MCD to expedite approval of pending health trade licences
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi's deliberative wing has announced expediting the processing of approving outstanding health trade licences across categories. Thanking chief minister Rekha Gupta for removing the requirement to obtain a no-objection certificate from Delhi Police, mayor Raja Iqbal Singh said that the initiative would help more businessmen save time.
According to information available on the corporation's website, the total applications for health trade licences received from Oct 2019 till date were 50,422, of which 3,323 were under process, 21,666 issued and 25,430 rejected. In comparison, the total applications received by Delhi Police were 51,780, with 1,587 under process, 13,354 issued and 36,839 rejected. The total applications received by Delhi Fire Services were 29,133, with 20,744 issued, 5,040 under process and 3,349 rejected.
The number of applications received by Delhi Pollution Control Committee was 54,279, of which 33,218 were issued, 19,149 rejected and 1,912 under process.
"So far, traders need to apply with four-five agencies for NOCs or obtaining health trade licences, including fire, MCD/NDMC, Delhi Police and DPCC. If any of these agencies denies NOC, then the overall licence is cancelled. In the case of MCD, the applications were cancelled when the documents or fees were not submitted in a time-bound manner," said an official.
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Addressing a press conference, Singh said, "We will simplify the process of doing business in Delhi to such an extent that a businessman will only have to concentrate on his business, not on documentation. The CM's direction to withdraw Delhi Police NOC for seven trade activities is a step in this direction."
Leader of the House Pravesh Wahi said that MCD would issue the licences in a time-bound manner (60 days). The standing committee chairperson, Satya Sharma, said that prior to the Delhi Legislative Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made some promises, and they were formulating a plan to fulfil those promises.
The civic body claims to have brought several reforms in recent years to streamline the process of issuing health trade licences for 95 types of activities. "Earlier, 18 documents were required, which were reduced to five to obtain NOC. Prior to trifurcation, the building department's permission was required, which was also removed. In 2016, the requirement for clearance from the property tax department, receipt of conversion, and parking charges was delinked, and in 2022, the concept of instant health licences was introduced," stated MCD.
Thereafter, the tenure for issuing licences for three financial years was extended up to six years.
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