Historically, Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) have insisted upon borrowing countries' use of MDB procurement guidelines for conduct of procurement actions under externally-aided projects, based on the assumption that MDB procurement frameworks are more effective and promote greater...

This working draft of a law & policy paper has been especially written as background reading material for a forthcoming session on public procurement reforms during in-service training of mid-career senior civil servants at LBSNAA, Mussoorie; with the simultaneous aim of submission to the 9th...

The Procurement Flyers is primarily meant for members of the "Government Procurement Community of Practice" of the Performance Management Division; and seeks to provide practical information and analysis for government contracting officials in India on complex issues they routinely face in the...

This short academic note explores possible improvements to India's public procurement regulations, in line with international best practices, for fostering domestic manufacturing in India as per the new “Make In India” policy. The note also looks at relevant provisions of the (now lapsed)...

This short policy paper attempts a comparative review of India's Defence Offset Guidelines with Canada's Industrial and Regional Benefits (IRB) Programme. Important aspects compared across the two regulatory regimes include, inter alia, causality tests for determination of industrial benefits,...

"The Procurement Flyers" is primarily meant for members of the "Government Procurement Community of Practice"; and seeks to provide practical information and analysis for government contracting officials in India on complex issues they face routinely in the award and administration of public...

This short academic paper has been prepared as background reading for a training session of mid-level policy makers in the State of Rajasthan in India; and examines the need for efficient, mission-mode public procurement of lighting systems for government and municipal use in the State as a case...

This short law paper looks at the fast-evolving need for data protection, data confidentiality and data privacy in government contracts and licenses, especially when secret or citizen data available with the Government gets shared with private contractors providing goods and public services...

This short academic note explores certain elements of the controversies on application of India's legal frameworks on civil nuclear liability on foreign contractors engaged by Indian State-owned Enterprises, along with attendant constitutional and legal implications on non-application of...

This short academic paper explores the rapidly changing legal position in India on contract extension to an incumbent contractor in an existing government contract, vis-à-vis the exercise of competing options by public contracting officials in terms of open re-bidding with or without a price...