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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3232
ANSWERED ON 20/03/2026
GOVERNMENT e-MARKETPLACE
3232. SHRI TEJVEER SINGH
SHRI KESRIDEVSINH JHALA
SHRI MAYANKKUMAR NAYAK
DR. DINESH SHARMA
DR. ANIL SUKHDEORAO BONDE
SHRI DEEPAK PRAKASH
SHRI UJJWAL DEORAO NIKAM
SMT. DARSHANA SINGH
Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:
(a) State-wise and Ministry-wise details of total procurement value transacted through
GeM since inception;
(b) the percentage of total Government procurement that is currently routed through GeM,
and whether there is a roadmap for full integration;
(c) whether removal of caution money has led to a measurable increase in new seller
registrations, especially MSMEs; and
(d) details of procurement undertaken by panchayats and cooperatives through GeM and
steps taken to increase grassroots adoption;
(e) safeguards in place to prevent cartelization, bid manipulation, or concentration of
contracts among a limited number of vendors?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(SHRI JITIN PRASADA)
(a) Since its inception, the cumulative value of procurement made through GeM is ₹17,83,360
crore (as on 8th March 2026). The Ministry-wise and State-wise details of procurement made
through GeM are placed at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.
(b) The percentage of total Government procurement that is currently routed through GeM is
not available. Further, the following are various initiatives for enhancing GeM adoption for full
integration:
• MoUs signed with all States and UTs to promote adoption of GeM
• Several States including Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Assam, Manipur, Uttarakhand,
Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Delhi have issued comprehensive guidelines for
procurement through GeM.
1• Regular training programmes, workshops, boot camps and multilingual e-learning
modules have been created for capacity building of buyers and sellers.
• MoUs signed with key seller associations to facilitate onboarding of sellers, catalogue
uploading and training of their members.
(c) Requirement of Caution Money was removed from GeM on 30th July, 2025 to promote
ease of doing business on GeM. Caution Money has been refunded to more than 22,600 sellers
who had previously submitted the Caution Money. In addition 1.15 lakh profile completed
sellers who have registered after 30th July, 2025 were not required to submit any Caution
Money.
(d) The State-wise procurement made by Panchayats and Cooperatives are placed at Annexure
III and Annexure IV respectively. The following steps have been taken to enhance usage of
GeM at grassroots level:
i. Integration of GeM with the e-GramSwaraj portal to facilitate procurement by
Panchayati Raj Institutions.
ii. Capacity building through training programmes, workshops, boot camps and
multilingual e-learning modules created for buyers and sellers, including Panchayats.
iii. Multilingual helpdesk and support ecosystem for resolving procurement and
operational issues on the platform.
iv. Initiatives to strengthen the seller ecosystem, including onboarding of MSEs, women-
led enterprises, SC/ST entrepreneurs and SHGs.
v. Special drives for onboarding cooperatives in coordination with the Ministry of
Cooperation and NCUI.
(e) GeM has following mechanisms in place to prevent cartelization, bid manipulation, or
concentration of contracts among limited vendors:
i. GeM provides feature of "Bid Representation" window wherein buyers are mandatorily
required to examine and respond to all representations submitted by prospective bidders
prior to bid opening. The system does not permit opening of bids unless such
representations are addressed.
ii. GeM has enabled a feature of "Challenge Rejection Window" wherein a bidder can
represent against the disqualification from the bidding process, and a buyer is
mandatorily required to provide response to such representation before proceeding for
financial evaluation.
iii. The IP addresses of participating bidders are displayed to the Buyer, to examine
potential collusion if any before proceeding, and wherever warranted, disqualify
bidders.
iv. GeM has deployed advanced analytics tools to detect procurement anomalies such as
order splitting, suspicious bidding, abnormal pricing, and potential collusion, with
flagged cases reflected on primary buyer's dashboards for action.
v. Anti-competitive behaviour or cartel formation is classified as a Severe/Grave deviation
under GeM’s Incident Management framework, with proven cases attracting
suspension of up to 365 days.
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2ANNEXURE-I
Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3232
for answer on 20.03.2026.
