Union Minister Amit Shah to e-launch onboarding of cooperatives on GeM portal

Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will e-launch the onboarding of cooperatives on the GeM portal in New Delhi today. 

With this, all eligible cooperatives will be able to start placing orders on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal. 

National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI) has compiled a list of cooperatives with turnover and deposits of 100 crore rupees and forwarded this information to GeM for starting the onboarding process.

The Cooperation Ministry said, 589 cooperatives have been shortlisted as eligible for onboarding. 

NCUI has written to all cooperative federations and conducted virtual meets of national and state federations to apprise them about the benefits of the GeM portal.

Government eMarketplace has been set up as the National procurement portal to provide an end-to-end online marketplace for Central and State Government department and Ministries for common-use goods and services in a transparent and efficient manner.