SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 17 September 2025, Shift 2 · General Awareness · Question 18 of 99

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Which of the following best describes the purpose of the National Single Window System (NSWS) portal launched by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry?

(a)To streamline pension disbursal mechanisms for unorganized workers
(b)To facilitate industrial clearances and approvals through a single digital platform
(c)To monitor school enrollments across states using Aadhaar linkage
(d)To centralize water quality testing across urban and rural regions

Answer

Why

Correct — B. The National Single Window System (NSWS) is a digital portal where investors find, apply for and track the approvals and clearances their business needs.

Launching it on 22 September 2021, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal called it a one-stop shop for investors for approvals and clearances. That is option (b).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
To streamline pension disbursal mechanisms for unorganized workers — Pensions for unorganised workers belong to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, through schemes such as PM-SYM. NSWS handles business approvals, not payouts.
(c)
To monitor school enrollments across states using Aadhaar linkage — School enrolment data comes through the Ministry of Education's UDISE+ system. NSWS serves investors and businesses, not schools or pupils.
(d)
To centralize water quality testing across urban and rural regions — Drinking-water quality testing sits with the Ministry of Jal Shakti under the Jal Jeevan Mission. NSWS is a portal for business approvals.

Concept

A single window replaces an investor's round of separate offices with one interface to government.

PIB's launch release lists its services: Know Your Approval (KYA), a common registration form, a document repository and an applicant dashboard to apply, track and respond to queries.

At launch it hosted approvals of 18 Central Departments and 9 States.

Key facts

NSWS was launched on 22 September 2021 by Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry.
At launch it hosted approvals across 18 Central Departments and 9 States, with 14 more departments and 5 States due by December 2021.
Its services include Know Your Approval (KYA), a common registration form, a document repository and an applicant dashboard.

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Common traps

Reading 'single window' as a welfare delivery counter, when it is a portal for business approvals and clearances.
Taking NSWS for a ministry of its own, when it is a portal that brings existing departments' approvals onto one platform.

Here the portal is matched to its purpose, against welfare, education and water services.

NSWS also appears at 14 Sep 2025, 16:00, GA Q.20, where 'it works as a separate ministry' is keyed false, and at 18 Sep 2025, 09:00, GA Q.20, where PMFBY is keyed the odd one out beside NSWS, LEADS and Gati Shakti.

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