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Thursday 22 July 2021

Maadhyam : Gateway of ( Business ) India

“ Gateway of India “ is in Mumbai - the Commercial Capital of India

“ India-Gate “ is in Delhi – the Political Capital of India

Both are physical / concrete monuments

Now comes “ Maadhyam “ – the “ Ease of Doing Business “ Portal of India – which could be our VIRTUAL monument ( - conditions listed below, apply )

Context :

Maadhyam portal to help doing business easier / HT / 15 July 2021

Extract :

Ø India will soon launch a national single window system for regulatory clearances that will facilitate domestic as well as global investors in getting over 560 types of regulatory approvals online, including ,

# permission to start a fuel retail business,

# get a permanent exporter license,

# set up a unit in the special economic zone (SEZ),

# register a copyright,

# start a power exchange, or

# obtain license to start a private security agency.

Ø The ‘ease of doing business’ initiative, named as ‘Maadhyam’, is currently under trial and will be launched by the end of this month or the next

Ø According to the trial version, the online system works in three steps :

# Filling a ‘ know your approval ’ (KYA) ,

# Applying for approvals through a single interface, and

# Tracking the status in real time.

Ø Maadhyam is also integrated with the states’ single window systems

Ø India is making efforts to make doing business easier for investors,

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My Comments / Questions :

Ø On this very subject ( Portal to help doing business Better ), over the past 5 years, Govt has already launched the following portals ( primarily targeting Foreign Investors ) :

# https://www.makeinindia.com/ , with following sections :

Sectors / Investor Desk / Opportunities / Policies / Ease of Doing

Business / Listicles / FAQs

# https://www.investindia.gov.in/about-us , with following sections :

Invest India / Initiatives / Opportunities / Country Desk / Resources /

Outreach

In both of these portals, under each section, there are several “ sub-sections “ , providing very detailed and very useful info in respect of “ Doing Business in India “

Although there seems to be some OVERLAP of info being provided

But, to best of my knowledge, neither of these portals have any database of INDIAN COMPANIES ( may be 500,000 ? ), which a foreign investor can,

# Search ( by Industry Name / Location / products – services / organization

/ finances etc )

# Prepare and Store, a list ( or several lists ) of “ Shortlisted Companies “

# Compose / Store / Send out, “ Business Offer Messages “ to shortlisted

Indian companies ( with just ONE CLICK ) / receive their e-mailed

responses / continue online “ Dialogue “

Ø In my view proposed portal MADHYAM should host such a database of Indian

Companies and incorporate a “ Multi- Way Communication “ feature ( between

Foreign Investors / Shortlisted Indian Companies / related Govt Agencies )

Ø This (feature) could be in line with the following links

( www.B2BmessageBlaster.com )

which I had launched in 2015 and later de-hosted ( a demo was given to Shri

Amitabh Kant in Mumbai on 05 Sept 2015 )

Dear Shri Piyush Goyalji,

As repeatedly offered in the past, I would be happy to hand-over the source-code of

www.B2BmessageBlaster.com ,

to your Ministry which is developing MAADHYAM ( absolutely FREE and without any obligation what-so-ever )

At this stage ( before launch of MAADHYAM ), it would be highly desirable to ask :

# Is it not too cumbersome – and expensive – to maintain THREE different

portals on the same / similar / complimentary subject ( and duplicating

some information ) ?

# Will we end up confusing Foreign Investors by trying to simultaneously

promote 3 different portals on the same / similar subject ?

# Is it too late to consider merging / consolidating, all three portals, in

order to make this a truly SINGLE VIRTUAL ENTRANCE to India ?

with regards,

hemen parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 23 July 2021

Thursday 22 July 2021

Maadhyam : Gateway of ( Business ) India

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