Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal today said a big exercise is being carried out by Central Ministries and States and UTs to reduce compliance burden. He said the aim of this exercise is to simplify, decriminalize and remove redundant laws. He was speaking at the workshop on National Workshop on Reducing Compliance Burden organised by DPIIT in New Delhi.<br />''<br />''Mr Goyal said India has come a long way from red-tapism to laying the red carpet for businesses. He said that numerous regulatory compliances only confused the new prospects and built hesitation in investors. The Minister said the soft launch of National Single Window System, NSWS is an outstanding example of government's commitment to simply and rationalise things.<br />''<br />''The NSWS portal hosts approvals across 18 Central Departments and 9 States. Another 14 Central departments and 5 states will be added by December this year.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #000000;">Speaking on the occasion Secretary DPIIT said that more than 22 thousand  compliances have been reduced by Union Ministries, States and UTs so far under the initiative and about 13,000 compliances simplified. More than 1,200 processes have been digitized.</span><br />