Subject to the superintendence, direction and control of the Empowered Committee, for investment promotions the functions of the Nodal Agency shall be as follows :-
(a) to function in co-ordination with the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation for investment promotions and setting up businesses or industrial undertakings in the State;
(b) to guide and assist entrepreneurs or investors to set up industrial undertakings in the State;
(c) to place the applications of the entrepreneurs or investors before the Empowered Committee, for its decision, where the concerned Competent Authority has failed to consider and dispose off the applications within the specified time limit;
(d) to monitor the status of applications and place the report of the status of applications before the Empowered Committee;
(e) to assist an entrepreneur or investor in obtaining permissions from the Central Government or State Government or their statutory and other bodies;
(f) to coordinate with various Competent Authorities for entrepreneurs’ or investors’ applications, integration of other websites with MAITRI and any such support as may be required for the smooth functioning of the Single Window System;
(g) to draft guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures for new investments and to review and modify them from time to time;
(h) to respond to queries raised by entrepreneurs or investors;
(i) to render necessary assistance in policy formulation for industrial progress;
(j) to promote environment friendly and technology-enabled production practices;
(k) to prepare and issue Application Form or Combined Application Form or Common Application Form for making application through the Single Window System;
(l) to propose, facilitate or introduce regulatory reforms for establishing industrial undertakings and their operations in the State based on user feedback with the objective of Ease of Doing Business;
(m) to assist the entrepreneurs or investors in completing the application forms;
(n) such other functions as may be prescribed.