Success Of “SWAYATT” Initiative
News: An event was conducted to celebrate the accomplishment of “SWAYATT,” a project that was initially introduced in February 2019.
Promoting Start-ups, Women, and Youth Advantage Through eTransactions on Government eMarketplace is the goal of the SWAYATT Initiative (GeM).
The objective is to encourage the inclusion of different types of sellers and service providers on the portal by taking proactive measures to make their training and registration easier, promote women’s entrepreneurship, and promote the involvement of startups and the MSME sector in public procurement.
Government online market (GeM)
GeM is an online marketplace that was established in 2016 to make it easier for government agencies, departments, public sector businesses (PSU), and other entities to purchase products and services.
It is intended to serve as India’s national procurement portal.
With technical assistance from the National e-governance Division, the Directorate General of Supply and Disposals (Ministry of Trade and Industry) created this portal (Ministry of Electronic and Information Technology)