(a) whether the information has since been collected;
(b) if sor the details thereof;
(c) whether Department of Personnel & Training has since reviewed or withdrawn its
On dated 14.7.1981;
(d) if not, the reasons therefor; and
(e) the time by which the same shall be reviewed/withdrawn positively?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS
(SHRI ANANDRAO VITHOBA ADSUL):
(a) and (b) The Unstarred Question No. 4136 answered on 9th August, 2002 sought information
regarding Purchase of Stores from Kendriya Bhandar. Kendriya Bhandar, being under the
administrative control of Department of Personnel & Training (DOP&T), the responsibility
of collecting the information as envisaged in part (g) to
(i) of the Question No. 4136 was
transferred to DOP&T by this Ministry, which has since been accepted by them.
(c) to (e) With a view to promote cooperative movement, Department of Personnel &
Training (DO P &T) in consultation with this Ministry had issued an Order dated 14.7.1981
which made it incumbent on all Central Government Departments, their attached and subordinate
offices and other organisations financed and/or controlled by Government to make all local
purchases of stationery and other items only from Kendriya Bhandar in relaxation of the
procedure of inviting tenders/ quotations prescribed in GFRs.
Keeping in view the ongoing policy of liberalisation of the economy and the emphasis on
making Govt. organisations competitive and self-striving, the question of reviewing the
existing special dispensation given to Kendriya Bhandar, Super Bazar and NCCF has been
considered and the DOP&T was requested to review their O.M. dated 14.7.1981 and issue
revised instructions providing for adherence to the provisions of GFRs with suitable
safeguards for protecting the interest of the three cooperatives. However, these revised
instructions were not issued since DOP&T decided to hold inter-Ministerial consultations.
Any decision in the matter can be taken only after Inter-Ministerial deliberations and
decisions thereon.