Lok Sabha Question No. 2569 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-05
Subject: Government e-Marketplace
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Dr. M K Vishnu Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2569 ANSWERED ON 05/08/2025

## GOVERNMENT e-MARKETPLACE

## 2569.  Dr. M K VISHNU PRASAD:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ( वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री ) be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and the number of new suppliers who have registered themselves in the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) to enable them to sell their products directly to  various  Government  departments  and  organizations,  State  and  year-wise during last three years and current year;
- (b) the number of suppliers who have actively participated in trade activities on the Portal out of the total registered;
- (c) the details and the total number of suppliers who have participated in the Portal from Tamil Nadu, in absolute figures as well as comparative to the rest of the country; and
- (d) whether there is any mechanism to identify and weed out shell companies or fake companies from the GeM Portal, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्यमंत्री ( श्री णिणिन प्रसाद )

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a) The State  /UT-wise  and  year-wise  number  of  new  suppliers  who  have  registered themselves on the Government e Marketplace (GeM) and completed their profiles as on 30th July 2025 is placed at Annexure I.

(b) & (c) A total of 5,19,782 sellers have actively participated in trade activities (catalogue uploaded on GeM or participated in bid) on the Portal out of the total registered. The total number of suppliers who have actively participated in the trade activities on GeM portal from Tamil Nadu is 19,955.

(d) GeM portal has online integration with the database of Ministry of Corporate Affairs to ensure that only valid companies are registered on GeM.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to Part(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2569 for answer on 05.08.2025

State /UT-wise and year-wise number of new suppliers who have registered themselves on the Government e Marketplace (GeM) and completed their profiles is as below:

| State                                  | Number of new profile completed suppliers registered on GeM in the FY   | Number of new profile completed suppliers registered on GeM in the FY   | Number of new profile completed suppliers registered on GeM in the FY   | Number of new profile completed suppliers registered on GeM in the FY   |
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                        | 2022-23                                                                 | 2023-24                                                                 | 2024-25                                                                 | 2025-26 (upto 30 July 2025)                                             |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands            | 671                                                                     | 564                                                                     | 622                                                                     | 218                                                                     |
| Andhra Pradesh                         | 2,011                                                                   | 3,581                                                                   | 2,020                                                                   | 844                                                                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh                      | 215                                                                     | 245                                                                     | 322                                                                     | 131                                                                     |
| Assam                                  | 2,957                                                                   | 5,203                                                                   | 3,255                                                                   | 1157                                                                    |
| Bihar                                  | 5,030                                                                   | 8,736                                                                   | 4,523                                                                   | 1568                                                                    |
| Chandigarh                             | 576                                                                     | 544                                                                     | 441                                                                     | 174                                                                     |
| Chhattisgarh                           | 2,038                                                                   | 1,30,696                                                                | 10,357                                                                  | 2034                                                                    |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu | 107                                                                     | 95                                                                      | 23                                                                      | 30                                                                      |
| Delhi                                  | 11,735                                                                  | 13,236                                                                  | 9,864                                                                   | 4117                                                                    |
| Goa                                    | 352                                                                     | 546                                                                     | 2,051                                                                   | 110                                                                     |
| Gujarat                                | 12,588                                                                  | 13,102                                                                  | 11,886                                                                  | 4322                                                                    |
| Haryana                                | 5,572                                                                   | 10,770                                                                  | 5,329                                                                   | 2124                                                                    |
| Himachal Pradesh                       | 1,197                                                                   | 1,344                                                                   | 1,129                                                                   | 418                                                                     |
| Jammu and Kashmir                      | 5,146                                                                   | 4,852                                                                   | 4,455                                                                   | 1791                                                                    |
| Jharkhand                              | 3,160                                                                   | 10,190                                                                  | 3,830                                                                   | 1112                                                                    |
| Karnataka                              | 5,843                                                                   | 8,865                                                                   | 5,004                                                                   | 1842                                                                    |
| Kerala                                 | 2,135                                                                   | 2,935                                                                   | 1,817                                                                   | 654                                                                     |
| Ladakh                                 | 158                                                                     | 119                                                                     | 254                                                                     | 142                                                                     |
| Lakshadweep                            | 3                                                                       | 9                                                                       | 6                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| Madhya Pradesh                         | 7,095                                                                   | 10,978                                                                  | 10,964                                                                  | 2270                                                                    |
| Maharashtra                            | 18,202                                                                  | 4,35,149                                                                | 62,742                                                                  | 6122                                                                    |
| Manipur                                | 308                                                                     | 197                                                                     | 242                                                                     | 116                                                                     |
| Meghalaya                              | 207                                                                     | 225                                                                     | 187                                                                     | 97                                                                      |
| Mizoram                                | 64                                                                      | 75                                                                      | 81                                                                      | 32                                                                      |
| Nagaland                               | 148                                                                     | 148                                                                     | 150                                                                     | 65                                                                      |
| Odisha                                 | 2,770                                                                   | 7,830                                                                   | 2,809                                                                   | 1047                                                                    |
| Puducherry                             | 183                                                                     | 168                                                                     | 174                                                                     | 61                                                                      |
| Punjab                                 | 3,463                                                                   | 3,400                                                                   | 3,319                                                                   | 1358                                                                    |
| Rajasthan                              | 5,545                                                                   | 7,184                                                                   | 5,932                                                                   | 2156                                                                    |
| Sikkim                                 | 79                                                                      | 98                                                                      | 114                                                                     | 36                                                                      |
| Tamil Nadu                             | 6,266                                                                   | 7,649                                                                   | 6,015                                                                   | 1901                                                                    |
| Telangana                              | 3,040                                                                   | 3,903                                                                   | 3,002                                                                   | 1172                                                                    |
| Tripura                                | 286                                                                     | 333                                                                     | 315                                                                     | 109                                                                     |
| Uttar Pradesh                          | 22,732                                                                  | 27,764                                                                  | 21,969                                                                  | 8357                                                                    |
| Uttarakhand                            | 2,392                                                                   | 3,721                                                                   | 2,272                                                                   | 855                                                                     |
| West Bengal                            | 6,447                                                                   | 15,715                                                                  | 5,608                                                                   | 2087                                                                    |
| Total                                  | 1,40,721                                                                | 7,40,169                                                                | 1,93,083                                                                | 50,646                                                                  |