The state government has agreed to replicate its e-procurement project in Punjab. Under the project, the procurement process in government departments is computerised. The Punjab government had made a request for implementing the project.

The project facilitates online procurement without the involvement of middlemen. The project was being implemented in roads and buildings, irrigation and health departments in the state.

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, at a meeting to review the status of e-procurement process taken up in the state on Thursday, asked the other departments to use e-procurement. According to an official press release, Naidu asked the officials to utilise the 'e-procurement' portal to provide information and training to contractors.

The officials told the chief minister that the process was being used 20 circles in roads and buildings department, 18 circles in irrigation department and 20 stores of AP Health Infrastructure Development Corporation. The process would become operational in the AP State Road Transport Corporation (AP-SRTC), AP Technological Services and Commissionerate of Tenders shortly, the release added.