F.No.8(3)EII(A)/03
Government of India
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The Cabinet has recently approved a list of Thrust Areas and Priority Items for the year 2003-04. One of the priority items approved by the Cabinet is the `Revision of procurement norms to ensure greater transparency, competition, fairness and elimination of discretion in procurement of goods and services by Government’. It has been decided with the approval of Finance Secretary to constitute a Task Force to examine the issue in detail and to make suitable recommendations for consideration of the Govt. The composition of the Task Force is as under:-
1. Additional Secretary (Exp.), D/o Expenditure, M/o Finance Chairman
2. Rep. of DGS&D (at DDG/JS level) Member
3. FA (MoUD) Member
4. Rep. of Director General (Works), CPWD (at DDG/JS level) Member
5. Rep. of Secretary (Def/Fin) (at Addl.FA/JS level) Member
6. Rep. of Financial Commissioner (Railways) (at JS level) Member
7. Rep. of Member (Finance), M/o Communications (at JS level) Member
8. JS dealing with WTO matters (Singapore issues), M/o Commerce Member
& Industry
9. Rep. of D/o Legal Affairs, M/o Law (at JS level) Member
10. JS(Per), D/o Expenditure, M/o Finance Member
11. Rep. of National Institute of Financial Management Member
(at Professor/JS level)
2. The Terms of Reference of the Task Force will be to review the existing provisions relating to procurement of stores/services contained in General Financial Rules, DFPRs and in various Departmental manuals vis-à-vis the international procurement laws (e.g. UNCITRAL Law, WTO Agreement on procurement etc.), World Bank’s Country Procurement Assessment Report for India and the practices being followed by other Govt./international agencies; and to make suitable recommendations for revision of the existing norms to ensure greater transparency, competition, fairness and elimination of discretion in procurement of goods and services by Govt. after taking into account “best international practices”.
3. The Task Force would be serviced by National Institute of Financial Management and it will submit its report within three months of its constitution.
(Rubina Ali)
Under Secretary to Govt. of India
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F.No.8.(3)/E.II(A)/02
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
New Delhi, the 16th Oct., 2003
Sub: Task Force for revision of Procurement Norms
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Ref: This Department’s OM of even no. dated 15th September, 2003 and 8th October, 2003
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First Meeting of the Task Force constituted under the Chairmanship of Additional Secretary of this Department for revision of procurement norms to ensure greater transparency, competition, fairness and elimination of discretion of procurement of goods and services by the Govt. will be held at 3.30 P.M. on 21.10.2003 in Room No.131-A, North Block, New Delhi.
Reference Paper for consideration of the Task Force already stands circulated to the Members, vide this Department’s OM of even No. dated 8th October, 2003.
You are requested to kindly make it convenient to attend the Meeting.
(Rubina Ali)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
C/- All Members of the Task Force
(i) Shri Deepak Chatterjee, Secretary, D/o Commerce (To nominate the Member for the Task Force)
(ii) Shri A. K. Saxena, DDG, DGS&D
(iii) Shri Suresh Kumar, Executive Director Finance (Stores), Railway Board
(iv) Shri A. Sinha, Joint Secretary & Legal Adviser, D/o Legal Affairs
(v) Shri H. C. Jayal, Joint Secretary (Admn.), Dept. of Telecommunication
(vi) Shri P. Soundararaj, Deputy Director General (Works), CPWD
(vii) Ms. Dipali Khanna, Addl. FA(K) & JS, Defence (Fin.), Ministry of Defence
(viii) Shri R.S. Prasad, JS & FA, Ministry of Urban Development
(ix) Dr. Anand Sharma, Prof. (Fin & Accounts), NIFM
(x) Shri Fuad Mehmood, GM(Finance), RVNL -------- Special Invitee
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