Green Public Procurement for Advancing Sustainable Development in India: Policy Nudges for Promoting Sustainable Consumption and Production

Green Public Procurement (GPP), a sub-component of sustainable public procurement, seeks to achieve environmental sustainability by leveraging the government sector’s purchasing power. GPP can be defined as the deliberate and systematic integration of environmental objectives into the procurement process of goods, services, and works by public agencies. This policy brief employs a case study-based approach to identify strategies for promoting GPP in India. To advance GPP within the Indian public procurement landscape, it is essential to expand existing mandates and introduce new mandates along with taking a phased and target-based approach. The policy brief suggests a framework of using the dimensions of lifecycle stages, policy instruments and alignment with development priorities. Local content as criteria for GPP can be explored for alignment with both development and environmental priorities.