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Departmental Nodal Officer.- (1) The Secretary in each department shall appoint a Departmental Nodal Officer, who shall act as the Competent Authority to exercise the powers for granting clearances required from the concerned Department under their respective applicable laws. (2) The Departmental Nodal Officer will be the single point of contact for the State Investment Promotion and Facilitation Cell for granting clearance(s). (3) The Departmental Nodal Officer will co-ordinate and follow up with the field offices of the respective Department with regard to the pending clearance(s) and will ensure grant of clearance(s) by his Department in time. (4) For the purpose of this Act, the Departmental Nodal Officer shall work under the overall supervision of the State Single Window Nodal Officer (SWNO), who may be authorised to initiate their Annual Appraisal Report, in part.