Odisha’s Chief Secretary, Anu Garg, IAS, chaired a high-level review meeting today to assess the implementation status of reforms under the Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) 2026 and District Business Reforms Action Plan (DBRAP) 2025-26, with a specific focus on expediting the IT interventions required for compliance.
The review was attended by senior officials from 21 Departments, along with their respective IT System Integrators, representatives of the Odisha Computer Application Centre (OCAC), and the leadership team of the National Informatics Centre (NIC). Department-wise gaps were reviewed at the level of individual services and reform points, with emphasis on completing pending portal development, system integrations, onboarding Entity Locker on the online service modules, and public dashboards.
ACS, Industries, and MD, IPICOL presented the department-wise status and action plans. Principal Secretaries, Commissioner-cum-Secretaries of related departments, were present and participated in the deliberations.
The Chief Secretary emphasized that technology interventions should translate the reform requirements into simple, transparent, and end-to-end digital services for businesses, while reducing physical interfaces, repeated submission of documents, and avoidable delays. Departments and their System Integrators were asked to work closely with NIC and OCAC to close the identified technical gaps within the stipulated timelines.
A major area reviewed was the integration of departmental G2B and G2C services with GO SWIFT and Odisha One. Departments were asked to ensure seamless two-way integration so that applications can be routed through the appropriate single-window platform and transaction status can be updated on a real-time basis. Such integrations are also critical for automated monitoring of industrial projects through the State-level project tracking systems.
The meeting also reviewed the adoption of Entity Locker across departmental G2B portals. Entity Locker is envisaged as a common repository through which documents already submitted or issued by the Government can be securely fetched and reused, reducing repeated document submission by investors. Integration with Entity Locker is also a specific requirement under BRAP 2026. Departments where integration is pending were asked to immediately coordinate with their System Integrators and the concerned technology agencies.
Another key focus area was the development and updating of public dashboards for applications, inspections, and inspection reports. Departments were asked to ensure that dashboards provide district-level information on applications received, approvals, pendency, statutory timelines, and processing time. Inspection dashboards are also required to capture adherence to prescribed timelines and the uploading of inspection reports.
The review also covered specific IT interventions relating to online land and property records, Revenue Court dashboards, property tax information, GST monitoring, building approvals, electricity services, employment services, health and education-related approvals and other G2B services covered under BRAP and DBRAP. The Chief Secretary stressed the need for close coordination between Departments, their System Integrators, NIC, OCAC, and IPICOL, with clear ownership of each pending intervention. All departments were asked to accord priority to the reforms involving portal development and integration and ensure that technical dependencies are resolved without delay.
As per the implementation schedule reviewed during the meeting, the targeted IT reforms are to be implemented by 31 August 2026. ACS, Industries and MD, IPICOL, as Nodal department and agency, were advised to further review the status and progress on 25th August 2026 and resolve the pending issues, if any, so that the Reform Action plans at the State and District level are completed before the scheduled date.
The Government reiterated its commitment to strengthening Odisha’s business regulatory environment through technology-led reforms, greater transparency, and simplified service delivery, with the objective of providing businesses and investors a faster and more predictable interface with the Government.
