Jitin Prasada in Rajya Sabha, ET Retail

BJP MP Jitin Prasada

NEW DELHI: Public procurement of goods and services through government-owned portal GeM has crossed Rs 9.82 lakh crore as on July 30, Parliament was informed on Friday. The Government e-Market (GeM) portal was launched on August 9, 2016 for online procurement of goods and services by all ministries and departments of the central government.

GeM started its operations in 2016-17 with an order worth Rs 422 crore, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.

In the last fiscal year, it crossed Rs 4 lakh crore.

“The cumulative gross value of goods and services on the GeM platform since its inception was over Rs 9.82 lakh crore as on July 30, 2024,” he said.

Since its inception, GeM has registered over 1.63 lakh micro and small enterprises run by women and 25,000 startups.

GeM has a membership of over 63,000 government buying organisations and over 62 lakh sellers and service providers offering a wide range of products and services.

Currently, government agencies, ministries, public sector units, state governments and central police forces can conduct transactions through this portal.

The portal offers a wide range of products from office supplies to vehicles.

The most important product categories include cars, computers and office furniture.

The portal lists services including transportation, logistics, waste management, webcasting and analytics.

South Korea’s KONEPS is the largest platform of its kind in the world. GeM currently ranks second.