New Delhi (23.12.2022): Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) in association with Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) organized a ‘Workshop on Procurement by CPSEs from Micro and Small enterprises (MSEs)’ on December 21, 2022. The workshop provided platform to representatives of Industry Associations to raise their issues and concerns before policy makers to have a constructive and inclusive procurement process for the benefit of all stakeholders involved.
It also threw light on Public Procurement Policy Order, 2012, new announcements regarding MSEs, MSME-Sambandh and MSME-Samadhaan portals and GeM and TReDS Platform etc with regard to CPSEs. B B Swain, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Animesh Bharti, Economic Adviser, DPE and Atul Sobti, Director General, SCOPE addressed the inaugural session of the workshop, which saw a large participation of senior officials from various CPSEs, MSEs and Industry associations from across the country.
B B Swain, in his keynote address, commended DPE and SCOPE for conducting the workshop to deliberate on the practical aspects and operational issues faced by CPSEs in procurement. He appreciated the contribution of CPSEs by continuously increasing procurement from MSEs, and reaching the highest ever 36 per cent share during the ongoing financial year.
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