the government of india recently launched the national single window scheme nsws portal where businesses can identify and apply for licenses or approvals digitally at one place rather than visiting different government departments separately the portal currently hosts applications for 24 central departments and 16 state governmentsspeaking at the 62nd siam annual convention mr anurag jain secretary department for promotion of industry internal trade ministry of commerce industry government of india said currently our plan is to bring in 32 central ministries under the nsws scheme we already have 24 departments working with us and by december 2022 the remaining 9 ministries are likely to start participating as well the nsws scheme will give automotive industry stakeholders an effortless and streamlined platform to acquire their licenses and permissions from this will promote business development rd and innovationmr anurag jain secretary department for promotion of industry internal trade ministry of commerce industry government of india on nswshow does it workbusinesses can map out the exact approvals they need from different ministries using the websites know your approval tab after which they can apply for a number of licenses or approvals under a single business id once they have submitted their single application businesses will also be able to track the status of their approval and get them through the portal this makes the process of interacting with ministries convenient and getting approvals seamlessjain further stated that nsws is in line with the governments vision india 47 to create a robust plan for the automotive sector to become one of the top two automotive manufacturing countries in the world in the next 25 years the secretary of ministry of commerce industry expects the indian economy to be worth an optimistic usd 32 trillion by 2047 and the auto sector could be worth usd 7 trillion of that figuremiddle mr anurag jain secretary department ministry of commerce industry with mr kenichi ayukawa president siam right and other delegatescommenting on the digital nature of the nsws solution jain also told stakeholders that as the country and industry move forward the dependence between the auto industry and it industry is bound to increase we have already seen how the it industry affects the auto industry with the semiconductor shortage similarly the automotive industry has effects on it in terms of logistics and cost as the industry is already moving towards connected cars stakeholders need to upgrade their rd and innovation to stay relevant and survive