banks, wherever required, for expediting sanction and disbursement of loans / working capital to prospective entrepreneurs.
To facilitate and expedite on land matters for the setting up of Industry.
To facilitate local entrepreneurs in having an interface with Industrial association, Central Government, Boards and Authorities etc.
To attend to all enquiries from all prospective entrepreneurs relating to the law, procedures, practices etc, governing investments in the State, and
To continuously review the various clearance and approvals required for investment in the State by entrepreneurs, with a view to simplify them as also to minimise procedural constraints to ensure flow of investments in the State.

Member Secretary (Director of Industries) will function as the nodal authority to receive and process all reference made to the Committee and will also act as “Escort” for intending entrepreneurs.
Regional Chief Conservator of Forest , Shillong will also be requested to attend as a special invitee whether so required.
In case requiring urgent / immediate disposal, Committee would take resolutions / decisions through circulation.
In case where a member is unable to attend meetings due to unavoidable circumstances, he would depute a senior officer empowered to take decisions on the issue which are to be considered in the meeting.

Numbers of Projects Cleared By Single Window Agency Year Wise

Sl. No.	Year	Nos. of Projects Cleared
1.	1995 – 1996	2 Nos.
2.	1996 – 1997	5 Nos.
3.	1997 – 1998	10 Nos.
4.	1998 – 1999	14 Nos.
5.	1999 – 2000	27 Nos.
6.	2000 – 2001	71 Nos.
7.	2001 – 2002	31 Nos.
8.	2002 – 2003	18 Nos.
9.	2003 – 2004	44 Nos.
10.	2004 – 2005	* 22 Nos.
Total		244 Nos.

* The figure is up to August, 2004.