MNRE announces a public procurement order gives preference to Make in India
In order to encourage ‘Make in India’ and to promote the manufacturing and production of goods & services in India, the Government has issued a public procurement order with preference to make in India. The order intends to enhance the income flow & employment in the country. The eligible parties for the order include all the ministries /departments of the Government of India, along with any autonomous bodies controlled by the Government of India (GoI). The order is specifically for procurement of renewable energy components, the details of which are as below:
| Renewable energy technology | List of products covered under the order (preference make in India) | Minimum percentage of local content required in renewable energy products |
| Small hydropower | Apart from civil construction, preference shall be provided in Central Ministries/Department and Central PSUs to domestically manufactured/produced products such as turbines, generators, penstock, pipelines, control panel, governors, cables, valves, transformers, switch gears etc. | 80 |
| Wind power | Apart from civil construction, preference shall be provided in Central Ministries/Department and Central PSUs to domestically manufactured/produced products such as gearbox, blades, rotor, generator, tower, bearings, yaw mechanism components etc | 80 (Besides hub and nacelle assembly/manufacturing facility should be in India) |
| Off-grid/decentralized solar power | Apart from civil construction, preference shall be provided in Central Ministries/Department and Central PSUs to domestically manufactured/produced products such as solar street lights, solar home lighting systems, solar power packs/microgrid, solar water pumps, inverters etc. | 70 |
| Grid-connected solar power projects | Apart from civil construction, preference shall be provided in Central Ministries/Department and Central PSUs to domestically manufactured/produced products such as solar PV modules & other components such as inverters etc. | Solar modules – 100 Other components like inverters etc. – 40 |
| Biomass gasifier | Apart from civil construction, preference shall be provided in Central Ministries/Department and Central PSUs to domestically manufactured/produced products such as biomass gasifier reactor, feed hopper. | 80 |
| Biomass co-generation | Apart from civil construction, preference shall be provided in Central Ministries/Department and Central PSUs to domestically manufactured/produced products such as boiler & its auxiliaries like ESP, turbine generators & its auxiliaries etc. | 80 |
| Municipal solid waste projects | Apart from civil construction, preference shall be provided in Central Ministries/Department and Central PSUs to domestically manufactured/produced products such as boiler, flue gas cleaning system, grab crane system, waste processing system, leachate treatment plant etc. | 60 |
| Waste to Energy (Biomass/Bio-CNG) | Apart from civil construction, preference shall be provided in Central Ministries/Department and Central PSUs to domestically manufactured/produced products such as feed mixer tank, mixing agitation feeding pump, digester tank etc. | 80 |
- Products/items related to renewable energy research & development shall be exempted from the current order. Any kind of electricity or end product generated from these RE products under this order can be utilized for captive/non-commercial purposes only.
- Self-verification of the local content is required from the supplier during the tender/bidding. In case the procurement value crosses INR 10 crores, the local supplier will be needed to provide a certificate from the certified auditors.
- False declaration of any kind can lead to a suspension for up to two years as per general financial rules.
- Ministry of New and Renewable Energy will be the nodal agency for all the activities related to the order.