Focus
The objective of the study is to:
Research on Central and State government expenditure on public procurements; the procurement process evaluation; the tendering process; blacklisting policies; how can India leverage the public procurement system to improve drug quality across the pharmaceutical industry; is there a need for public procurement law specific to procurement of drugs; profile of national companies which supply drugs to states; role of information about not of standard quality (NSQ) drugs published by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on Sugam portal in the procurement process; and what actions do agencies take on repeat offenders.
The study will produce two papers for the research study on public procurement by a representative cross-section of Central and state public procurement agencies from a quality perspective.
