GeM Portal’s Objective is ‘Inclusion, Efficiency and Transparency’- Anurag Thakur
Union Cabinet Approves Procurement by Cooperatives Through GeM Portal
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 1st June. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday decided to include cooperatives in the government e-marketplace portal (GeM).
With this move, apart from the government, cooperatives can also procure through the GeM portal.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said, “Objective of the GeM portal is inclusion, efficiency and transparency. The cooperatives will get a platform to sell their products if they are included in the GeM. It has been seen that businesses have seen growth through the portal.”
Thakur said that this move will help over 8.54 lakh registered cooperatives and their 27 crore members.
“After opening the GeM (Government e-Marketplace) portal, Self-Help Groups, MSMEs, and small businessmen have benefited a lot. Different PSUs, ministries, depts, autonomous bodies, or local bodies of the government started buying from the GeM portal”, said Union Minister Anurag Thakur.
Thakur further said, business through GeM has grown from 6,220 crores in 2017-18 to one lakh six thousand crores in 2021-22.
“GeM works on inclusion, transparency and efficiency. Artisans, weavers, SHGs, startups, women entrepreneurs and MSMEs are registered on GeM. If you look at accounting for the last four years, procurement of Rs 6220cr in 2017-18 hiked to over Rs 1.06 lakh cr in 2021-22,” said the Union Minister.
The GeM portal provides a wide range of products from office stationery to vehicles- automobiles, computers and office furniture are currently the top product categories.
When asked about the Enforcement Directorate notice to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case, Thakur said, “Government agencies do their work.
Government e Marketplace (GeM)
The Government e Marketplace (GeM) was launched on August 9, 2016 by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India to create an open and transparent procurement platform for Government buyers.
A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) by the name of Government e- Marketplace (GeM SPV) was set up as the National Public Procurement Portal on 17th May, 2017 in pursuance of the approval of the Union Cabinet accorded on 12th April, 2017.
At present, the platform is open for procurement by all government buyers: central and state ministries, departments, public sector enterprises, autonomous institutions, local bodies, etc. As per existing mandate, GeM is not available for use by private sector buyers. Suppliers (sellers) can be from across all segments: government or private.
No. of beneficiaries:
More than 8.54 lakh registered cooperatives and their 27 Crore members would be benefited with this initiative. GeM portal is open for all the buyers and sellers across the country.
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