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    Government ties up with OEMs to weed out fakes from public procurement

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    Launched in 2016, GeM is India’s national public procurement portal for completely online purchase of goods and services by government organisations.

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    Launched in 2016, GeM is India’s national public procurement portal for completely online purchase of goods and services by government organisations.
    NEW DELHI: India’s national public procurement portal has tied up with original equipment manufacturers (OEM) of information technology hardware and software, furniture and auto components to certify their sellers in a move to weed out counterfeits.

    Government e-Marketplace (GeM), the end-to-end online marketplace for central and state governments, has partnered with atleast a hundred OEMs by signing memoranda of understanding with their respective industry associations including Nasscom and Manufacturers Association for Information Technology (MAIT).

    “To stop counterfeits and fakes, we want OEMs to certify their sellers. We don’t want unauthorised sellers to sell through the portal,” said a GeM official on Tuesday.

    GeM has recorded over Rs 15,300 crore through 10 lakh transactions.

    As per the commerce and industry ministry, the number of users (buyer & sellers) on GeM, have grown 186% in the last one year and transactions have increased 772% in volume terms and 599% in value terms. More than 26% of vendors in GeM are MSMEs accounting for 56% of transactions by value.

    Launched in 2016, GeM is India’s national public procurement portal for completely online purchase of goods and services by government organisations.


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