{
  "id": 13998667,
  "title": "Madhya Pradesh Government To Introduce New Store Purchase Rules, Fix Agencies For IT, Printing, Events And Other Departmental Services",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/madhya-pradesh-government-to-introduce-new-store-purchase-rules-fix",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T15:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/madhya-pradesh-government-to-introduce-new-store-purchase-rules-fix-agencies-for-it-printing-events-and-other-departmental-services"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Madhya Pradesh government is set to introduce new store purchase rules, specifying agencies for IT, printing, events, and other departmental services. Finance department rules are divided into non-advisory and advisory services. Non-advisory services involve regular tasks with minimal intellectual input, while advisory services require subject-matter expertise. The government has appointed specific agencies for various services, including publicity, event management, printing, catering, drone-related work, IT training, and more. Small Industries Corporation will handle outsourcing services and store materials preparation, while NICS will deal with IT-related tasks, and the government press will take care of printing. The government press will handle printing, while the MPCST will focus on geographical information system, mapping, and analysis. The MP Cultural Council will manage cultural events. The finance department has set terms and conditions for engaging service providers, limiting the duration to two years per contract. Blacklisting of service providers is also provisioned for non-compliance. The government plans to present the proposals to the cabinet soon.",
  "summary": "Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The store purchase rules prepared by the finance department also consist of service regulations. The government departments can get the services according the rules. The finance department has divided the rules into two parts: non-advisory services and advisory services. The non-advisory services consist of a regular nature where intellectual input has a minimum role. The…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}