Telecom industry seeks abolition of G2G contracting under PPRA rules

Copyright protected content copied from PhoneWorld website. The Telecom Operators Association (TOA) has urged the government to abolish the controversial provision allowing direct government-to-government (G2G) contracting under the Public Procurement Rules, 2004, arguing that the mechanism is crowding out private-sector businesses from IT, telecom and digital services projects. In a letter…