Definitions- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

2. Definitions- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Acknowledgement Certificate” means the acknowledgement certificate issued under section 5; (b) “Act” means the Jharkhand Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Special Concession) Act, 2025; (c) “Aproval” means any permission, no objection certificates, clearance, consent, approval, registration, licence and the like, required under any State law as mentioned in THE SCHEDULE for the establishment or operation of an enterprise in the State; (d) “Competent Authority” means any department or agency of the Government, a local authority, statutory body, State owned corporation, Panchayati Raj Institution, Municipality,Urban Development Authorities or any other authority or agency constituted or established by or under any State Law or under administrative control of the Government, which is entrusted with the powers or responsibilities to grant or issue approval for establishment or operation of an enterprise in the State; (e) “Combined Application Form” means such electronic form as may be prescribed under the Jharkhand Single Window Clearance Act, 2015 which includes individual application forms for all clearances; (f) “Department” means the Department of Industries of the Government of Jharkhand; (g) “Enterprise” shall have the same meaning as in Section 2 (e) of The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Development Act, 2006 [No. 27 of 2006]; of Govt. of India. (h) “Nodal agency” means the nodal agency referred to in Section 3; (i) “notification” means a notification published in the Rajpatra (e-Gazette), Jharkhand; (j) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules made under this Act; (k) “SCHEDULE” means THE SCHEDULE appended to this Act; (l) “State Government” means the State Government of Jharkhand; (m) “Udyog Aadhar” means such registration number of industrial units as are laid down by the Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises from time to time;