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,...