Doing business with United Nations

The United Nations Procurement Division (UNPD) has witnessed a 15 per cent drop in the number of Indian vendors entering into contracts with the United Nations for supply of goods and services over the last four years, according to Paul Buades, director, UNPD. Addressing a seminar on ‘Doing business with United Nations’ organised by CII in Hyderabad on Monday, CII-AP Chapter chairman Y Harish Chandra Prasad said unlike in China, there was no handholding for Indian companies, particularly in the small and medium sector.