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To win the deep-tech race, India needs ‘General Innovation Rules’India is launching ambitious science initiatives. However, current financial rules designed for conventional procurement hinder R&D. A new ...- Finance Ministry cracks down on contractor wage delays with new procurement rulesGovernment contracts now require adherence to labour laws. Firms failing to pay wages or deposit social security contributions face debarme...
- Finance ministry links government procurement with labour law complianceAn office memorandum dated May 8, 2026, issued by the procurement policy division of the department of expenditure to all central ministrie...
- Government asks RE agencies to consider fresh bids for clean projects to comply with GFR rulesThe government directed renewable energy agencies to invite fresh bids for clean power projects, stating previous tenders with short submis...
- Rulebook red tape, low funding bog down top institutes: Govt assessmentsGovernment assessment reveals challenges in India's science and technology institutes. Complex accounting, GFR issues, and low R&D funding ...
- Centre eases rules for buying scientific equipment, consumables by R&D institutesThe government has eased financial regulations for scientific institutions, including those in defense, allowing greater autonomy in procur...
- How to check kidney's health? Here are two simple testsYou may be losing kidney functions for many years without significant symptoms. People often get to know about their condition only when th...
- Govt exempts CPSEs in RE projects from China-centric import curbsCPSEs will now be able to import four categories of items freely from any country, including China, which heavily dominates the RE supply c...
- Centre to lift curbs on CPSEs’ renewables imports from ChinaThe exemption will enable NTPC and other CPSEs engaged in RE projects to cut costs by directly importing from bidders/companies from China ...
- Centre reviews 2017 public procurement rules, GFR restrictionsAt least two high-level inter-ministerial meetings have been held on the issue recently to resolve the concerns and find a middle ground ke...
- Government eases procurement norms, bank guarantees for oxygen, Covid-19 suppliesRelaxing tendering norms, the government has allowed global tenders to be floated for less than Rs 200 crore as well. 100% payment of advan...
- Network gear sourcing under amended general financial rules, says Sanjay DhotreIn response to a question that if the telecom ministry plans to allow the use of Chinese equipment for 5G, Dhotre said 5G technology in tel...
- No ads in newspapers for work tenders: Railway Board"Now, GFR 2017 (general financial rules) have done away with the need for publishing advertisement in newspapers for procurement," the orde...
- Steel consumption to go up: Aruna Sharma, Steel SecretaryIn the housing sector, there is a great scope of absorption of steel, according to Aruna Sharma, Steel Secretary.
- Finance Ministry reworks manual for goods procurement by govtVarious government organisations procure a wide variety of goods and services and undertake execution of works in keeping with their duties...
- India First: The new mantra for government purchasesThe rule will mean that any government department can bring in a national procurement policy for a good or service mandating that this be p...
- For more transparency, govt bars convicted firm from bidding govt tendersThe move comes along with steps to encourage greater transparency in government purchases through e-procurement and the recently-unveiled G...
- Government e-marketplace set to be mandatory for all departmentsSince its launch in August, purchases done through GeM have added up to Rs 150 crore, with savings of 10-20% — and in some cases even up to...
- Tourism Ministry's office issued contracts to non-existent firms: CAGCAG observed that awarding contracts without adhering to the provisions of GFR to the firms, whose existence is not verifiable through reco...
- Aiyar's charges incorrect, says PCChidambaram has pointed out that the Finance Ministry did not interfere in issue of release against itemised items within the overall budge...
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