Constitution, powers and functions of District Level Facilitation Committee

(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute a District Level Facilitation Committee for each district, which shall consist of the District Collector as the Chairman and such other number of members as may be specified by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette. The General Manager, District Industries Centre shall be the Member-Secretary of such Committee. (2) The District Level Facilitation Committee shall exercise the following powers and perform the following functions, namely:- (i) to meet at such time and places at least once in a month as the Chairman of the Committee may decide and shall transact business as per the procedure as may be prescribed; (ii) the competent authorities shall proceed to issue the required clearance within the time limit stipulated under section 13 subject to compliances by the entrepreneur of provisions of the applicable State Laws and the rules made thereunder; (iii) DLFC shall review all applications pending beyond time limit in various departments. The list of pending application may be procured from Investor Facilitation Portal. (iv) DLFC may direct appropriate authorities for taking decision of applications pending beyond the prescribed time limit. (v) DLFC may scrutinize the records regarding the delay and if it finds that the delay has been caused by willful default, it may recommend to the Single Window Facilitation Committee to take appropriate disciplinary action against the competent authority. (vi) DLFC shall take all necessary steps to assist industrial investments in the district which includes review of Investment Intentions and shall send report to the State Level Facilitation Committee through Investor Facilitation Portal. (vii) DLFC shall suggest policy level suggestions to the Single Window Facilitation Committee to improve the investment atmosphere of the State. (viii) to review and monitor the processing of applications by the competent authorities. (ix) to inform the applicant of the date on which the application was received by the competent authority and the date on which such application has been approved or rejected; (x) to forward cases with remarks and relevant documents to the Single Window Facilitation Committee for decision under section 14; (xi) to invite competent authorities or experts, who are not members of the Committee, as special invitees at any meeting of the District Level Facilitation Committee as desired by the Chairman or the Member- Secretary of the Committee; (xii) a Member of the District Level Facilitation Committee shall attend the meeting convened under clause (i) personally and in case he is unable to attend the meeting, he may depute a senior level officer with a written authorization to take appropriate decision in the meeting; (xiii) such other powers and functions as may be prescribed.