Piyush Goyal calls for strong legal action against frauds by entities on GeM

Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has called for taking “strong” legal and punitive actions against buyers and suppliers, registered on the public procurement portal Government eMarketplace (GeM), who indulge in fraudulent activities.

While reviewing the progress of the GeM, the minister also asked for additional features to further accelerate delivery timelines.

“It was noted that more than 95% of all the physical order deliveries since April 2022 happened on time, in cases where online fulfillment and payment was done via GeM,” the commerce and industry ministry said in a statement on Sunday.


GeM’s initiatives for tight monitoring and anomaly detection in procurement, including use of AI-ML (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) to detect and report potential collusion and fraud were reviewed.

“Goyal suggested strong legal and punitive actions against buyers and suppliers against such activities,” the ministry said.

In addition to detecting anomalies, GeM also plans to use AI-ML to make proactive feature simplifications and product suggestions to buyers to ensure informed decision making and savings in public spendings, it added.

Significant technical upgrades have been planned by GeM to enable cutting edge use cases and improve user experience on the platform, according to the statement.