{"id":96782,"date":"2020-06-26T07:57:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T07:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=96782"},"modified":"2020-06-26T07:58:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T07:58:00","slug":"government-e-marketplace-gem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/government-e-marketplace-gem\/","title":{"rendered":"Government e-Marketplace (GeM)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question:Consider the following statements regarding Government e-Marketplace(GeM):<\/strong><br>(1) It is a National Public Procurement portal launched in 2016 for procurement of common use Goods &amp; Services<br>(2) It functions under Ministry of Agriculture &amp; Farmers&#8217; Welfare<br><strong>Which of the statement(s) given above is\/are correct?<\/strong><br>(a) 1 only<br>(b) 2 only<br>(c ) Both 1 and 2<br>(d ) Neither 1 nor 2<br><strong>Answer:(a)<br>Context:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In a push to promote local products, the Union government has made it mandatory for all sellers on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM), a platform for public procurement, to list the country of origin while registering new products.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Government e-Marketplace(GeM)<\/strong>: It is a National Public Procurement portal launched in 2016 for procurement of common use Goods &amp; Services required by various Government Departments \/ Organizations \/ PSUs.<\/li><li><strong>Aim:\u00a0<\/strong>To enhance transparency, efficiency and speed in public procurement.<\/li><li><strong>Nodal agency:\u00a0<\/strong>It functions under the Directorate General of Supplies and Goods(DGS&amp;D), Ministry of Commerce and Industry.<\/li><li><strong>SWAYATT:\u00a0<\/strong>Itstands for Start-ups, Women and Youth Advantage Through eTransactions on Government e Marketplace(GeM).It is an initiative to promote women and young entrepreneurs through e-transactions on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM).<\/li><li><strong>Saras Collection:<\/strong>\u00a0It showcases daily utility products made by rural self-help groups.<\/li><li>It is an initiative of Government e Marketplace (GeM) and the DeenDayalAntyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM).<\/li><li><strong>About:<\/strong><\/li><li>The changes to the Government e-Marketplace (GeM), a Special Purpose Vehicle under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, are in line with the Centre\u2019s Atmanirbhar Bharat and Make in India policies.<\/li><li>Buyers on the platform can now see the percentage of local content in various products. They can also switch on a new Make in India filter to see products that match their preferences on local content.<\/li><li>For example, buyers can choose to buy only those products that meet a minimum 50% local content criteria.<\/li><li>n case of bids, buyers can now reserve any bid for Class I local suppliers (local content > 50%). For those bids below INR 200 crore, only Class I and Class II local suppliers (local content > 50% and > 20% respectively) are eligible to bid, with Class I supplier getting purchase preference.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Link:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/business\/Industry\/country-of-origin-must-on-government-e-marketplace-platform-says-government\/article31897319.ece\">https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/business\/Industry\/country-of-origin-must-on-government-e-marketplace-platform-says-government\/article31897319.ece<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question:Consider the following statements regarding Government e-Marketplace(GeM):(1) It is a National Public Procurement portal launched in 2016 for procurement of common use Goods &amp; Services(2) It functions under Ministry of Agriculture &amp; Farmers&#8217; WelfareWhich of the statement(s) given above is\/are correct?(a) 1 only(b) 2 only(c ) Both 1 and 2(d ) Neither 1 nor 2Answer:(a)Context: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[3721],"class_list":["post-96782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-enew","tag-current-affairs-economics-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}