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| # | Submitted | User(desc) | IP address | It was | Sector / Industry | State / UT | City | Response-time of officials | Number of documents to be submitted | Availability of information about the process | Overall Rating | It was an attempt to | Other | The problem was | Other cause | Details of experience | Advice for others | Share my story with | Name | Contact no | Privacy Policy | Contact me | Display it | |
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| 19 | 16 Nov 2016 - 14:38 | Anonymous (not verified) | 203.122.16.122 | Not Easy to Do Business | Hospitality/ Tourism | Goa | Anjuna | 3/5 | 4/5 | 2/5 | 3/5 |
Register the business Register property Get permits and licenses under environmental laws Get building plan approved Get electricity connection Other |
Tourism and F&B licenses | Can’t find information | I have recently started a new business in Goa in the hospitality and tourism sector. I tried to register a new business, register property, get permissions and licenses under environment laws, get my building’s plan approved, get electricity connection and tourism, food and beverages licenses. The paperwork that was required for getting licenses is efficient and streamlined but the procedures and processes involved in getting these licenses are very complicated. The procedures are not clearly defined and one can easily get confused since there is a lot of contradicting information. The government officials are themselves confused and do not have any sort of clarity since the procedures keep on changing frequently. All of this leads to delay at the cost of the citizen’s time, effort and money. |
My advice to other entrepreneurs is that - you should start all the procedures as soon as possible as the time taken to obtain licenses can vary from a few days to even a few months. I am of the opinion that if you have a certain kind of rapport with certain officials or “know” a few of them it tends be of great help in getting your licenses on time. |
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| 131 | 21 Dec 2024 - 05:29 | Anonymous (not verified) | 45.144.227.89 | Easy to Do Business | 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | San Francisco | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 2/5 | Register the business | 555 | 555 | Senior Department Officials | oFvdeJzS | 1 | testing@example.com | I have read and I agree with the Privacy Policy mentioned below | Keep me updated about responses to my report and experience. | Yes | |||
| 35 | 16 Nov 2016 - 18:03 | Anonymous (not verified) | 203.122.16.122 | Not Easy to Do Business | E-Commerce | Maharashtra | Mumbai | 3/5 | 3/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 |
Register the business Trade outside state/ country |
Submitting the same document to different departments |
The biggest problem is the lack of clarity in the process. I went to the company registrar's office and took a form, filled it and submitted it to the officer. He gave me 'n' number of reasons explaining why they cannot accept the form, and I was given a long list of documents needed for my form to be accepted. Now to get each of these documents, I had run around to different departments of the government. No one offered help at the government office, because they expected a bribe to solve my queries. I collected all my documents from all the offices to submit these documents to the same officer only to know another set of reasons why my form won’t be accepted and another set of documents to be submitted. At this point, I was so frustrated that I asked the officer why he didn’t tell me about these reasons and documents earlier. And he simply smiled and said, I forgot. There will be lot more things you experience when you visit a government office. The officer was busy with some government work, which he was not supposed to be given in the first place. So this is used as an excuse to not meet you but the real reason is that he somehow wants to extract bribe from you. The more frustrated you are, the more he earns. Government employees could find a million reasons to not deal with you or your issue, and there is nothing you can do about it. According to the standard government procedure one can complain to his higher officers but the higher officers are equal partners in taking bribe. All have defined what charges will be taken as a bribe when you want something from them. How do I know about this? I am a son of a government officer (not company's registrar, but another government department) and despite that I tried to register my company honestly. I know both the sides of the coin. My dad tried to fight this as an honest officer when he was young. He has to visit courts till this date because some senior officers framed him in the wrong case. The last case has been running for last 2 years. My dad tried to contact everyone he can above his officers but all told him to shut up and be part of the system or else he will be in jail for sure. If you ask me for a solution, then it's done already in passport offices. TCS is running that department amazingly. The process is exactly described on their website. No local laws affect that procedure. And your turn is decided once you register online. You will surely be able to finish with the procedure in 1 or 2 hours. You know exactly what is needed before going to that department. |
Don't plan on doing business in India. Move abroad! |
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| 147 | 21 Dec 2024 - 05:30 | Anonymous (not verified) | 45.144.227.89 | Easy to Do Business | 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | San Francisco | 1/5 | 1/5 | 2/5 | 1/5 | Register the business | 555 | 555 | Senior Department Officials | oFvdeJzS | 1 | testing@example.com | I have read and I agree with the Privacy Policy mentioned below | Keep me updated about responses to my report and experience. | Yes | |||
| 51 | 6 Dec 2016 - 17:52 | Anonymous (not verified) | 198.175.68.39 | Easy to Do Business | Robotics/Electronics | Maharashtra | Mumbai | 4/5 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | Register the business | We just made a partnership deed and got a PAN card made. That was pretty simple and easy. Once that is done, we were good to go. We did not find it to be a hassle. The number of documents asked was a bit problematic otherwise it was not a problem and the process went very smooth for the three of us (Three of us - school friends are the co-founders in this start-up). | You should catch hold of a good CA or financial adviser who can guide you and help you in the process. | Both | Ankur Gosar | 8147677186 | ankur.gosar@gmail.com | I have read and I agree with the Privacy Policy mentioned below | Yes | ||||
| 163 | 21 Dec 2024 - 05:30 | Anonymous (not verified) | 45.144.227.89 | Easy to Do Business | 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | San Francisco | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | Register the business | 555 | 555 | Senior Department Officials | oFvdeJzS | 1 | testing@example.com | I have read and I agree with the Privacy Policy mentioned below | Keep me updated about responses to my report and experience. | Yes | |||
| 179 | 21 Dec 2024 - 05:31 | Anonymous (not verified) | 45.144.227.89 | Easy to Do Business | 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | San Francisco | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 2/5 | Register the business | 555 | 555 | Senior Department Officials | oFvdeJzS | 1 | testing@example.com | I have read and I agree with the Privacy Policy mentioned below | Keep me updated about responses to my report and experience. | Yes | |||
| 225 | 21 Dec 2024 - 06:46 | Anonymous (not verified) | 45.144.227.89 | Easy to Do Business | 1 | Andhra Pradesh | San Francisco | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | Register the business | 555 | 555 | Senior Department Officials | oFvdeJzS | 1 | testing@example.com | I have read and I agree with the Privacy Policy mentioned below | Keep me updated about responses to my report and experience. | Yes | |||
| 195 | 21 Dec 2024 - 05:32 | Anonymous (not verified) | 45.144.227.89 | Easy to Do Business | 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | San Francisco | 1/5 | 1/5 | 2/5 | 1/5 | Register the business | 555 | 555 | Senior Department Officials | oFvdeJzS | 1 | testing@example.com | I have read and I agree with the Privacy Policy mentioned below | Keep me updated about responses to my report and experience. | Yes | |||
| 241 | 21 Dec 2024 - 06:46 | Anonymous (not verified) | 45.144.227.89 | Not Easy to Do Business | 1 | Bihar | San Francisco'" | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | Get permits and licenses under environmental laws | Delay by the department even though I completed the procedure | 20 | 1 | Keep it Anonymous | oFvdeJzS | 1 | testing@example.com | I have read and I agree with the Privacy Policy mentioned below | Keep me updated about responses to my report and experience. | No |