New Delhi, Dec. 29 -- Seeking a bigger slice of public procurement pie, the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) sector has proposed small-ticket tenders so that they could participate in the bidding.

In its Budget suggestions, Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME) has said that smaller firms are getting elbowed out from public procurement as orders are generally bundled up making their size very large.

Adding to the problems, government is increasingly getting projects executed on turn-key basis through large corporates which do not fall under public-private-partnership (PPP) for the MSMEs.

"These practices need to be checked and remedial steps taken," the industry body has written to Finance Ministe...