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Bhopal EMS: RTI Inquiry Reveals Wrong Documents in Amrit Pharmacy Drug Procurement
✍️ Amar Ujala · Madhya Pradesh
🗓 02 Oct 2026, 05:16 PM
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An RTI request to the Bhopal e‑marketplace for details on drug purchases from Amrit Pharmacy returned documents that belonged to other suppliers, raising concerns of procurement manipulation.
The Bhopal e‑marketplace (EMS) is the state’s digital platform for government procurement of medicines and medical supplies. In a recent RTI filing, a citizen requested records of the procurement of drugs from Amrit Pharmacy, a supplier listed on the EMS.
The response received by the petitioner contained documents that were not related to Amrit Pharmacy but belonged to other suppliers. The mismatch suggests that the information released by the EMS may have been incorrect or deliberately altered.
The incident has sparked questions about the integrity of the procurement process and whether the platform is being used to manipulate supplier selection or pricing. Officials have not yet commented on the discrepancy.
The petitioner has asked for a clarification and a corrected set of documents. Meanwhile, watchdog groups are calling for a review of the EMS’s data handling procedures to prevent similar errors in the future.
The response received by the petitioner contained documents that were not related to Amrit Pharmacy but belonged to other suppliers. The mismatch suggests that the information released by the EMS may have been incorrect or deliberately altered.
The incident has sparked questions about the integrity of the procurement process and whether the platform is being used to manipulate supplier selection or pricing. Officials have not yet commented on the discrepancy.
The petitioner has asked for a clarification and a corrected set of documents. Meanwhile, watchdog groups are calling for a review of the EMS’s data handling procedures to prevent similar errors in the future.