Question : Public Procurement Policy

(a) the details of the total annual procurement of goods and services by each Public Sector Enterprise (PSE) in the year 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18;

(b) the quantity of calculated value of goods and services procured under Public Procurement Policy Order, 2012 during the said period in each PSE;

(c) the status of procurement under this policy from MSMEs owned by SC/ST and non-SC/STs during the said period by each PSE;

(d) whether the public procurement policy is not being complied with by many Government departments/PSEs; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with corrective steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
(SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

(a) to (e): The details of annual procurement of goods & services by the Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) as per information provided by Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) are as under:

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Year No. of CPSEs Total Procurement (Rs. in Crore) Procurement From MSEs
(Rs. in Crore) Procurement from MSEs owned by SC/ST Entrepreneur
(Rs. in Crore)
2014-15 133 131766.86 15300.57 59.37
2015-16 132 279167.15 12566.15 50.11
2016-17 142 245785.31 25329.44 400.87
2017-18 169 280785.49 24226.51 442.52
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Ministry of MSME has taken several measures for effective implementation of the Public Procurement Policy. These include constitution of review committee to monitor the progress of implementation of Public Procurement Policy, launch of SC/ST hub to provide support to SC/ST Entrepreneurs, launch of MSME Sambandh portal to monitor the progress of procurement from MSEs including MSEs owned by SC/ST and women.

The CPSE wise yearly procurement details of CPSEs as provided by Department of Public Enterprises are given in Annexure.