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Reboot of the GeM

Context

The Government e Marketplace (GeM) plans to seek the Centre’s approval to enable work contracts for construction and building projects to also be bid out through the platform with a transparent monitoring mechanism to assess the progress in such contracts.

1: Dimension-Role of GeMin public procurement in India

Transparent process:GeM endeavours to make public procurement process transparent, efficient and inclusive.
Inclusiveness: It drives inclusiveness and ease of doing business (EoDB) with the government.
Standardization: It provides for standardization of processes backed by the regulatory framework
Automated system: It is a fully automated system enabled through advances technologies.
Efficiency:As an end-to-end online and integrated portal, GeM increases efficiency in public procurement by eliminating manual interventions at various stages of the procurement process.
Minimum Government, Maximum Governance: The platform has been effectively contributing to the government’s commitment of “Minimum Government, Maximum Governance”.

2: Dimension-Need of GeM in public procurement

The public procurement process involves several steps, starting with the government publishing a tender. Interested sellers participate, and once the participation deadline passes, the government (buyer) evaluates the bids to determine eligibility. The contract is then awarded to the bidder offering the lowest rate.
However, this process wasn't always as straightforward and transparent as it needed to be, which led to the introduction of the Government e-Marketplace (GeM).

Fact Box: About GeM

Launched in: 2016
GeM is an online platform for public procurement of goods and services.
The platform is now used for everything from critical defence procurements to services like aircraft chartering and printing of election-related material, envisaged for the coming year.
GeM Statistics: It offers over 12,000 product and 320 service categories generally sought by central and State government departments, and has even onboarded 90,000 Gram Panchayats as buyers.

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30th March 2024 (10 Topics)

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Reboot of the GeM

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