“With respect to GeM, it consolidates service requirements on a common portal…As a principal it’s fantastic…We found them (GeM) to work as a private company. An email query sent to GeM remained unanswered till press time.The developments come after Suresh Prabhu , Union minister for commerce and industry under the previous NDA regime, had tweeted in December last year that India’s startups would have access to the government market, and to sell on the platform. “We are still in an exploratory phase, but we continue to be very excited by the potential opportunities. GeM has over 233,000 sellers and services providers on its platform, and has processed over 1.8 million orders till date. It is not a solution that the government alone can crack,” the source said.

Source: Economic Times May 27, 2019 21:45 UTC