VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Apurva Chandra assumes charge as Secretary, Ministry of I&B:  Apurva Chandra, IAS (Maharashtra: 1988)  today assumed charge as Secretary in the   Ministry of Information & Broadcasting . A Civil Engineer by education, Chandra obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering and Masters in Structural Engineering from   IIT Delhi .   Apurva Chandra has earlier served as Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employmentsince  01.10.2020 with the mandate to implement the Labour Codes passed by the Parliament in September, 2020 expeditiously. Under his guidance rules have been framed for all four Labour Codes after extensive consultations with all stakeholders. The Atmanibhar Bharat RozgarYojana has been launched to provide employment opportunities to 78.5 lakh workers in the formal sector with a budget of Rs. 23,000 crores.   Apurva Chandra has also worked as Director General (Acquisition) in  Ministry of Defence   w.e.f. 01.12.2017 ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   In the wake of a large number of scams that have surfaced in the defence off late, the government has taken a step to adopt an e-procurement platform. On June 6 the Defence Ministry issued an order that purchases above Rs 10 lakh will be sourced only through this platform. The limit will be made even tighter at Rs 5 lakh from April 1, 2015. Orders for high-value items including armaments will also move to this platform, which in turn will be visible to all potential suppliers. The order said that necessary instructions in this regard may kindly be issued for strict compliance of e-procurement by all organisations\offices under the  Ministry of Defence . As per the report,  Savitur Prasad, Principal Integrated Financial Adviser  in the ministry said that till now departments were required to only put up their tender notices on the portal. But from now, tendering for any item required by the ministry will have t...