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India and New Zealand signed their first bilateral Free Trade Agreement on 27 April 2026 in New Delhi. New Zealand grants duty-free access to 100% of Indian exports from day one, while India eliminates tariffs on ~95% of New Zealand exports — covering kiwifruit, apples, meat, wool, coal and forestry products — with core dairy (butter, cheese) carved out and milk albumins receiving a 50% tariff cut under quota. Negotiations launched in March 2025 and were concluded in 9 months. The package includes a NZ commitment to invest USD 20 billion in India over 15-20 years and ~5,000 annual Indian work visas for IT, engineering, healthcare, education, construction, traditional medicine, yoga and culinary professions; bilateral trade is targeted to double to USD 5 billion within five years. The agreement is signed but not yet in force pending ratification.

NHPC Limited (a Government of India Navratna enterprise) published a Request for Proposal (tender reference 2026_NHPC_896635_1), announced and implemented 5 February 2026, for construction works on the Sawalkot Hydroelectric Project in Ramban district, Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, with a disclosed value of INR 5,129.03 crore (~USD 615 million). Per NHPC's standing compliance with the Government of India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, the tender embeds a bid-evaluation local-content preference margin favouring Class-I local suppliers across the civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. Global Trade Alert logs the intervention as a certainly-harmful public-procurement preference margin.

NHAI issued a Request for Proposal for construction of a 6-lane access-controlled greenfield highway from Adgaon to Ahilyanagar in Maharashtra state, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 6,890.55 crore (~USD 800m). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 4 February 2026.

As part of the Union Budget 2026-27 tabled on 1 February 2026, India's Ministry of Defence budgeted INR 1,540.05 crore (~USD 178.4 million) in FY2026-27 "Investment in Public Enterprises" equity capital for the seven defence public-sector undertakings created from the October 2021 corporatisation of the former Ordnance Factory Board: Munitions India Limited (INR 745.50 crore), Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited (INR 329.00 crore), Yantra India Limited (INR 228.00 crore), Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited/AVANI (INR 219.05 crore), Troop Comforts Limited (INR 10.00 crore), India Optel Limited (INR 6.00 crore), and Gliders India Limited (INR 2.50 crore). The figures appear under Demand No. 21 (Capital Outlay on Defence Services) of the Notes on Demands for Grants, 2026-2027, published by the Ministry of Finance's Department of Economic Affairs.

India's Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) issued a Request for Proposal (tender ref. 215/13Yata-NH-10//2025) for a road-widening project, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 263.27 crore (~USD 31.5m). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 20 January 2026.

NHAI issued a tender (ref. NHAI/Tech/Del/MRT/174600) for road construction in Uttar Pradesh state, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 194.35 crore. The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 16 January 2026.

NHPC Limited issued Notice Inviting e-Tender No. 2026_NHPC_894115_1 (registered ~12 January 2026, corrigendum 19 January 2026) for "Development of Power Evacuation Infrastructure for 1200MW Jalaun Solar Park" — three 33/400 kV pooling substations and associated transmission works for the Bundelkhand Saur Urja Limited (BSUL) solar park, a joint venture between NHPC and the Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA). Global Trade Alert values the tender at INR 614.21 crore. Per NHPC's standing compliance with the Government of India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, bidders must certify minimum local content, giving Class-I local suppliers a bid-evaluation preference margin. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 15 January 2026.

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) issued a tender (RFP ref. BMRCL/Phase-3/P3/Double Decker/2026/145, 13 January 2026) for construction of elevated structures — metro viaduct, rail-cum-road flyover, and stations spanning approximately 6.652 km — as part of the Bangalore Metro Phase 3 double-decker corridor, with a disclosed contract value of INR 1,415.65 crore (~USD 165-170 million). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier local-content preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, restricting bid-evaluation advantage toward Class-I local suppliers across the civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced and implemented on 13 January 2026.

On 12 January 2026 India's Ministry of Road Transport and Highways published a Request for Proposal (ref. TN.No.25/HDO/NH/2025-26/) for a flyover-construction project in Tamil Nadu valued at INR 116.78 crore (~USD 13.6 million), embedding a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced/implemented 12 January 2026, in force, with no revocation date; full tender terms sit behind GTA's account-gated view.

On 12 January 2026 the National Highways Authority of India published a Request for Proposal (ref. RW/NH-12014/08/2025-RJ/ZONE WEST) for a road-construction project in Rajasthan valued at INR 481.35 crore (~USD 56 million), embedding a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced/implemented 12 January 2026, in force, with no revocation date; full tender terms sit behind GTA's account-gated view.

