Anand Sharma Launches eBiz Portal Portal to Provide Secure one Stop Shop for all Investment and Business Related Information and Services 24X7

The Union Minister
for Commerce,
Industry & Textiles
Shri Anand Sharma
launched an eBiz
portal at the CII
Partnership Summit
in Agra today. The
portal is India’s
Government-to-
Business (G2B) portal
developed by Infosys
in a Public Private
Partnership (PPP)
Model. “This Mission
Mode Project will
mark a paradigm shift
in the Government’s
approach to providing
Government-to-
Business (G2B)
services for India’s
investor and business
communities,” said
Shri Sharma while
launching the portal.
In order to enable
businesses and
investors to save time
and costs and in order
to improve the
business environment
in the country, an
online single window
was conceptualised in
the form of the eBiz
Mission Mode Project
under the National
eGovernance Plan.
Shri Sharma said that
the “project aims to
create a business and
investor friendly
ecosystem in India by
making all business
and investment
related regulatory
services across
Central, State and
local governments
available on a single
portal, thereby
obviating the need for
an investor or a
business to visit
multiple offices or a
plethora of websites.”
Shri Sharma further
said that the core
value of the
transformational
project lies in a shift
in the Governments’
service delivery
approach from being
department-centric to
customer-centric.
“eBiz will create a
24x7 facility for
information and
services and will also
offer joined-up
services where a
single application
submitted by a
customer, for a
number of
permissions,
clearances, approvals
and registrations, will
be routed
automatically across
multiple
governmental
agencies in a logical
manner.” “An inbuilt
payment gateway will
also add value by
allowing all payments
to be collected at one
point and then
apportioned, split and
routed to the
respective heads of
account of Central /
State / Para-statal
agencies along with
generation of challans
and MIS reports. This
payment gateway is
the first of its kind
designed in India and
can become a
universal payment
gateway for all
eGovernance
applications,” added
Shri Sharma.
The Department of
Industrial Promotion
& Policy, Ministry of
Commerce & Industry,
Government of India,
is the Nodal
Government Agency
responsible for the
implementation of the
eBiz Project. Infosys
Technologies Ltd. has
been selected as the
Concessionaire/
Project
Implementation
Partner and is
responsible for the
design, development,
implementation and
maintenance of the
eBiz Solution.
Shri Sharma said that
the government is
“firmly committed to
wide-ranging
initiatives aimed at
fostering the business
environment in the
country in a holistic
manner. Our
approach includes
leveraging technology
to bring transparency,
improve efficiency
and promote
convenience. eBiz is
an important step in
this direction and we
are pleased to work
in partnership with
Infosys on this
project, which we
hope will become a
benchmark for
successful Public
Private Partnerships
(PPPs) in the
country.”
Speaking on the
occasion, Shri
Saurabh Chandra,
Secretary, Department
of Industrial Policy
and Promotion,
Ministry of Commerce
and Industry observed
that “the eBiz Project
is the first of its kind
ever implemented in
the country. It marks
the highest level of
maturity in web-
based eGovernance
applications as it
strives to achieve
horizontal integration
across various
verticals of Central
government, State
governments and
Para-statal agencies”.
The first phase of the
project, which was
being launched today,
provides an
interactive tool that
helps investors assess
the Licenses and
Permits requirements
while setting up and
operating a business
in India. The License
& Permit Information
wizard will provide
authentic information
24X7 to investors and
businesses by
providing answers to
questions in an
interview style
format.