NHAI asked to strictly adopt e-tendering -Governance Now

NHAI asked to strictly adopt e-tendering

MoRT has decided that all the executing agencies will have to follow the e-tendering system on mandatory basis for all NH works and for other centrally sponsored schemes with effect from January 1, 2012

PTI | November 23, 2011

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has asked NHAI and states to strictly adopt e-tendering system for better transparency in highways projects, saying it is not being properly implemented.

"E-tendering system which has been proposed by the ministry for better transparency of works on the national highways is not being followed for some of the projects in some states," the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a letter to NHAI (National Highways Authority of India). The copies of the letter have been forwarded to the states and other government bodies.

The ministry has decided that all the executing agencies will have to follow the e-tendering system on mandatory basis for all NH works and for other centrally sponsored schemes with effect from January 1, 2012, it said.

The e-tendering system would also apply to the National Highway Development Programme (NHDP), PPP (Public-Private- Partnership) projects on the NHs.

The ministry said: "In case any executing agency is encountering any difficulty in setting up the e-tendering system, it may approach NIC (National Informatics Centre) or the ministry for necessary facilitation".

"After January 1, 2012, the expenditure incurred on any work in which e-tendering system has not been followed, will not be entertained for reimbursement by the ministry," it added.

E-tendering which is aimed at improving transparency and speeding up the bidding process for national highways, was introduced by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in May, this year and all the projects after August were processed through the e-tendering route.

Comments

Other News

Cabinet passes resolution applauding PM on term record

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday passed a resolution marking June 10, 2026, as a historic milestone in the journey of Indian democracy applauding Narendra Modi for becoming the longest-serving elected PM of the country. By establishing a record of 4,399 days of continuous service as an elected PM, he has s

Testing the teachers, moving the goalposts

A teacher was appointed in 1999, before the Right to Education (RTE) Act came into force, and appointed under the rules that existed at that time. She gave the necessary test, passed it, passed the interview, and was appointed. Over the next 26 years, she taught thousands of children, faced transfer orde

`Focus on infra, reforms, digital connectivity has created strong foundation for growth`

In a step towards the operationalisation of the Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojana (BHAVYA), union minister of commerce & industry Piyush Goyal launched the BHAVYA Portal on Monday in New Delhi. Addressing the gathering, Goyal said that the BHAVYA scheme will adopt a competit

Govt, RBI announce major reforms to attract FPI

The finance ministry on Friday announced a series of measures aimed at enhancing the ease of investment for individual Persons Resident Outside India (PROIs) and Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs), and to attract stable long-term foreign capital flows. Building on the recent in

Lessons in climate adaption from world’s largest inhabited river island

Majuli Island, perched between the Brahmaputra River to the south and east, the Subansiri River to the west, and a branch of the Brahmaputra to the north, has been severely affected by recurrent flooding and intense riverbank erosion. Despite its global importance in acquiring UNESCO tentative status for

Careless whispers and the impossible trinity

Time can never mend, the careless whispers of … As the RBI marches ahead, for the upcoming monetary policy meeting this June, whispers from the corridors echo around several policy options to defend the rupee – by deploying forex reserves, raising in