KINS Desk
Srinagar, June 30 (KINS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday launched a new web portal for the issue of No Objection Certificate (NOC) for power projects and Research Survey Exploration Exploitation (RSEE) activities in the Indian Territorial Waters and Exclusive Economic Zone.
The newly developed web portal will facilitate the applicants in submitting their proposals online for seeking Security Clearance from the Defence Ministry for undertaking Power Projects and RSEE activities.
According to news agency Kashmir Indepth News Service (KINS) the Ministry of Defence in a statement said, “Online System will establish an effective, speedy and transparent mechanism to process these proposals. The Ministry had earlier launched a similar portal for grant of NOC for aerial survey”.
The Ministry said, it accords security clearances to various Government and private organisations for power projects in areas nearby defence installations and also RSEE activities in the Indian Territorial Waters and Exclusive Economic Zone for applications received through different Ministries.
“To ensure ease of business and transparency in issuing NOC for such projects, the Ministry developed the online application portal with the assistance of National e-Governance Division, Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics and National Informatics Centre”.
Minister of State for Defence, Shripad Yesso Naik , Chief Defence Staff and Secretary Department of Military Affairs General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Army Staff General M M Naravane, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria and Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar and other senior officials of the Ministry were present on the occasion.
Senior officials of other concerned Ministries joined the event through video conferencing.(KINS)
