The commerce and industry ministry stated on March 12, 2021 that the central government is working to develop a portal called “Atmanirbhar Niveshak Mitra Portal” for information dissemination, hand-holding, and facilitation of the domestic investors.
Highlights
The portal Atmanirbhar Niveshak Mitra is currently is in the testing phase. It will be launched by May 1, 2021. The ministry is also working on a webpage which will be available in regional languages and mobile app. This portal is being developed in order to strengthen efforts to promote domestic investments. It is being developed by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).
Significance of the portal
The portal will help in providing daily updates on several things including the policies and new initiatives by the central and state governments, information regarding the approvals, licenses, clearances several schemes & incentives. It will also be providing information regarding the manufacturing clusters and land availability. The portal will provide its support to the investors throughout their business journey and will help them in getting all the information ranging from finding the investment opportunity, exploring incentives & taxes which are applicable to their businesses, raw material availability, sources of funding, training, tender information and management requirement.
Salient features of Atmanirbhar Niveshak Mitra Portal
The app will provide daily updates on the Policies and New Initiatives of the Central and State Government. It will hold One on one Meetings & Discussions with Invest India experts. They will ensure adequate facilitation for the domestic investors. It has the feature of AI based Chat Bot to resolve queries. The portal will work as a one-stop-shop in order to access all MSME portals such as MSME Samadhaan, Champions portal and MSME Sampark.