Int. J. Business Information Systems, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2015 1 Copyright © 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Electronic government procurement implementation in India: a cross sectional study Prabir Panda* and G.P. Sahu Department of Management Studies, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad – 211004, India Email: prabir.panda@india.com Email: gsahu@mnnit.ac.in *Corresponding author Abstract: In the recent past, electronic procurement has drawn lots of attention in India due to its potential of bringing transparency and efficiency in public purchases. The Government of India launched National E-Government Plan in 2006 with e-procurement as integrated Mission Mode Project. The purpose of this paper is to assess the status of e-procurement implementation in India for government procurements. The paper delves into the co-relation between e-procurement system utilisation and e-readiness level of each state government and union territory in India. The research entailed census survey which was complemented by qualitative case studies and analysis of data hosted on e-procurement portals. The study brings out that there is significant co-relation between e-readiness level and utilisation of e-procurement system by a state. Barring few states where top leadership support has been a key factor behind success of e-procurement implementation in remaining states the system is under-utilised. Keywords: e-procurement implementation in India; critical success factors; public procurement; e-readiness level; cross sectional study; electronic government procurement; government to business application; business information system. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Panda, P. and Sahu, G.P. (2015) ‘Electronic government procurement implementation in India: a cross sectional study’, Int. J. Business Information Systems, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp.1–25. Biographical notes: Prabir Panda received his MS in Software Systems from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India and MPhil in Computer Science from Vinayaka Mission University, Salem, India. He is currently working in the area of e-procurement and has more than seven years experience in supply chain management. His research has appeared in a number of reputed journals, edited books and conference proceedings of many national and international conferences. He is currently a doctoral student in the Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad. G.P. Sahu is an Associate Professor and has more than 14 years of experience in teaching. He has received his PhD in Management from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. His research interests are in the areas of MIS and e-governance. He has published around 56 research papers in international journals and conferences. He has coordinated several international conferences. He has also edited five books in the area of e-governance. He has acted as a