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Inviting suggestions on list of 469 items reserved for exclusive purchase from MSEs under Public Procurement Policy

Inviting suggestions on list of 469  items reserved for exclusive purchase from MSEs under Public Procurement Policy
Start Date :
Nov 01, 2022
Last Date :
Nov 30, 2022
23:45 PM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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The Central Government Ministries/ Departments and Central Public Sector Undertaking are mandated to procure 25% (as amended in 2018) of their annual value of goods or services ...

The Central Government Ministries/ Departments and Central Public Sector Undertaking are mandated to procure 25% (as amended in 2018) of their annual value of goods or services from micro and small enterprises vide Public Procurement Order Notified vide S.O. 581 (E) dated 23rd March 2012. Under the policy, 358 items are exclusively reserved for procurement from MSEs which help in the promotion and growth of Micro and Small Enterprises and play a critical role in fostering inclusive growth in the country.

The existing list required a relook to find out the relevance in the present-day context of technological change, and the growth of small and micro enterprises. The Internal Technical Committee of the Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises has prepared a revised list of 469 items (including Goods & Services) to be reserved for exclusive procurement from MSEs.

Stakeholders, Industries associations, MSME units and the General public are invited to share their suggestions and comments on the list of 469 items reserved for exclusive purchase from MSEs under the Public Procurement Policy.

Please click here to refer to the list of 469 items reserved for exclusive purchase from MSEs under the Public Procurement Policy. (PDF 272 KB)

Last date to submit suggestions is 30 November 2022.

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SANJAY SARKAR
SANJAY SARKAR 3 years 11 months ago
How do I know the seafood that I am buying is sustainable? The MSC blue fish label is only applied to wild fish or seafood products from fisheries that have been certified to the MSC Standard. Our Chain of Custody Standard for supply chain businesses ensures MSC certified fish and seafood is separated from that which is non-certified and is clearly labelled.
SANJAY SARKAR
SANJAY SARKAR 3 years 11 months ago
Under our Standard requirements, fisheries must improve continuously until they reach what we consider to be the best practice in sustainability. If fisheries do not make the required improvements within a specified time, they can have their certificates suspended until they reach the level of performance required by the MSC Standard. 
SANJAY SARKAR
SANJAY SARKAR 3 years 11 months ago
It can sometimes take years of hard work to improve before a fishery can become MSC certified. Even when a fishery gains certification, this is only the start of the journey.  Every year, assessors carry out surveillance reports to check on progress and re-assess fisheries every five years.
SANJAY SARKAR
SANJAY SARKAR 3 years 11 months ago
How robust is the MSC’s certification system for sustainable seafood? Our certification process is independent, verifiable and based on science. We do not directly certify fisheries – they gain certification from an independent assessor and there are multiple opportunities for NGOs and others to contribute to the process.
SANJAY SARKAR
SANJAY SARKAR 3 years 11 months ago
Vessels linked to fishing operations that are covered by an MSC certificate are publicly available through a vessel list document submitted for each fishery under ‘assessments’ on our website.
SANJAY SARKAR
SANJAY SARKAR 3 years 11 months ago
Vessels, fleets or individual operators fishing outside of the confines of their certification, would not be classed as MSC certified and therefore could not for example sell this catch into the certified supply chain or have these products carry an MSC ecolabel. 
SANJAY SARKAR
SANJAY SARKAR 3 years 11 months ago
An MSC certificate covers a vessel, fleet or individual operator using a certain gear type, fishing on a particular target stock. All these aspects are taken into account during a fishery assessment to the MSC Fisheries Standard, and is referred to as the Unit of Certification or UoC. 
SANJAY SARKAR
SANJAY SARKAR 3 years 11 months ago
What activity does an MSC certificate cover? Individual fishers or vessels cannot be MSC certified, only fishing operations. This means fisheries can go out and fish for both MSC certified and non-certified catch but only on separate trips. 
SANJAY SARKAR
SANJAY SARKAR 3 years 11 months ago
are purely aquaculture (although some forms of enhanced fishery are eligible for assessment) • have been convicted of shark finning violations within the last two years We are currently reviewing the MSC Fisheries Standard which may include revising our criteria for what can be considered as ‘out-of-scope’.
SANJAY SARKAR
SANJAY SARKAR 3 years 11 months ago
• are conducted under a controversial unilateral exemption to an international agreement • are purely aquaculture (although some forms of enhanced fishery are eligible for assessment)