Could India please provide a list of these items reserved for procurement and manufacturing from MSEs?
Reply: List of 358 items reserved for exclusive purchase from MSEs is available at DC, MSME official website link: http://www.dcmsme.gov.in/schemes/List of 358 Items Reserved.pdf. The list of 20 items reserved for exclusive manufacture by micro and small enterprises sector is available on website link: http://www.dcmsme.gov.in/publications/reserveditems/reserved
2010.pdf.
Canada 57:
Report by the Secretariat (WT/TPR/S/249): Part III. Trade Policies and Practices by Measure: (4) Measures Affecting Production and Trade; (v) Government Procurement:(c) Preferential policies at the central government level: paragraph 233, page 109:
The Secretariat's Report states that "MSEs are also assisted through the: (i) issue of tender sets free of cost; (ii) exemption from payment of "earnest money" (deposits); and (iii) waiver of security deposits up to the monetary limit for which the unit is eligible, based on certain "transparent" criteria (Table AIII.9)."
Could India please provide information on the normal cost suppliers are charged for the issue of tender sets, and the process governing the payment of "earnest money" from suppliers?
Reply: The cost of Tender sets is related to the estimated cost of purchase, drawings, specifications etc. and it may vary from couple of hundred to few thousand rupees. The earnest money deposit for each tender is normally stipulated in the notice inviting tenders. Different agencies of the Government have come out with guidelines to calculate the earnest money deposits relating to their tenders which may vary from 2% to 5% of the value quoted by the bidder against the tender.
Under Government Purchase and Price Preference Policy, micro and small enterprises (MSEs) registered with NSIC are provided facilities for tender sets free of cost and exempted from payment of earnest money.
Canada 58, 59:
Report by the Secretariat (WT/TPR/S/249): Part III. Trade Policies and Practices by Measure: (4) Measures Affecting Production and Trade; (v) Government Procurement: (f) Procurement at the state level: paragraph 242, page 111:
The Secretariat's Report states that, "in most states the general financial rules (GFRs) govern procurement and are based on the Central Government GFRs, which were updated in 2005."
