COUNTRY OF ORIGIN’ MUST ON GeM PLATFORM

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN’ MUST ON GeM PLATFORM: GOVT

Union government has made it mandatory for all sellers on the Government eMarketplace (GeM), to list the country of origin while registering new products

Those who had uploaded products are getting regular warnings that they will be removed if the origin details are not updated

Changes to the GeM, a Special Purpose Vehicle under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, are in line with the Centre’s Atmanirbhar Bharat and Make in India policies, an official statement said

GeM is a short form of one stop Government e-Market Place hosted by DGS&D

 

Government e-Marketplace owes its genesis to the recommendations of two Groups of Secretaries made to the Prime Minister in January 2016

DGS&D with technical support of National eGovernance Division (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) has developed GeM portal for procurement of both Products & Services 

Launched on 9^th August 2016 by the Commerce & Industry Minister

Procurement on GeM has been authorized by General Financial Rules by making necessary changes in government rules

GeM eliminates human interface in vendor registration, order placement and payment processing, to a great extent

Transactions for more than Rs 140 Crore have already been processed through GeM

Government e-Marketplace is a very bold step of the Government with the aim to transform the way in which procurement of goods and services is done by the Government Ministries and Departments.