Piyush Goyal calls upon more buyers and sellers to join GeM

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has called upon more and more buyers and sellers to join the Government e Marketplace [GeM]. He was speaking at the inauguration of the Fourth edition of the National Public Procurement Conclave, organized by GeM in association with CII.

Lauding the success of GeM in becoming a game changer in Government procurement, Mr Goyal called upon more and more buyers and sellers to join the system. Expressing the confidence that GeM will be able to unlock the value and save money for the



nation’s development, he said that it has helped in transparent, seamless, easy, efficient and faster procurements.

Mr Goyal said that the Government's decision to ask the buyers to give interest for delayed payments in GeM is a significant step.

At the same time, he also cautioned the unscrupulous sellers from pushing poor quality goods or charging exorbitant prices, as they will not only be blacklisted from the GeM portal but from the entire Government ecosystem.