Parliament Question: Government e-Marketplace

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2569 ANSWERED ON 05/08/2025 GOVERNMENT e-MARKETPLACE

2569. Dr. M K VISHNU PRASAD:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री) be pleased

to state:

(a) the details and the number of new suppliers who have registered themselves in the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) to enable them to sell their products directly to various Government departments and organizations, State and year-wise during last three years and current year;

(b) the number of suppliers who have actively participated in trade activities on the Portal out of the total registered;

(c) the details and the total number of suppliers who have participated in the Portal from Tamil Nadu, in absolute figures as well as comparative to the rest of the country; and

(d) whether there is any mechanism to identify and weed out shell companies or fake companies from the GeM Portal, if so, the details thereof? ANSWER वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्यमंत्री (श्री णिणिन प्रसाद) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a) The State /UT-wise and year-wise number of new suppliers who have registered themselves on the Government e Marketplace (GeM) and completed their profiles as on 30th July 2025 is placed at Annexure I.

(b) & (c) A total of 5,19,782 sellers have actively participated in trade activities (catalogue uploaded on GeM or participated in bid) on the Portal out of the total registered. The total number of suppliers who have actively participated in the trade activities on GeM portal from Tamil Nadu is 19,955.

(d) GeM portal has online integration with the database of Ministry of Corporate Affairs to ensure that only valid companies are registered on GeM. ***** 1Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to Part(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2569 for answer on 05.08.2025 State /UT-wise and year-wise number of new suppliers who have registered themselves on the Government e Marketplace (GeM) and completed their profiles is as below:

Number of new profile completed suppliers registered on GeM in the FY State 2025-26 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 (upto 30 July

2025) Andaman and Nicobar Islands 671 564 622 218 Andhra Pradesh 2,011 3,581 2,020 844 Arunachal Pradesh 215 245 322 131 Assam 2,957 5,203 3,255 1157 Bihar 5,030 8,736 4,523 1568 Chandigarh 576 544 441 174 Chhattisgarh 2,038 1,30,696 10,357 2034 Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman 107 95 23 30 and Diu Delhi 11,735 13,236 9,864 4117 Goa 352 546 2,051 110 Gujarat 12,588 13,102 11,886 4322 Haryana 5,572 10,770 5,329 2124 Himachal Pradesh 1,197 1,344 1,129 418 Jammu and Kashmir 5,146 4,852 4,455 1791 Jharkhand 3,160 10,190 3,830 1112 Karnataka 5,843 8,865 5,004 1842 Kerala 2,135 2,935 1,817 654 Ladakh 158 119 254 142 Lakshadweep 3 9 6 0 Madhya Pradesh 7,095 10,978 10,964 2270 Maharashtra 18,202 4,35,149 62,742 6122 Manipur 308 197 242 116 Meghalaya 207 225 187 97 Mizoram 64 75 81 32 Nagaland 148 148 150 65 Odisha 2,770 7,830 2,809 1047 Puducherry 183 168 174 61 Punjab 3,463 3,400 3,319 1358 Rajasthan 5,545 7,184 5,932 2156 Sikkim 79 98 114 36 Tamil Nadu 6,266 7,649 6,015 1901 Telangana 3,040 3,903 3,002 1172 Tripura 286 333 315 109 Uttar Pradesh 22,732 27,764 21,969 8357 Uttarakhand 2,392 3,721 2,272 855 West Bengal 6,447 15,715 5,608 2087 Total 1,40,721 7,40,169 1,93,083 50,646 23