Commerce Ministry to launch e-marketplace for govt procurement of goods, services

Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will today launch an “e-marketplace” for online purchase of goods and services by various central government ministries and departments. [caption id=“attachment_2772752” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. AFP[/caption] “Complete Transparency- ‘Government e-Marketplace’ end to end Digital India platform for government procurement to be launched tomorrow,” the ministry said in a tweet. The move is aimed at bringing in more transparency and streamlining the government procurement of goods and services. The Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals (DGS&D) has developed the portal for the purpose. The department, which is under the Commerce Ministry, carries out the procurement.