Online Portal for registration under the new Central Sector Scheme for Industrial Development of J&K at https://jknis.dpiit.gov.in was launched by Hon’ble Home Minister & Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah on 31st August 2021. Union Commerce & Industry, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles Minister Shri Piyush Goyal, Limited Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Shri Manoj Sinha, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (I/c) of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Minister of State for Home, Shri Nityanand Rai, Ministers of State for Commerce & Industry, Shri Som Prakash, Smt. Anupriya Patel and senior officials of the Government of India were also present on this occasion. Refer Press release at https://pib.gov.in. This online portal has been designed and developed for effective implementation of the scheme in a transparent manner and with the objective of ease of doing business. The entire process under the scheme i.e. applying for registration, submitting claims and their processing within the Department is through the portal deliberately done to avoid human interface.