World Bank2013-03-112013-03-112009-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12631Good practices reduce costs and produce timely results; poor practices lead to waste and delays and are often the cause for allegations of corruption and Government inefficiency. Enhanced transparency in procurement through voluntary disclosure under the Right to Information (RTI) Act (2005)' is one of the individual components of the larger initiative undertaken by Yashwantrao Academy of Development Administration (YASHADA) under the national resource centre for social accountability, and funded by the World Bank institute, New Delhi. Sound public procurement policies and practices are among the essential elements of good governance. The objective of the study is to: study the current procurement process; suggest measures to tackle the discrepancies by developing mechanisms; and enhance social accountability and transparency in the procurement process by focused implementation of right to information as a tool. The project takes into account the four pillar approach towards public procurement which believes that unless all the aspects of the function (i.e. efficiency, economy, fairness and transparency) are taken care of, the overall impact will not be evident. The focus of this project is mainly on social accountability. Obviously the focus of the study is on transparency and how by making the systems more transparent the other aspects of fairness, efficiency and economy can be pushed for reforming the procurement process.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCESSIBILITYACCOUNTABILITYACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMSACCOUNTINGACTIVISTSADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONSADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDUREANTI CORRUPTIONANTI-CORRUPTIONASSETSAUDITORAUDITORSAUTHORITYAVERAGE CITIZENBRIBERYBROADCASTSBUREAUCRACYBUSINESS OPPORTUNITIESCENTRAL GOVERNMENTCITIZENSCIVIC ENGAGEMENTCIVIL SERVANTSCIVIL SOCIETYCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGYCOMPLAINTCOMPLAINTSCONFIDENCECONFIDENTIALITYCONFLICT OF INTERESTCONNECTED WORLDCONSTITUTIONCOPYRIGHTCORRUPTCORRUPT PRACTICESCORRUPTIONCORRUPTION ACTCOUNCIL OF MINISTERSCOUNCILSCRIMESCRIMINALCUSTOMIZATIONDATA ANALYSISDECISION MAKERSDECISION MAKINGDECISION MAKING PROCESSDECISION-MAKINGDECISION-MAKING PROCESSESDELIVERY OF SERVICESDEMOCRACYDEMOCRATIC SOCIETIESDEPARTMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENTDETAILED INFORMATIONDISCLOSUREDISCLOSURE OF INFORMATIONDISCRETIONDISPUTE RESOLUTIONSDISTRIBUTION SYSTEMDISTRICTSDOMAINDUE PROCESSE- PROCUREMENTE-GOVERNANCEE-MAILSE-PROCUREMENTEFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATIONEGOVERNANCEELECTED REPRESENTATIVESELECTRONIC FORMELECTRONIC FORMATELECTRONIC MAILEMBEZZLEMENTEQUIPMENTSEXECUTIONEXPENDITUREFISCAL RESOURCESFLOW OF INFORMATIONFRAUDFREEDOM OF INFORMATIONFREEDOM OF INFORMATION LEGISLATIONGENERAL PUBLICGOOD GOVERNANCEGOVERNMENT AGENCIESGOVERNMENT AGENCYGOVERNMENT BODIESGOVERNMENT CONTRACTSGOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTGOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTSGOVERNMENT EXPENDITURESGOVERNMENT OFFICIALSGOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONGOVERNMENTAL AGENCIESHEALTH EDUCATIONHUMAN RIGHTSHUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONSICTIMAGEIMAGESINCREASING TRANSPARENCYINFORMED CITIZENRYINITIATIVEINSPECTIONINSPECTIONSINSTITUTIONINSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKINTEGRITYINTELLECTUAL PROPERTYLACK OF COMPETITIONLAW ENFORCEMENTLAWSLEGAL AUTHORITYLEGALITYLEGISLATIONLEGISLATIVE PROVISIONSLEGISLATURELEGISLATURESLEGITIMACYLOCAL BODIESMANAGEMENT SYSTEMSMATERIALMEDIANATURE OF INFORMATIONOPEN MARKETOUTSOURCINGPARASTATALSPERSONAL INFORMATIONPHONEPREFERENTIALPREFERENTIAL TREATMENTPRIVACYPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPPROCESS OF INVESTIGATIONPROCUREMENT POLICIESPROCUREMENT POLICYPROCUREMENT PROCESSPROCUREMENT PROCESSESPROCUREMENTSPROSECUTIONPUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONPUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONSPUBLIC AFFAIRSPUBLIC AGENCIESPUBLIC AUDITPUBLIC DOMAINPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC GOODSPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC INFORMATIONPUBLIC INITIATIVESPUBLIC INSTITUTIONSPUBLIC INTERESTPUBLIC INTEREST IN DISCLOSUREPUBLIC MONEYPUBLIC MONEYSPUBLIC PROCUREMENTPUBLIC PROCUREMENT SYSTEMPUBLIC RESOURCESPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SERVANTPUBLIC SERVANTSPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC SERVICESPUBLIC SPENDINGREMEDIESRESULTRESULTSSANCTIONSSECURE ACCESSSENIOR CITIZENSSENSITIVE INFORMATIONSERVICE CONTRACTSSOVEREIGNTYSTANDARD CONTRACTSTATE GOVERNMENTSTATE GOVERNMENTSSTATE REVENUESSUPERVISIONTELECOMTELECOMMUNICATIONSTRAINING MATERIALSTRANSACTIONTRANSPARENCYTRANSPARENT GOVERNANCETRIALUSERVIDEOWEBWEB SITEWHISTLE BLOWERSWORKING HOURSWorld Bank10.1596/12631