GeM celebrates success of female entrepreneurs with portal

The Government e-Marketplace (GeM) celebrated the success of the ‘Women in the Government e-Marketplace’ at the Constitution Club in New Delhi on Saturday.

Launched in 2019, the initiative has aimed to facilitate the participation of women entrepreneurs in the informal sector and self-help groups (SHGs) in the GeM Portal. We are willing to sell our products directly to various government buyers without middlemen across categories such as handicrafts and handwovens, accessories, jute and coir products, bamboo products, organic foods, spices, home decor and office furniture. make it easy.

Currently, over INR 1.44 lakh Udyam certified female Micro, Small Enterprises (MSEs) known as ‘Womaniya’ are registered as sellers and service providers on the GeM portal with Gross Merchandise Value (GMV).

NCUI Deputy Chief Executive Officer Savitri Singh emphasizes the contribution of women as entrepreneurs in society, NCUI co-operative education aligned towards the socio-economic growth of women from SHGs to cooperatives in the Northeast He was the Chief Executive who shared the initiative of field projects. and undeveloped areas of India.

A series of steps were taken to develop and deploy new business processes and capabilities for the promotion of ‘Womaniya’ on GeM. Notable steps are: Development of product categories dedicated to handicrafts, handwovens, khadi and a list of innovative products. Creation of a GeM outlet store to promote products from an underserved group of sellers. A marketplace filter to distinguish products made by “Womaniya” and his SC/ST entrepreneurs. A market icon to help government buyers identify products made exclusively with “Womaniya”.

GeM also launched a new vertical service “Stitching and Tailoring Services” on the portal to help urban and rural seamstresses deliver office decorations and accessories to government offices, It provided hyper-local ‘market access’ opportunities for uniforms and more.

GeM signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Self-Employed Women Association (SEWA) to train, support and enable women-led micro and small enterprises, women entrepreneurs and SHGs in public procurement; Signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for training and upskilling with Usha Silai School. Women seamstresses as service providers in public procurement.

The ‘Womaniya’ initiative aims to address the three challenges faced by women entrepreneurs: access to markets, access to finance and access to added value. We strive to connect people’s untapped entrepreneurial energies with local governments. Buyer.