A Two day National Level Seminar was conducted by NLC India Ltd., on “Best practices and Latest Trends in Procurement Process” at Neyveli on 15th and 16th of February, 2019. The seminar was inaugurated by Shri Rakesh Kumar, CMD, NLCIL. Speaking on the occasion, Shri Rakesh Kumar said that, Public Procurement is more than 20% of GDP of the country and therefore it is immensely important to ensure transparency, accountability and economically competitive price for goods and services. He further said that e-marketing has already gained momentum in NLCIL. The Inaugural function was graced by Shri V.Thangapandian, Director/Power, Shri Prabhakar Chowki, Director/Mines, Senior officials of NLCIL, delegates and participants. The concept of the Seminar was explained by Shri Nadella Naga Maheswar Rao, Director/P&P. He further stressed the need to give adequate importance to MSME vendors and to implement “Make in India” guidelines in letter and spirits.
Messages sent by Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for and Coal and Mines, Shri Sumanta Chaudhuri, Secretary, Union Ministry of Coal and Smt. Radha Chauhan, CEO, Government e-Marketplace (GeM) were read out in the Seminar.
The Valedictory function was held on 16th February, 2019. Shri Rakesh Kumar, CMD, NLCIL participated as the Chief Guest of the function. The Guest of Honour was Smt Bhanu Kumar, Director of MSTC.
Acts & Guidelines on Public Procurement Policy of the Union Government with reference to Micro Small Enterprises, Domestic Suppliers, Start-up Companies, Make in India Policy and procurement through the newly developed Government Procurement Portal GeM and their compliance in PSUs and e-auction were the main topics of discussion in the Seminar.
Stalls were put up by various Firms. A total of 200 delegates including 55 delegates from various Public Sector Enterprises, Senior officials of NLCIL participated and benefited from the deliberations.