Ministries flout local procurement rules in govt contracts, says DPIIT

Dept says tender terms favourable to foreign firms

The Centre has pulled up several ministries and their procurement agencies after repeated instances of them flouting domestic procurement norms in government tenders. 

Conditions placed in these tenders were found to be against local suppliers, with many prerequisites essentially eliminating them from the bidding process at the start, Business Standard has learnt.

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), following consultations with the government e-marketplace (GeM) and finance ministry, flagged these violations of the public procurement order of 2017 in an advisory issued to all ministries last month.  

The order, which was issued to prioritise Make in