A grievance cell has been opened in the ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises for sorting out grievances and problems relating to procurement, Union Minister for MSME Kalraj Mishra said in the Lok Sabha today.
Mishra said that communications are being issued from the ministry to all Central ministries, departments and PSUs to comply with all the provisions of the Public Procurement Policy for MSE, 2012, according to an official release.
The 20 per cent procurement from MSEs will be mandatory with effect from 1st April, 2015, the Minister said. In addition, he said one-to-one interaction meetings with Central PSUs have been organised for enhancing procurement from micro and small enterprises (MSEs) by Central PSUs.
Vendor development programmes have also been organised by field institutes across the country, as well as by Central PSUs for the development of MSE vendors.
The government had issued directions under the Public Procurement Policy for Micro and Small Enterprise (MSEs) Order 2012, to all Central PSUs, Central government ministries and departments procure at least 20 per cent of their requirements of products and services from Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) units.
