Nudging more states to mandate procurement through GeM: CEO

The Government e-Marketplace (GeM), an initiative to bring all public procurement by multiple government departments and agencies into a single portal, is now looking to convince more States to exclusively use its platform for procuring public goods and services.

- HIMANSHI BHARDWAJ

In 2024-25, about 10.5 per cent of the total government procurements worth ₹5.42 trillion carried out through the GeM portal were from States. Uttar Pradesh accounted for a little under 30 per cent of States' GeM purchases last year worth ₹57,200 crore.

While the central government has made it mandatory for all departments to procure goods and services through the GeM, which is completing nine years, just eight States have done the same. Although 36 States and Union Territories have used the GeM, many States have their own procurement platforms that they stick to.