Telangana State is going to take a giant leap towards becoming an investor friendly state despite the power woes. The government is planning to introduce Telangana State Project Approval and Self Certification System (T-Pass) Act, 2014 in the next Assembly session and get it passed. The act will give the investors right to clearances and seek information on any delays just like the Right to Information Act. Under the new law, government will also be able to penalize those officers responsible for delays.
The government will also cut down the extensive paper work involved in the project start and instead will just have to give a ‘self-certification’ that they will adhere to all the applicable laws governing the state to receive clearances. The government will also set up a district level T-Pass committees which will be overseen by a similar state level committee, these committees will make sure the projects referred to it will be cleared within 30 days. Also there will be an apex committee which will take care of the clearances of mega projects. We will have to wait and see if this will help the state to attract new industries despite having the power deficit.
