Telangana State Industrial Project Approval and Self-Certification System (TG-iPASS): 2014
Before 2014, industrial approvals in undivided Andhra Pradesh and in most Indian states were characterised by bureaucratic delay, repeated documentation, and poor inter-departmental coordination. Entrepreneurs routinely visited multiple offices, resubmitted the same information to different departments, and waited months for clearances that had no statutory deadline. For a newly formed state seeking to establish its industrial credibility and attract capital, this bottleneck was a first-order constraint on growth.
The Government of Telangana responded by enacting the TS-iPASS Act, 2014, establishing a single-window, time-bound, and transparent clearance mechanism for industrial projects later rebranded TG-iPASS. The legislation was among the earliest state-level attempts in India to convert “ease of doing business” rhetoric into an enforceable statutory right, granting entrepreneurs a right to clearance within fixed timelines and a right to know the reasons for any delay.
