Atmanirbhar Bharat

The state of the world today teaches us that (Atma Nirbhar Bharat) 'Self-reliant India' is the only path. It is said in our scripture

— Eshah PanthahThat is — self - sufficient India.

— Prime Minister Narendra Modi, PM

Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, which translates to 'self-reliant India' or 'self-sufficient India', is the vision of the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi of making India " a bigger and more important part of the global economy " , pursuing policies that are efficient, competitive and resilient, and being self-sustaining and self-generating. Atmanirbhar Bharat does not mean " self-containment " , " isolating away from the world " or being " protectionist " . The first mention of this came in the form of the 'Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan' or 'Self-Reliant India Mission' during the announcement of India's COVID–19 pandemic related economic package on 12 May 2020. The five pillars of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ are stated as economy, infrastructure, technology-driven systems, vibrant demography and demand.

Ministry of Finance under the scheme of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan' disallows global tender for government procurement up to Rs.2O0 crore.Accordingly, in pursuance to prime Minister’s address to the nation on 12.O5.2O2O, in order to promote self - reliance, Make in India and to promote Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSMEs), Ministry of Finance vide notification no. 12 / 17 / 2019 - PPD dated 15.05.2020 amended clause no. 16l(iv) of the GFR 2017 disallowing Global Tenders up to Rs. 2OO Crore.Department of Public Enterprises(DPE) advised all administrative Ministries / Department of CPSEs to direct the CPSEs to follow the directions issued by Ministry of Finance(already mentioned), which reveals that CPSEs should also go for Domestic Tender only up to Rs.2O0 Cr and the instructions are applicable with immediate effect.

Being a technology intensive upstream E & P company, OIL India ltd needs a wide range of equipment, accessories, plant & machineries, spares & consumables both of indigenous and imported origin for carrying out drilling, production, transportation of crude oil and natural gas and other related activities.Most of the equipment used in oil and gas exploration and production activities are highly specialized, sophisticated and capital intensive and OIL procures these items through GTE(Global Tender Enquiry).Therefore, it is indeed a very challenging task for OIL to develop these goods, equipment, and software indigenously to avoid Global Tender Enquiry(GTE) and extend OIL's cooperation to the dream of the Nation to become self-reliant and self-sufficient.

In order to roll out the " Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan " campaign in Oil India Limited and to develop Indigenously oilfield specific product, a new department named INDEG' has been created. The role of this department will be to support Hon'ble Prime Minister's Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan from all aspect.

OIL & ONGC have jointly identified some items where there are no or one Indian vendors/manufacturers of products. To realise the efforts in new vendor creation, it is considered that jointly some 20 odd items (ITEMS INVOLVING LOW TECHNOLOGY) are selected for development in the 1st phase of the development exercise. The main thrust has been given on Drilling, Production and Chemical related product as E&P Company.

Circular being uploaded shortly.

INDEG DEPARTMENT

indeg[at]oilindia[dot]in