In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Competent Authority" means any officer or authority, of any Department or agency of the Government, Local Authority, State owned Corporation or any other authority or agency constituted or established under any Act or rules or under administrative control of the Government, competent to issue permissions for setting up or operating an industrial undertaking in the State, including any officer or authority of statutory licensees providing utilities to industrial undertakings; (b) "Empowered Committee" means the Empowered Committee constituted under section 6; (c) "entrepreneur" means a person or body of persons or a company, having majority investment or controlling interest in an industrial undertaking; (d) "Government" means the Government of Maharashtra; (e) "industrial undertaking" means an undertaking engaged in manufacturing or processing or both or providing service or doing any other business or commercial activity as may be specified by the State Government; (f) "investor" means any person who invests capital in the State in any new industrial undertaking or in any existing industrial undertaking for expanding, modernizing or diversifying with the intent of securing income or profit; (g) "Nodal Agency" means the Nodal Agency declared under section 14; (h) "permission" means any approval, no-objection certificate, clearance, allotment, consent, registration, enrolment, license or the like, by any Competent Authority in connection with the setting up or operating an industrial undertaking in the State and includes all such permissions as are required under any relevant law; (i) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (j) "relevant law" means any Act, rules, regulations or any other statutory instrument which is relevant for setting up or operating an industrial undertaking in the State; (k) "Secretary" includes the Principal Secretary or the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government; (l) "Single Window System" means the Single Window state-level web-enabled online portal or platform meant for submission and processing of applications for permissions required by an industrial undertaking; (m) "specified time limit" means the time limit specified under the Maharashtra Right to Public Services Act, 2015 (Mah. XXXI of 2015) or any other relevant law within which it is mandatory to process and dispose off the applications for permissions; (n) "State" means the State of Maharashtra; (o) "Supervisory Committee" means the Supervisory Committee constituted under section 10.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>a</i>) "Competent Authority" means any officer or authority, of any Department or agency of the Government, Local Authority, State owned Corporation or any other authority or agency constituted or established under any Act or rules or under administrative control of the Government, competent to issue permissions for setting up or operating an industrial undertaking in the State, including any officer or authority of statutory licensees providing utilities to industrial undertakings;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><i>(b)</i> "Empowered Committee" means the Empowered Committee constituted under section 6;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>c</i>) "entrepreneur" means a person or body of persons or a company, having majority investment or controlling interest in an industrial undertaking;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>d</i>) "Government" means the Government of Maharashtra;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>e</i>) "industrial undertaking" means an undertaking engaged in manufacturing or processing or both or providing service or doing any other business or commercial activity as may be specified by the State Government;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>f</i>) "investor" means any person who invests capital in the State in any new industrial undertaking or in any existing industrial undertaking for expanding, modernizing or diversifying with the intent of securing income or profit;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>g</i>) "Nodal Agency" means the Nodal Agency declared under section 14;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>h</i>) "permission" means any approval, no-objection certificate, clearance, allotment, consent, registration, enrolment, license or the like, by any Competent Authority in connection with the setting up or operating an industrial undertaking in the State and includes all such permissions as are required under any relevant law;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>i</i>) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>j</i>) "relevant law" means any Act, rules, regulations or any other statutory instrument which is relevant for setting up or operating an industrial undertaking in the State;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>k</i>) "Secretary" includes the Principal Secretary or the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>l</i>) "Single Window System" means the Single Window state-level web-enabled online portal or platform meant for submission and processing of applications for permissions required by an industrial undertaking;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>m</i>) "specified time limit" means the time limit specified under the Maharashtra Right to Public Services Act, 2015 (Mah. XXXI of 2015) or any other relevant law within which it is mandatory to process and dispose off the applications for permissions;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>n</i>) "State" means the State of Maharashtra;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>o</i>) "Supervisory Committee" means the Supervisory Committee constituted under section 10.<br>