Piyush Goyal: GeM rewrote rules of public procurement

The Government of India has a big online shop called the Government e-Marketplace, or GeM for short.

It helps government offices buy things they need, like supplies and services.

A minister named Piyush Goyal told everyone how well the shop has been doing.

Ten years ago, people bought things worth about 422 crore rupees through GeM.

Now, they buy things worth more than 1,55,000 crore rupees, which is a really, really big number.

Lots of small businesses are on GeM, including many run by women and many new startups.

This means small companies get a fair chance to sell to the government.

The minister said GeM has made buying faster, cheaper, and more honest.

It helps India become stronger and more self-reliant, and connects government offices with sellers all over the country.