E-marketplace For Government

On March 30, GeM completed five million transactions in a single financial year for the first time ever

A high level Parliamentary panel has suggested that the government should encourage production and procurement of millets in all the states, specially those having significant tribal population

Cumulatively, GeM has surpassed GMV worth Rs 3 trillion since inception and the number of transactions on GeM exceeded 12 million

G20 Presidency an opportunity to showcase ODOP products

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 .

The Centre has incrementally been expanding the GeM shopping basket by offering over 300 services and 10,000 goods categories for government sector buyers

The decision is expected to help cooperatives in getting competitive prices through an open and transparent process

Sahay initiative will enable small businesses on the portal get loans instantly against orders

Bharat Craft portal planned by the MSME ministry to help small biz, rural and tribal communities still not ready

During the meeting, Goyal urged to take measures to generate confidence in industry of corruption free and transparent procurement environment on Indian Railways

By September, all general use goods and services will have to procured through GeM, officials said on Thursday

Aimed to reduce human intervention, fasten process, enforce accountability among govt departments