S.No. Ministry Order Value (INR in cr)
1 Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare 5,623.49
2 Ministry of AYUSH 1,104.17
3 Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers 10,251.84
4 Ministry of Civil Aviation 5,826.02
5 Ministry of Coal 411,963.08
6 Ministry of Commerce and Industry 1,990.21
7 Ministry of Communications 11,719.54
8 Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution 13,187.76
9 Ministry of Cooperation 89.97
10 Ministry of Corporate Affairs 519.94
11 Ministry of Culture 1,801.04
12 Ministry of Defence 257,475.32
13 Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region 129.17
14 Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation 113.17
15 Ministry of Earth Sciences 1,439.02
16 Ministry of Education 21,590.84
17 Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology 19,114.83
18 Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change 912.57
19 Ministry of External Affairs 736.05
20 Ministry of Finance 70,727.45
21 Ministry of Fisheries Animal Husbandry Dairying 667.67
22 Ministry of Food Processing Industries 137.14
23 Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 31,755.77
24 Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 41,108.24
25 Ministry of Home Affairs 28,722.47
26 Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) 2,987.08
27 Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation 56.83
28 Ministry of Human Resource Development 3.62
29 Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 2,346.74
30 Ministry of Jal Shakti 393.32
31 Ministry of Labour and Employment 6,257.83
32 Ministry of Law and Justice 241.18
33 Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises 3,037.80
34 Ministry of Mines 23,190.82
35 Ministry of Minority Affairs 100.92
36 Ministry of New and Renewable Energy 364.25
37 Ministry of Panchayati Raj 85.10
38 Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs 24.41
39 Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions 708.00
40 Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas 171,467.89
41 Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways 12,134.22
342 Ministry of Power 146,443.42
43 Ministry of Railways 45,202.01
44 Ministry of Road Transports and highways 774.55
45 Ministry of Rural Development 291.24
46 Ministry of Science and Technology 5,376.14
47 Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 552.17
48 Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 1,792.58
49 Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation 2,033.59
50 Ministry of Steel 67,030.93
51 Ministry of Textiles 976.27
52 Ministry of Tourism 446.61
53 Ministry of Tribal Affairs 367.99
54 Ministry of Urban Development 1,089.51
Ministry of Water Resources River Development and Ganga
55 Rejuvenation 1,650.46
56 Ministry of Women and Child Development 305.25
57 Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports 1,285.96
Grand Total 1,437,725.51
4ANNEXURE-II
Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3232
for answer on 20.03.2026.
S No State/UT Total Order Value (INR in lakhs)
1 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS 134,245.87
2 ANDHRA PRADESH 288,414.74
3 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 41,158.54
4 ASSAM 1,015,962.10
5 BIHAR 1,334,926.87
6 CHANDIGARH 504,486.07
7 CHHATTISGARH 777,797.15
DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI & DAMAN AND
8 DIU 54,661.13
9 DELHI 1,580,197.53
10 GOA 29,750.09
11 GUJARAT 4,752,131.91
12 HARYANA 361,354.41
13 HIMACHAL PRADESH 144,203.73
14 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 1,129,586.57
15 JHARKHAND 828,571.56
16 KARNATAKA 586,028.36
17 KERALA 332,480.97
18 LADAKH 61,085.11
19 LAKSHADWEEP 7,979.89
20 MADHYA PRADESH 1,382,878.50
21 MAHARASHTRA 2,803,075.31
22 MANIPUR 61,352.84
23 MEGHALAYA 32,465.82
24 MIZORAM 27,969.94
25 NAGALAND 34,425.97
26 ORISSA 921,843.80
27 PUDUCHERRY 80,390.67
28 PUNJAB 484,935.72
29 RAJASTHAN 350,364.36
30 SIKKIM 15,875.84
31 TAMIL NADU 489,655.72
32 TELANGANA 253,148.03
33 TRIPURA 124,807.43
34 UTTAR PRADESH 8,688,326.65
35 UTTARAKHAND 405,097.32
36 WEST BENGAL 360,422.67
Grand Total 30,482,059.22
5ANNEXURE III
Annexure referred to in reply to Part (d) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No.
3232 for answer on 20.03.2026.
S.no Panchayat of State Order Value (INR in lakhs)
1 MAHARASHTRA 93,162.14
2 BIHAR 27,056.20
3 HARYANA 11,184.04
4 CHHATTISGARH 7,106.78
5 MADHYA PRADESH 4,763.86
6 KARNATAKA 1,470.69
7 WEST BENGAL 1,212.11
8 UTTARAKHAND 984.53
9 JHARKHAND 760.99
10 TAMIL NADU 677.19
11 UTTAR PRADESH 389.17
12 GUJARAT 340.40
13 ORISSA 222.52
14 RAJASTHAN 135.63
15 HIMACHAL PRADESH 110.28
16 TRIPURA 52.21
17 ANDHRA PRADESH 18.95
18 KERALA 10.96
19 ASSAM 3.53
20 PUNJAB 2.15
21 GOA 0.37
22 TELANGANA 0.12
Grand Total 149,664.83
6ANNEXURE IV
Annexure referred to in reply to Part (d) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No.
3232 for answer on 20.03.2026.
S.No. Cooperative of State Order Value (INR in lakhs)
1 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS 82.86
2 ASSAM 2.22
3 BIHAR 5,117.58
4 CHANDIGARH 263.21
5 CHHATTISGARH 1,410.84
6 DELHI 1,151.92
7 GUJARAT 661.45
8 HARYANA 394.88
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 94.48
10 JHARKHAND 915.28
11 KARNATAKA 0.01
12 KERALA 143.79
13 MADHYA PRADESH 785.81
14 MAHARASHTRA 174.11
15 ORISSA 108.06
16 PUNJAB 2,113.18
17 RAJASTHAN 320.08
18 TAMIL NADU 147.57
19 TELANGANA 0.81
20 TRIPURA 144.76
21 UTTAR PRADESH 21,706.84
22 UTTARAKHAND 852.85
23 WEST BENGAL 4,244.65
24 Multi state cooperatives 37,431.35
Total 78,268.58
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