This short law/ policy brief examines opportunities for applying AI solutions in public project design for resolving complex public issues, currently unfolding because of India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023; and has been especially written as background reading material for...

This short working draft/law note analyses the 2016 policy and procedural guidance as issued by India’s Ministry of Defence ( MoD) on a number of important attributes, specifically in the context of MoD’s publication of a compedium of actual debarment cases in early 2018. The short note then...

Recent depreciation of the Indian Rupee saw increased advocacy by certain sections of the Indian industry for exchange rate protection in government contracts, and one occasion, for incorporating the same in the Public Procurement Bill that was recently placed by the Government before the...

This short paper examines certain contentious aspects of the AVRO Replacement case under progress by the Ministry of Defence in India. The analysis is based on perspectives focused on India’s Defence Production Policy and National Manufacturing Policy, in view of certain concerns raised by two...

This paper on defence offsets reform was presented at "Global Revolution VI", an international conference on public procurement organised by the Public Procurement Research Group, School of Law at the University of Nottingham in June 2013. The paper looks at design aspects of offset regulations...

Integrity Pacts (IPs) have been adopted in a number of countries as an instrument for greater public oversight over possible corruption in government organisations, with application both in defence as well as in civilian purchases. In addition to their anti-corruption objectives, these pacts...

While collaborative public procurement can, under certain circumstances, result in overall economic efficiencies; such collaboration amongst dominant market players can sometimes raise significant anti-trust and other competition concerns. This short working paper contains a preliminary...

This short paper looks at select international practices for dispute resolution in government contracts; and offers a preliminary analysis of contractual design and forum design issues for mitigating such disputes in public contracts

Debarment and suspension of erring contractors are important tools for ensuring compliance with integrity-obligations of government contractors performing procurement actions for the Government. These actions are commonly referred to under Indian government regulations as “banning of business...

Traditional models of full and open competition are generally applied for ordinary public procurement contracts, whereas special competitive procedures (such as unsolicited proposals) are permissible under various international and domestic frameworks for “Public-Private Partnership” (PPP)...