Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -

1. (a) "Applicant" means an enterprise or person duly authorised by an enterprise to submit an application on behalf of such enterprise;
2. (b) "Application" means a request submitted by an applicant through the Single Window System for obtaining any clearance under this Act;
3. (c) "Applicable Acts" means any Central Act or State Act and includes the rules, regulations, notifications or orders made or issued thereunder, governing the grant, processing, renewal, modification, suspension or cancellation of any clearance;
4. (d) "Bhumiswami Rights" means the rights of a Bhumiswami under the provisions of the Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1959 (No. 20 of 1959);
5. (e) "Building Rules" means the Madhya Pradesh State Industrial Land and Building Management Rules issued under this Act and as amended from time to time;
6. (f) "Certificate of Establishment" means the certificate issued through the Single Window System under section 8;
7. (g) "Clearances" means approvals, consents, permissions, registrations, enrolments, licences, allotments, no-objection certificates, periodic renewals or any other authorisation required under any applicable Act;
8. (h) "Commercial Production" means the date, on which an enterprise issues its first supply invoice for goods manufactured or services rendered;
   • (i) "Competent Authority" means any designated officer of a department of the Government or a Local Authority, Statutory Body, State owned Corporation, or Other Authority constituted under or established by any State Law, which is entrusted with the powers to grant or issue clearances to an enterprise;
9. (j) "District Investment Facilitation Committee (DIFC)" means the District Investment Facilitation Committee constituted under section 4;
10. (k) "Enterprise" means any unit engaged in manufacturing, processing, services or any other business or commercial activity;
11. (l) "Government" means the Government of Madhya Pradesh;
12. (m) "Green Category" means the category of industries or activities classified as Green Category by the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board, in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Central Pollution Control Board, as amended from time to time;
13. (n) "Industrial Area" means any industrial area, industrial park, industrial estate, special investment region, industrial cluster or any other area notified by the Government for industrial development and includes such areas developed, managed, transferred or administered by the Government, its departments, authorities or State owned Corporations authorised by the Government;
14. (o) "Industrial Land" means any land or plot allotted, leased, transferred or otherwise held by an enterprise in an industrial area for industrial purposes and includes any building, structure, premises or any part thereof constructed thereon;
15. (p) "Intention to Invest" means a proposal submitted under section 10;
16. (q) "Investor" means any person, firm, society, company or any other institution proposing to invest in the State;
17. (r) "Madhya Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation Limited (MPIDC)" means the wholly owned company of the Government, registered as 'MP Industrial Development Corporation Limited' under the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), having its headquarter at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh; "State Nodal Agency" means the agency designated under section 5;
18. (t) "Notification" means a notification published in the Madhya Pradesh Gazette and the word 'notified' shall be construed accordingly;
19. (u) "Prescribed" means prescribed by the rules made under this Act;
    • (v) "Single Window System" means the digital platform established under section 11 for submission, processing, tracking and monitoring of applications and grievances;
20. (w) "State" means the State of Madhya Pradesh;
    • (x) "State Investment Facilitation Committee" means the State Investment Facilitation Committee constituted under section 3;
21. (y) "Time limit" means the period notified under the Madhya Pradesh Lok Sewaon Ki Pradan Ki Guarantee Act, 2010 (No. 24 of 2010) for the disposal of a clearance;
22. (z) "White Category" means the category of industries or activities classified as White Category by the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Central Pollution Control Board, as amended from time to time.