India
pti-PTI
The
number
of
documents
required
for
getting
licenses
has
been
drastically
reduced
and
28
documents
will
no
longer
be
required
to
be
uploaded.
New
Delhi,
Dec
31:
All
restaurants
in
5-star
and
4-star
hotels
in
Delhi
will
now
be
allowed
to
operate
round-the-clock,
according
to
the
new
licensing
norms
aimed
at
boosting
the
national
capital’s
night
economy.
Image
Lieutenant
Governor
V
K
Saxena,
had
in
November,
set
up
a
high
powered
committee
to
ease
and
facilitate
license
requirements
for
restaurants/eateries,
and
directed
it
to
examine
the
existing
regulations
and
suggest
ways
of
expediting
the
licensing
processes.
After
the
submission
of
the
report
by
the
committee,
it
took
several
rounds
of
meetings
to
finally
concretise
the
liberalised
regulations,
officials
said.
These
will
now
be
sent
to
the
National
Informatics
Centre
(NIC)
to
bring
about
necessary
changes
in
the
new
application
undertaking
and
uploaded
on
the
MHA
licensing
portal.
“This
is
expected
to
be
done
in
the
next
three
weeks,
and
come
January
26,
entrepreneurs
in
the
national
capital
will
be
able
to
avail
of
this
new
progressive,
business-friendly
and
liberalised
licensing
regime
in
Delhi,”
an
official
said.
Under
the
new
norms,
all
restaurants/eating
houses
in
Five
and
Four
Star
Hotels,
those
within
Airport,
railway
station
and
ISBT
premises
will
be
permitted
to
operate
on
a
24X7
basis
after
payment
of
necessary
fee.
In
3-star
hotels,
they
will
be
allowed
to
operate
till
2
am,
and
in
all
other
categories,
they
will
be
able
to
operate
till
1
am.
Additionally,
in
5-star
and
4-star
hotels,
the
ceiling
of
only
one
restaurant
getting
bar
license
has
been
lifted.
This
will
enable
such
hotels
to
obtain
separate
liquor
licenses
for
more
than
one
restaurant/bar
serving
liquor
within
the
hotel
premises
on
payment
of
license
fee.
The
number
of
documents
required
for
getting
licenses
has
been
drastically
reduced
and
28
documents
will
no
longer
be
required
to
be
uploaded.
Instead
of
the
earlier
system,
where
different
agencies
followed
different
calendars
–
financial
year
or
calendar
year
—
all
four
agencies
that
include
MCD,
Delhi
Police,
Delhi
Fire
Services
and
DPCC
will
now
follow
the
coterminous
financial
year
ending
March
31
for
the
purpose
of
issuing
and
validity
of
licenses/NOCs.
In
a
Common
Application
Form,
140
fields
have
been
removed
making
it
user-friendly
and
this
21
pages
Form
has
been
reduced
to
just
nine
pages.
Instead
of
multiple
separate
affidavits
now,
a
Single
Common
Undertaking
has
been
introduced.
In
a
major
relief,
instead
of
the
earlier
system
of
grant
of
licenses
for
one
year,
the
period
has
been
increased
to
three
years
for
MCD,
Delhi
Police
and
Delhi
Fire
Service
and
nine
years
for
DPCC.
The
grant
of
licenses
have
been
made
time-bound,
with
a
deemed
approved
clause
being
inserted,
that
will
ensure
that
the
license
has
been
approved
and
granted
if
the
concerned
agency/official
does
not
take
any
action
on
the
application
within
the
stipulated
time
frame.
An
applicant
will
be
able
to
get
his
license
within
a
maximum
of
49
days,
with
minimum
human
interface,
instead
of
the
earlier
unlimited
time
frame
that
resulted
in
an
applicant
running
from
pillar
to
post
and
getting
harassed.
The
average
time
for
grant
of
new
licenses
was
three
years
in
Delhi
up
till
now.
As
many
as
2,389
new
applications
for
Eating
Houses
from
2022
and
2121
applications
from
2021,
are
pending
as
of
now.
Similarly,
359
applications
for
Lodging
Houses
are
pending
for
2022.
Various
industry
bodies
and
restaurant/hotel
associations
had
met
the
L-G
and
conveyed
their
concerns
due
to
the
red
tape
ridden
licensing
regime
in
Delhi,
officials
said.
#Delhi #eases #licensing #norms #restaurants #4star #hotels #operate #24×7
