Goods Procurement

India's economy boosts jobs, mainly for unskilled and semi-skilled workers

It is not really a case of jobless growth, just that job creation is more for the low-skilled

FY24 procurement target through GeM likely to set at Rs 2.5 trillion

Artificial Intelligence will come onboard from FY24

FinMin pushes PSBs to enhance procurement via GeM to Rs 10,000 cr in FY24

GeM Sahay to provide short-term loans to all sellers

Chhattisgarh gets approval for pulses procurement at MSPs in kharif season

The Bhupesh Baghel government had announced in July procuring arhar, urad, and moong at MSPs. Farmers will get Rs 6,600 per quintal for moong and urad, and Rs 7,755 per quintal for arhar.

Best of BS Opinion: Shifting Citi, opening up procurement, and more

Here are the best of BS Opinion pieces of the day

Opening up procurement

UAE trade agreement took a welcome new direction

Public procurement of goods, services touches Rs 6,894 cr on GeM in Apri

Public procurement of goods and services touched Rs 6,894 crore on government buying portal GeM in April alone on account of steps taken by the platform such as rapid onboarding of buyers

Cabinet mulls hiking minimum support price for procuring raw jute

The Union Cabinet is believed to have considered a proposal to raise the support price for procuring raw jute during its meeting on Wednesday, according to sources.

Moving beyond L1/H1

The bigger takeaway from this year's Nobel winners is that an overhaul of public procurement processes in India is long overdue

Railways to insert clause in procurement process to promote local vendors

During the meeting, Goyal urged to take measures to generate confidence in industry of corruption free and transparent procurement environment on Indian Railways

Govt mulls nationwide specifications for public procurement of goods

The government and PSUs procure goods and services worth over Rs 5 trillion every year