Guide to Public Buying English 2005

The increased emphasis on globalisation, rationalisation of procedures, decentralisation of powers, and the need for achieving transparency in the decision making process, has made cognition of purchase policy and procedures mandatory. Public Buying focuses on the latest developments in government purchasing policies and practices. this book detaisl out the legal aspects of purchasing. It also elucidates the government policy for encouraging small scale industires' participation in the purchase process. Through this book, you can explore the World Bank funded purchases, and strengths and weaknesses of government purchase procedure. Besides this, it gives you an isight into the policy instructions and procedures which are based on the GFRs of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. The role of changing technologies in improving purchasing operatiosn has also been discussed explicitly. About Author : M.K.Bhardwaj, Natioanl President of Indian Institute of Materials Management is presently serving as Director at Army Headquarters, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi. He is also the Chairman Expert Committee on "Public Buying" of Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM). He si a member of Management and Productivity Sectional Committee (MSD-4) of Bureau of Indian Standards and heads the Materials Management Sub Committee. He has successfully organised several National Conventiosn and Seminars on topics like Competing through Supply Chain Managemtn, Public Buying, Bar Code Technology, Green Purchasing and Eco Mark and E-Commerce etc. He has been instrumental in getting the profession of Materials Management under the preview of Apprenticeship Act 1961 in close liaison with Ministry of Labour and Ministry of HRD. Contents : Preface About The Purchase Policy and Procurement Procedure Contract Management Registration of