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Publication of Notice Inviting Tenders in Newspapers.- (1) The Tender Inviting Authority shall have the Notice Inviting Tenders published in the Indian Trade Journal in all cases where the value of procurement exceeds rupees 9[seventy five crores]. 10[(2) The Tender Inviting Authority shall have the Notice Inviting Tenders published in daily newspapers. The number, editions and language of the newspapers in which the Notice Inviting Tenders shall be published will be based on the value of procurement as specified in the Annexure.] (3) In cases where publication of Tender Inviting Notice is to be done only in Newspapers with circulation within the District, the Information and Public Relations Officer attached to the District Collectorate shall be the competent authority to release the advertisement and in all other cases the competent authority to release the advertisement shall be the Director of Information and Public Relations, Chennai. 9 Substituted by Amt No.3(i) for the words ‘fifty crores’ [TNGGE No.225, dated 26-06-2018 (No.SRO A-35(b)/2018) – G.O.Ms.No.207 / 26-06-2018].[Earlier for the words ‘[ten crores]’ were substituted by ‘[fifty crores]’ by Amt. No.1 [TNGGE No.212 / 18-08-2009 (No.SRO A-22(a)/2009) - G.O.Ms.No.392 /18th August, 2009]. 10 Substituted by Amt No.3(ii) for sub-rule ‘(2) The number, editions and language of the newspapers in which the Notice Inviting Tenders shall be published will be based on the value of procurement’ [TNGGE No.225, dated 26-06-2018 (No. SRO A-35(b)/2018) – G.O.Ms.No.207 / 26-06-2018]. TAMIL NADU TRANSPARENCY IN TENDERS RULES, 2000. 25 (4) The Notice Inviting Tender shall be given due publicity in Newspapers and also on notice boards in the District Offices. For tenders above rupees fifty lakhs, Director of Information and Public Relations will publish the Notice Inviting Tenders as per instructions of the 11[Procuring Entity]. For other tenders, Director of Information and Public Relations will publish keeping in mind the request of the department. There should not be any additional insertion and no publication of Notice Inviting Tenders in newspapers not requested by the 11[Procuring Entity] for tenders above rupees fifty lakhs.