New Delhi, April 22 -- The Centre has decided to renew the Certificate of Registration as a Virginia tobacco grower and the License for operation of a barn for three years instead of one year, as part of ease of doing business, in order to reduce the burden of mandatory yearly renewal.

These registrations or licenses will now be valid for 3 years instead of the existing practice of renewing every year, an official release said.

"To facilitate the growers to renew this registration / licenses once in 3 years, the Government of India has amended the sub-rule(5), (6) and (7) of rule 33 and sub-rule (2) and (3) of rule 34N, of Tobacco Board Rules, 1976," the release said.

The amendment to the Tobacco Board Rules, 1976 was published in the ...