New Delhi, Apr 3 (KNN)   The tourism department will now not take more than 40 days to make a final decision for hotel approval including examining and inspection.

“Now onwards, all applications will have to be examined within 15 working days from receipt for completeness. Thereafter, all hotel inspections will be scheduled within next 15 working days.

The recommendations of Hotel and Restaurants Approval & Classification Committee will be communicated on the spot to the applicant and these recommendations will also be put on web with final decision within 10 days of the inspection,” said Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi here today.

Previously, the time period for processing of an application was within 90 days.

The  government launched a web based Public Service Delivery System for Hotel approval and classification with a view to bringing in transparency in granting approvals for hotel projects and classification status to functioning hotels.

“All applicants seeking hotel project approvals, hotel classification and approvals for other related services will be able to track the progress of their cases online on a real time basis.  By putting this system in place, there will be a pressure on the officers of the Ministry to deliver on time and an increased accountability on their part,” he said. (KNN)