L-G, CM discusses reforms in licensing system

Lieutenant-Governor V.K. Saxena and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta had held a meeting with senior officials to rationalise and simplify the licensing regime and create a unified database of commercial establishments, a source said on Saturday.

The meeting’s agenda was to unite multiple agencies on a single platform, simplifying licensing processes and promoting ease of doing business.

At the meeting, Ms. Gupta said multiplicity of licensing authorities in Delhi, at times, resulted in the harassment of traders and business persons, the source said.

“It was brought out in the meeting that fragmented databases, absence of a unified portal for licences and complicated licence fee structure, led to revenue loss,” the source said.

The Cabinet Secretariat, following a recent review meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had asked Mr. Saxena to undertake specific short-term urgent reforms to ease compliance and improve governance in the Capital.