Review of sub-contracting under procurement policies in India : a case study of RRTS on the Delhi - Meerut corridor

Abstract

Urban hubs are becoming more crowded as a result of urbanisation and the emergence of jobs in Metropolitan cities. In these cities, the population density is rising quickly. In order to combat this, effective urban mobility is required to manage population density. Decongestion of major cities is aided by projects like the Mumbai Suburban Railway and the Delhi Metro. The Delhi NCR region is intended to be decongested by a similar project known as RRTS, also known as RapidX. There are significant capital expenditures made during the development of these large projects, and major infrastructure businesses are involved. To complete the work orders on schedule, these large infrastructure businesses subcontract to MSMEs, but this process is fraught with management, financial, and deadline problems. The goal of this qualitative study is to better understand how large infrastructure projects use subcontractors. The DelhiGhaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor is used as a case study for this study. This study employs secondary research and semi-structured in-depth interviews to investigate the difficulties MSMEs encounter throughout the construction phase. To further understand the issues, interviews are conducted with two important parties, MSMEs, and employees. The study's findings show that MSMEs do have several managerial and financial problems, which were thoroughly discussed in the research. At the conclusion of the investigation, the researcher has provided some policy recommendations.