E-PROCUREMENT IN INDIA: A CASE STUDY OF THE CENTRAL PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PORTAL

Electronic procurement, or e-procurement, is the method of using the internet to make business supply and support easier, faster, and less expensive. The Government and public/private sector units are adopting e-procurement services to minimize cost and facilitating business and services faster and making it more affordable and convenient to all. Since e-procurement is a sensitive task for the business there for its need a reliable platform to perform e-procurement practices. With the objective of ease of business doing government of India started Central Public Procurement Portal. With trust and technology the portal is offering better services year by year which are reflecting in business world and its annual report. The present paper is an effort to facilitate e-procurement and bring the good practices of the Central Public Procurement Portal among common people, student, researcher and policy makers etc for ease of business and facilitate startups.