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More than 400 cooperative societies have registered on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal in last three months, Union Minister B L Verma said on Monday. On June 1, the Union Cabinet had given its approval for expanding the mandate of GeM to allow procurement by cooperatives as buyers on GeM. But it was on August 9, the cooperatives were formally onboarded the portal. "So far, more than 400 cooperatives have registered on the GeM portal and begun the trade," the Minister of State for Cooperation said. He was addressing the 69th All India Cooperative Week organised by National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI) here. Organic products, especially from North-East do not find a right market. Be it organic or other products, cooperatives can sell these items on the GeM portal, he added. Besides this, the minister said the government has taken several measures to strengthen and expand cooperatives since formation of a new cooperation ministry in July 2021. On setting up of a new .