e-Procurement and Purchase Matters

e-Procurement and Purchase Matters

-Dr. Lalit Kumar Setia*

The procurement process in Public Sector Undertakings and Departments is under transition phase. Earlier everything in the process had been performed manually but with the progress in information technology; the whole store management and procurement have been changed. The procurement is now e-Procurement and the purchase is now through Government e-Marketplace  (GeM). Even the tendering has been transformed to e-Tendering.

The role of Drawing and Disbursing Officers, Head of Departments, Accounting people and Supervisors have become totally challenging. There is need to develop the capacity and sharpen their skills to perform their operations with more sincerity without committing economic offenses.

The training programme on eProcurement, Purchase Matters and Inventory Management will definitely boost the morale and build confidence of officers to deal and function with the new emerging technologies.

During the course, the officers will be provided an exposure to the demonstrations of e-Procurement and Government e-Marketplace; the physical verification and condemnation of un-serviceable articles will provide an exposure to the process of store management and auction with following proper mechanisms. This is provided by Sh. Norang Lal. Further issues of Purchase Matters and Audit concerns in procurement are thoroughly interacted by Sh. Ram Avtar Kaushik. In last sessions, frequently asked questions are discussed by group discussions and thrust areas of the participants will again be touched.

The training programme is designed and organized at regular intervals at Haryana Institute of Public Administration, Gurugram  (Delhi-NCR).

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