The State of Tripura has been awarded for the best performance among the North Eastern States in the implementation of e-Procurement at a National Workshop on e-Procurement organized by the Union Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Electronic and Information Technology on March 27, 2023, at the India Habitat Center in New Delhi. Finance Minister Pranjit Singh Roy informed this news in a press conference organized at the secretariat’s press conference.
He said that the state has been awarded by the central government in recognition of significant work in various departments of the state government in the last 5 years. In this case, the state is rewarded for completing the work within a specified time under the Power Department’s Saubhagya Yojana. The state has also bagged the title of the best performer in agriculture, panchayat self-empowerment.
The finance minister said that various government departments are working transparently through e-procurement in the state. In this regard, he thanked the officials of the department starting from the secretary of the finance department. At the same time, he thanked the Chief Minister of the state Professor Dr. Manik Saha, and former Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma.
In the press conference, the Finance Minister said that the state government has emphasized transparency in administration. As part of that initiative, the state government has made e-procurement mandatory for the procurement of goods and services above Rs 25,000 in ‘Delegation of Financial Rules of Tripura’.
The Finance minister presented the number of tenders and orders through e-procurement and GEM and the amount of money involved in the last three financial years from 2020-21 to 2022-23. He said that 9815 tenders have been made through the e-procurement portal in the financial year 2022-23. The amount of money was Rs 7271 crore. Also, 3095 orders have been placed through GEM as of December 2022 for FY 2022-23. The amount of money was Rs 102 crore. The total value of bidding and tendering through e-procurement and GEM in FY 2022-23 is Rs 7373 crore.