On 12 January 2026 India's National Highways Authority of India issued a Request for Proposal (ref. RW/JAI/RJ/RO/AP/2024-25/138) for a road-construction project in Rajasthan valued at INR 633.99 crore (~USD 76 million), embedding a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced/implemented 12 January 2026, in force, with no revocation date; full tender terms sit behind GTA's account-gated view.

On 12 January 2026 the National Highways Authority of India (Zone West, Rajasthan) published a Request for Proposal (ref. RW/NH-12014/11/2025-RJ/ZONE-WEST) for a road-construction project in Rajasthan valued at INR 883.21 crore (~USD 103 million), embedding a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, across civil-engineering, general-construction, and support-services categories. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced/implemented 12 January 2026, in force, with no revocation date; full tender terms sit behind GTA's account-gated view.

On 12 January 2026 NHPC Limited (a Government of India enterprise) launched a tender for civil works on the Kamala Hydroelectric Project (1,720 MW, Kamle district, Arunachal Pradesh) valued at INR 3,137.8 crore (~USD 378 million), embedding a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, across general-construction and civil-engineering categories. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced/implemented 12 January 2026, in force, with no revocation date; full tender terms sit behind GTA's account-gated view.

North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO), a Government of India enterprise, published a public-procurement tender on 9 January 2026 for Power House Electro-Mechanical Works on the 3x80 MW Heo Hydro Electric Project (Shi Yomi District, Arunachal Pradesh) that embeds a domestic-supplier local-content requirement under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced and implemented the same day. The underlying EM-works tender (NIB No. 477, dated 26 February 2025, Tender ID 2025_NEEPC_228155_1) was independently located via third-party tender-aggregator listings, though its specific local-content percentage sits in the full RFP document rather than in public summaries.

NHAI's Project Implementation Unit at Lucknow (PIU-LKO) published a Request for Proposal (ref. NHAI/PIU-LKO/NH-27/Blackspot/2026) for the rectification of an accident blackspot on NH-27 in Uttar Pradesh, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 107.87 crore. The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 9 January 2026.

North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO), a Government of India enterprise, published a public-procurement tender on 8 January 2026 for civil works (RCC abutments, wing walls and allied structures) on the 240 MW Heo Hydro Electric Project (West Siang / Shi Yomi district, Arunachal Pradesh) that embeds a domestic-supplier local-content requirement under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced and implemented the same day. This is a separate procurement package (civil works) from the electro-mechanical-works tender for the same underlying project already on the register.

On 8 January 2026, NHAI published a Request for Proposal (tender ref. MPDIV-2101...) for a road-construction project in Madhya Pradesh state, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 1,662.93 crore (~USD 190m). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and supporting-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 8 January 2026.

On 6 January 2026 National Highways Logistics Management Limited (NHLML), an NHAI subsidiary, published a Request for Proposal (ref. NHLML/Ropeways/Kamakhya/2026/) for the development, operation, and maintenance of a ropeway connecting Kamakhya Railway Station to Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, Assam, valued at INR 201.52 crore (~USD 24 million), embedding a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced/implemented 6 January 2026, in force, with no revocation date; full tender terms sit behind GTA's account-gated view.

Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) issued tender RVNL/KOL/EL/Metro/20 (announced and implemented 6 January 2026) for Design, Supply, Erection, Testing and Commissioning of Environmental Control Systems (ECS) and Tunnel Ventilation Systems (TVS) across four underground stations on the Kolkata Metro, with a disclosed contract value of INR 305.81 crore (~USD 36 million). The tender embeds a domestic- supplier local-content preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, restricting bid-evaluation advantage toward Class-I local suppliers across the civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced and implemented on 6 January 2026.

NHAI's Jharkhand Division tendered a Performance-Based Maintenance Contract (PBMC) covering operation and maintenance of the 4-laned Kutchery Chowk (Ranchi)–Piska More–Bijupara section of NH-75 (km 3.560–55.000) and the Piska More–Palma section of NH-23 (km 3.600–26.000), a combined ~72.67 km, estimated cost ~INR 160.70 crore (NIT), with Global Trade Alert recording a related contract value of INR 197.36 crore. The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers in civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 2 January 2026, referencing tender ID E-249659; the underlying NIT was published 25 February 2025 with bid opening 23 May 2025 for a 1,825-day (~5-year) O&M term.

NHAI's Maharashtra & Goa Division issued a Request for Proposal (ref. MHDIV-24/14/2025-Maharashtra & Goa Division) for road-works maintenance in Maharashtra state, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 94.57 crore. The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 2 January 2026.

NHAI published a Request for Proposal for the rehabilitation and strengthening of a further section of NH-44 (Panipat–Khanna, Package 1), spanning Haryana and Punjab, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 275.49 crore. As with the companion Package 2 and Package 3 tenders on the same corridor, the RFP embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 1 January 2026.

