Public Procurement Bill introduced in Lok Sabha -  Proposal to mandate prison terms of up to 5 years for bureaucrats caught accepting bribes or otherwise vitiating the Government's procurement process.

 

Public procurement criminal penalties proposed: mandatory prison terms for officials undermining the procurement process, expanding anti-corruption sanctions. The Bill proposes to strengthen procurement regulation by imposing mandatory prison penalties on bureaucrats who accept bribes or otherwise vitiate government procurement, using custodial terms as the principal deterrent to protect procurement integrity and criminalise conduct that subverts fair competitive procedures.