Apprises about initiatives taken by GeM to facilitate procurement in Ladakh
Leh, Apr 25: Joint Secretary and Additional Chief Executive Officer, Government e-Marketplace (GeM), Prakash Mirani, called on the Hon’ble Lieutenant of Ladakh, RK Mathur, at Raj Niwas today.
ACEO GeM Prakash Mirani briefed about the need of GeM for transparency in the procurement process. He informed that the products listed and services provided on GeM and the provision of social inclusion have increased exponentially on GeM over the past few years. He also informed about the creation of GeM Outlet Stores to promote small seller groups, including women self-help groups (SHGs); integration of APIs (application programming interfaces) with Udyam Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises for seller’s auto-registration and development of GeM Sahay App in collaboration with Indian Software Product Industry Round Table (iSPIRIT) to promote access to markets and finance.
ACEO GeM Prakash Mirani apprised about initiatives taken by GeM to facilitate procurement in Ladakh, viz. the appointment of a nodal officer and a dedicated facilitator for Ladakh to guide and assist all the buyers; the State/UT Dashboard provided by GeM to enable the Administration to monitor and analyse the procurement on GeM; the plan to provide training seminars covering all the features and functionalities of GeM for buyers and master trainers, etc.
He also requested for assistance in setting up GeM Cell in the Finance/IT Department, identification and nomination of master trainers to ensure training coverage, sharing the list of commonly used terms and conditions used by departments and buyer organisations, giving direction to departments presently not on board on GeM to register themselves and timely clearance of payments to sellers for purchases made on GeM.
LG Mathur requested GeM to ensure that the local filters of Ladakh work efficiently. He emphasised on the need to get all the departments on board that are yet to register themselves on GeM. LG Mathur informed about the plan to register local SHGs and sellers/entrepreneurs on GeM as MSME units. He requested to organise repeated camps to raise awareness among sellers about the process to register themselves on GeM.
