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1. Transparency principle; 2. Professionalism principle; 3. Broader obligations principle; 4. Extrinsic legal principle; and

1.8 Fundamental Principles of Public Procurement General Financial Rules, 2017 (Rule 144) lay down the Fundamental Principles of Public Procurement. These principles and other additional obligations of procuring authorities in public procurement can be organised into five fundamental principles of public procurement, which all procuring authorities must abide by and be accountable for:

1.9 Public Procurement Infrastructure at the Centre Public Procurement is a complex function, and the infrastructure needed to execute it is equally complex. In India, the following administrative, oversight, and Digital infrastructure exist for Public Procurement.

5. Public accountability principle. (For more details on fundamental principles of public procurement, please refer to Chapter 1 and ‘Appendix 1: Advanced Concepts of Value for Money’ of the Manual for Procurement of Goods, 2024).

a) Procurement Policy Division b) Central Public Procurement Portal c) Government e-Marketplace (GeM) d) Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India e) Lokpal/ Lokayukta – Anti-corruption Ombudsman f) Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) g) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

(For details about these, please refer to Chapter 1 of the Manual for Procurement of Goods, 2024.)