Books and periodical procurement.

[Dr. Vijay Raghav Tiwari]

Please upload the order which states that books and periodicals need not to be tendered. It was somewhere published in GFR 1963.

[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]

Dear Dr. Vijay Raghav Timari,

Thanks for your post. You may consult the Muthu Swamy's book on General Financial Rules of Central Government. It is available there. Alternately, please consult the website of Federation of Publishers and Booksellers Association of India a href="http://www.fpbai.org%3E" target="_blank">www.fpbai.org>;

 Go to Good Office Committee Rates and scroll down. You will find detailed accounts of the OM No. F. 23(7). EII (A)/83 DATED 7.2.1984 which I have copy pasted hereunder for your information.

I hope you will at least have the OM No. & date etc. and the contents of the OM.

Sincerely,

Siddhartha S. Ray, Calcutta

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Copy of O.M. No.F23 (7) E.11 (A)/83 New Delhi dated the 7.2.1984/18 Magh 1905 (Saka) of Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure), addressed to all the Ministries / Department of the Government of India and copies endorsed to Comptroller and Auditor General of India and the Union Public Service Commission and others.

Subject:-

Amendment to rules 99 and 116 of the General Financial rules, 1963 (Third edition) exclusion of books, publications and periodicals, etc. from the definition of "Stores".

Attention of all the Ministries / Department of the Government of India is invited to rules 99 and 116 contained in Chapter 8 dealing with the "Stores" in the General Financial Rules, 1963. The President has been pleased to decide that hereafter the books, publications, periodicals, etc. of a library will not be treated as an item of "Stores" as defined in the "Note" below Rule 99 of the General Financial Rules, 1963. Accordingly the provisions of the said "Note" and the Government of India's decision.
(1) below Rule 116 of the General Financial Rules 1963, (Third Edition) have been amended as per amendment enclosed.* This issue with the approval of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and the Department of Supply
(2) Hindi version of this O.M. is enclosed.**

Sd/-
(K.L. Mehta)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

* relevant extract reproduced below.
** Not enclosed