(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute a Single Window Facilitation Committee, under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary of the State of Gujarat as the Chairman and such other number of members as may be specified by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette. The Industries Commissioner shall be the Member- Secretary of such Committee.
(2) The Committee shall exercise the following powers and perform the following functions, namely:-
(i) to meet at such times and places at least once in a month as the Chairman of the Committee may decide and shall transact its business as per such 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 Central or State Acts and the rules made thereunder;
(iii) to review and monitor the processing of applications by the competent authorities and the District Level Facilitation Committee;
Constitution, powers and functions of Single Window Facilitation Committee.
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(iv) 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;
(v) to forward cases with remarks and relevant documents to the State Level Facilitation Committee for decision under section 16;
(vi) to invite competent authorities or experts, who are not members of the Committee as special invitees for at meeting of the State Committee as desired by the Chairman or the Member - Secretary of the Committee;
(vii) All applications and grievances pending beyond the time limit under Investment Facilitation Portal shall be reviewed by the committee and direction shall be given to the competent authority to undertake necessary action.
(viii) The Committee shall have power to ask for reason of delay and may call for necessary information and personal appearance of competent authority whose applications and grievances are pending beyond the prescribed time limit.
(ix) The Committee shall, after performing necessary inquiry, may recommend the action against the competent authority if the Committee is of the opinion that there is willful default in delaying the approval process of applications and grievances.
(x) The Committee may appoint a senior officer to inquire into the reasons of delay in disposal of applications by the competent authority or the grievances raised by the applicant.
(xi) It may review the industrial investment of the state and make necessary recommendations to the SLFC.
(xii) A Member of the Single Window Facilitation Committee shall attend the meeting convened under clause (i) personally and in case
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(xiii) such other powers and functions as may be prescribed.