Tender Scrutiny Committee headed by Justice Rathnakala constituted

Pramesh S Jain & Dr B Thomas (Special correspondent)

CM Bommai’s major initiative to bring transparency and curb irregularities in tendering process

In a major initiative to bring transparency and curb irregularities in the tendering process the Basavaraj Bommai government has constituted a Tender Scrutiny Committee headed by retired High Court judge Smt.Rathnakala.

The committee has been constituted in accordance with the government order issued last December.

Retired Secretary of Water Resources department BG Gurupadaswamy(expert engineer)and Retired Director of State Accounts and Audit department K Nandakumar(Finance Express) have been appointed as the members of the committee.

The committee has been mandated to scrutinise all tenders above Rs.50 Cr according to the guidelines already issued to curb irregularities in the tendering process.