Parliament Question: MSME Participation on GeM

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2825 ANSWERED ON 10/03/2026 MSME PARTICIPATION ON GeM

2825. SMT. SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

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

state:

(a) the growth in orders and Gross Merchandise Value on the Government e-Marketplace since 2016, including the share of services (7.94 lakh crore) and products (8.47 lakh crore) as on 30 November 2025, year-wise;

(b) the total number of active buyer organisations and profile-completed sellers currently transacting on GeM and the average time taken from order placement to payment release;

(c) the break-up of procurement across the 10,894 product and 348 service categories, identifying the top sectors by value, category-wise;

(d) the extent to which Micro and Small Enterprises, accounting for 44.8 per cent of cumulative order value, have benefited in terms of repeat orders and geographical spread; and

(e) the mechanisms in place to ensure transparency, prevent cartelisation and enable data- driven audit of procurement transactions on the platform? ANSWER वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्यमंत्री (श्री जिजिन प्रसाद) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a) The Year-wise Order volume, Gross Merchandise Value (including breakup of Product and services GMV) and growth over previous years is placed below:- No. of Orders GMV Products GMV Services GMV FY Value Value % % Value (₹ % % Count (₹ in (₹ in increase increase in crore) increase increase crore) crore) over 2016- 6,284 422 420 2 17 2017- 3,72,537 5,828 5,876 1,292 5,833 1,289 43 2,050 18 12018- 13,31,435 257 17,441 197 16,639 185 802 1,765 19 2019- 21,74,178 63 22,886 31 19,817 19 3,069 283 20 2020- 25,70,542 18 38,557 68 30,039 52 8,518 178 21 2021- 33,15,533 29 1,06,605 176 81,954 173 24,651 189 22 2022- 50,33,609 52 2,01,345 89 1,35,224 65 66,121 168 23 2023- 62,84,944 25 4,03,547 100 1,95,927 45 2,07,620 214 24 2024- 72,37,380 15 5,43,039 35 2,13,139 9 3,29,900 59 25 2025- 26 (till 30th 44,63,045 3,01,366 1,47,868 1,53,498 Nov

2025) Total 3,27,89,487 16,41,084 8,46,860 7,94,224

(b) The total number of active buyer organisations and profile completed sellers currently transacting on GeM, and the average time taken from order placement to payment release is

placed below:- Particulars Details as of 5th March 2026 No of Buyer Organization (Primary Buyers) 1,35,887 No of Sellers with completed profiles 24,58,337 Average Time from Order Placement to Payment Release in current 114.27 days FY 2025-26.

(c) The list of product and service categories where transactions have happened may please

be seen at https://gem.gov.in/business-opportunities.

(d) As on 5th March, 2026 a total of 1,96,911 number of Micro and Small Enterprises have received repeat order (more than one order) across all 28 States & 8 Union Territories of India.

(e) GeM has adequate mechanisms in place to ensure transparency, prevent cartelisation and enable data-driven audit of procurement transactions. GeM has fully online vendor registration process, online publishing from tender enquires to contracts. It provides Bid Representation and Challenge Rejection Window. The IP addresses of participating bidders are displayed to Buyer for examination of any possible collusion. GeM has also deployed advanced analytics tools to detect anomalies like order splitting, abnormal buy and potential collusion. The audit trail of all transactions is available on GeM Portal.

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