NHAI published a Request for Proposal for the rehabilitation and strengthening of a further section of NH-44 (Panipat–Khanna, Package 2), spanning Haryana and Punjab, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 278.04 crore. As with the companion Package 3 tender on the same corridor, the RFP embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 1 January 2026.

NHAI published a Request for Proposal for the rehabilitation and strengthening of a section of NH-44 (Panipat–Khanna, Package 3) in Punjab, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 284.48 crore. The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 1 January 2026.

NHAI published a Request for Proposal for the permanent rectification of blackspots and accident-prone locations on the Madurai–Kayathar section of NH-44 in Tamil Nadu, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 255.94 crore. The tender embeds a domestic- supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 1 January 2026.

UPMRC issued a Notice Inviting Tender (ref. UPMRC/LKCC(02)-02/Vol-1/NIT) on 1 January 2026 for the design and construction of the elevated viaduct and five elevated stations (Thakurganj, Balaganj, Sarfarajganj, Musabagh, Vasantkunj) on Lucknow Metro Line-2's East-West Corridor (Phase 1B), valued at approximately INR 492.22 crore. As with the parallel NHAI/NHIDCL road-tender filings on this register, the NIT embeds a domestic-supplier local-content requirement and purchase preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving Class-I local suppliers a bid-evaluation advantage in the civil-engineering, general-construction, and site-preparation-services categories. Global Trade Alert logs this as two linked interventions (localisation and preference margin) under the same state act; both are consolidated into this single filing.

The Government of Maharashtra, Industries Department, notified the Maharashtra Industry, Investment, and Services Policy-2025 on 31 December 2025, valid for five years and superseding the prior Maharashtra Industrial Policy 2019. The umbrella state-level instrument supports Maharashtra's "trillion-dollar economy by 2030" and "Developed Maharashtra 2047" vision with targets of ₹70.5 lakh crore (~USD 850 bn) cumulative investment, 50 lakh (5 million) jobs across manufacturing and services, and expansion of industry's share of Gross State Value Added to 30%. It is Maharashtra's first-ever combined industry + services + investment-promotion framework (prior policies were industry-only), establishes the unified "Invest Maharashtra" platform and revamped MAITRI 2.0 portal (125+ services, AI investor support, blockchain document verification), and empowers a Cabinet Sub-Committee under the Chief Minister to sanction bespoke customised-package incentives for Mega and Ultra-Mega Projects above the ₹500 crore threshold.

India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) notified the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 via Gazette notification G.S.R. 846(E) on 13 November 2025, operationalising the 2023 DPDP Act. The Rules introduce a "negative list" cross-border personal-data transfer regime under Rule 14, verifiable parental consent, breach-notification windows, and tiered penalties up to INR 250 crore. Implementation is phased: Data Protection Board provisions in force on notification, Consent Manager rules from 13 Nov 2026, and core data-fiduciary / cross-border-transfer obligations from 13 May 2027.

NHAI's Project Implementation Unit (PIU) Kolhapur issued a Request for Proposal (ref. MHDIV-20016/156/2025-PIU Kolhapur/294563) for a road-construction contract in Maharashtra state, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 749.33 crore (~USD 90m). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 3 November 2025.

NHAI's Madhya Pradesh Division issued a Request for Proposal (ref. MPDIV-21/26/2025-MP Division) for a road-construction contract in Madhya Pradesh state, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 1,023.14 crore (~USD 123m). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and supporting-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 8 October 2025.

NHAI's Madhya Pradesh Division issued a Request for Proposal (ref. MPDIV-21/25/2025-MP Division) for a road-construction contract in Madhya Pradesh state, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 952.42 crore (~USD 114m). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and supporting-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 8 October 2025.

NHAI's Madhya Pradesh Division issued a Request for Proposal (ref. MPDIV-21015/17/2025-MP Division) for a road-construction contract in Madhya Pradesh state, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 706.04 crore (~USD 85m). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and supporting-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 8 October 2025.

East Central Railway (a zonal railway under India's Ministry of Railways) issued a Notice Inviting Tender on 4 October 2025 for a civil-engineering works package valued at approximately INR 2,998.93 crore. As with the parallel NHAI/NHIDCL/UPMRC tender filings on this register, the NIT embeds a domestic-supplier local-content requirement and bid-evaluation purchase-preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving Class-I local suppliers an advantage in the civil-engineering, general-construction, and site-preparation-services categories. Global Trade Alert logs this as a public-procurement preference-margin intervention.

NHAI issued a Request for Proposal (ref. NHAI/Tech/TS/2024/239275) for a road-construction contract in Telangana state, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 1,348.09 crore (~USD 162.4m). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 1 October 2025.

NHAI issued a Request for Proposal for a road-construction contract in Telangana state, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 1,979.11 crore (~USD 238m). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and supporting-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 1 October 2025.

Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), a Coal India subsidiary under India's Ministry of Coal, issued a tender on 1 October 2025 for removal of overburden material and extraction of coal at its Dhoptala mine (Maharashtra), valued at approximately INR 1,324.20 crore. As with the parallel NHAI/NHIDCL/UPMRC/East Central Railway tender filings on this register, the tender embeds a domestic- supplier local-content requirement and bid-evaluation purchase- preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017. Global Trade Alert logs this as a public-procurement preference-margin intervention.

India's Ministry of Road Transport and Highways issued a Request for Proposal (ref. CE-RO/LKO/NH(O)/11/NH-328/Civil Work/2022-23) for a road-construction contract on National Highway 328 in Uttar Pradesh state, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 351.25 crore (~USD 39.5m). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 29 September 2025.

India's Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) issued a Request for Proposal (tender ref. NH-309A/AP/UK/2022-23/627) for a National Highway road-construction contract in Uttarakhand state, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 316.70 crore (~USD 38m). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 23 September 2025.

NHAI issued a Request for Proposal (ref. NHAI/2025/Guj/PIU-EktaNagar/Bodeli-Vapi/Pkg-VI) for a road-construction package on the Bodeli-Vapi route in Gujarat state, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 1,382.41 crore (~USD 166.6m). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and support-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 18 September 2025.

NHAI issued a Request for Proposal (ref. NHAI/2025/Guj/PIU-EktaNagar/Bodeli-Vapi/Pkg-IV) for a road-construction package on the Bodeli-Vapi route in Gujarat state, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 1,440.28 crore (~USD 173.6m). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and support-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 18 September 2025.

A road-construction tender in Maharashtra state, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 2,575.08 crore (~USD 310m), embeds a domestic-supplier bid-evaluation preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017. The preference applies across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 3 September 2025.

India's Ministry of Road Transport and Highways issued a Request for Proposal on 2 September 2025 for an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) road contract in the state of Bihar. The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced/implemented 2 September 2025; contract value and tender reference number are not disclosed in publicly accessible sources.

India's Ministry of Road Transport & Highways issued a Request for Proposal for a road-construction contract in Karnataka state that embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced/implemented 1 September 2025; the underlying tender reference, route, and contract value sit behind GTA's account-gated view and were not independently confirmed.

India's Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) issued a tender valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 358.23 crore (~USD 43m) for upgrading approximately 107 km of National Highway 754K in Gujarat. The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers (minimum 50% local content) across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 22 August 2025.

India's Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), a central public-sector power utility under the Ministry of Power, issued a tender (ref. 2025_DVC_245419_1) for the lifting and transport of two million tonnes of coal that embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers in the land-transport/logistics services category. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced/implemented 21 August 2025; the 2-million-tonne quantity is disclosed by GTA, but the underlying contract value sits behind GTA's account-gated view and was not independently confirmed.

India's Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) issued a road-construction tender (ref. 2025_MoRTH_874028_1) for a project in Uttarakhand state on 21 August 2025, embedding a bid-evaluation preference for suppliers with higher local content under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017. Global Trade Alert records the intervention as announced and implemented the same day; the contract value and exact preference-margin percentage sit behind GTA's account-gated detail view and were not independently located on MoRTH's e-tender portal.

DVC, a central-government-owned power utility, issued a tender for a 132kV solar pooling station and 132kV double-circuit LILO transmission line at Konar, Jharkhand, to evacuate power from a 228 MW floating-solar project and a 100 MW/400 MWh battery storage system. The tender is valued at INR 113,169,393.72 (~USD 13.6m, requiring an EMD of INR 1,131,693.90) and embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving Class-I local suppliers a bid-evaluation advantage in civil-engineering and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 20 August 2025.

NHAI issued a Request for Proposal (ref. NHAI/Tech/MH/N-P-K/2025/Combined-Bid) for a road-construction contract in Maharashtra state, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 7,343.33 crore (~USD 880m). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 7 August 2025.

NHAI issued a Request for Proposal (ref. NHAI/Tech/MH/N-P-K/2025/Pkg-II) for a road-construction contract in Maharashtra state, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 3,177.66 crore (~USD 380m). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 7 August 2025.

NHAI issued a Request for Proposal for a road-construction contract in Maharashtra state, part of the same N-P-K tender batch as the Pkg-1, Pkg-II, and Combined-Bid filings, valued by Global Trade Alert at INR 3,653.09 crore (~USD 440m). The tender embeds a domestic-supplier preference margin under India's Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, giving a bid-evaluation advantage to Class-I local suppliers across civil-engineering, general-construction, and engineering-services categories. GTA records the intervention as announced/implemented 7 August 2025.