The Consultative Workshop on Government eMarketPlace was held
A two-day National Consultative Workshop, organized by Government eMarketPlace (GeM)SPV and DGS&D under Ministry of Commerce in association with National eGovernance Division under the Ministry of Electronics & IT, for the buyers and sellers on Government e-Marketplace (GeM), commenced on 11 July 2017.
Inaugurating the workshop the Commerce and Industry Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman said, “It is a great day towards achieving transparency in public procurement. As we sign as many as six MoU today, I thank the respective state representatives coming forward and embracing GeM as the platform for government procurement in their states. I am glad that GeM is being recognized as the national e-procurement portal. Following the processes under GeM platform, around 20-30% reduction of price has been achieved as compared to what it was prior to GeM. Most importantly, the sellers do not have to run around from pillar to post to get their payment, which will be made within 10 days of the delivery of the products and services.”
Shri Binoy Kumar Director General, DGS&D said, “When GeM was formed eleven months ago, it had only one product as a desktop computer and one service, that is a taxi service. Today, we have grown to an extent that we have more than 5000 government departments users, around 16000 sellers and service providers and more than 50,000 products.”
Commenting on the initiative, Smt. S. Radha Chauhan, CEO, GeM& CEO,NeGDsaid, “It should not only be seen as a procurement portal for the government buyers, but also as a tool for empowerment and entrepreneurship across the country at all levels, including the small and the micro units.”
Over 300 Senior level officers handling procurement activities in the state departments such as Finance, Treasuries, IT & e-Governance, General Admin, Industry & Commerce, Women & Child Development (WCD), Food, Board of Revenue and other departments that have major procurement activities along with more than 250 major vendors on GeM are expected to attend the workshop.
Press-release at the Indian Commerce and Industry official web-site