MUMBAI: As an initiative to improve transparency in procurement, the Centre has set up '
Government e-Marketplace (
GeM)' as a 100% government-owned company registered under the Companies Act, 2013 for providing online platform for procurement of common use goods and services by government organizations.
All the state governments are utilising the services offered by Government e-Marketplace. In addition, 22 States namely, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Telengana, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Maharashtra, Meghalaya and West Bengal have signed Memorandum of Understanding for making procurement through GeM portal mandatory in their state.
This information was given by the minister of state of commerce & industry C R Chaudhary in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
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