New Delhi, May 23 -- The share of public procurement by central PSUs from micro and small enterprises (MSEs) fell in FY25, for the first time since the pandemic.

In FY25, central government-run firms procured about 35% of their total public procurement from micro and small businesses, the lowest since FY23's 37%.

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