Lok Sabha Question No. 2825 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-10
Subject: MSME Participation on GeM
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Smt. Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2825

## LOK SABHA ANSWERED ON 10/03/2026

## MSME PARTICIPATION ON GeM

2825.  SMT. SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

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

- (a) the growth in orders and Gross Merchandise Value on the Government e-Marketplace since 2016, including the share of services (7.94  lakh crore) and products (8.47 lakh crore) as on 30 November 2025, year-wise;
- (b) the  total  number  of  active  buyer  organisations  and  profile-completed  sellers  currently transacting  on  GeM  and  the  average  time  taken  from  order  placement  to  payment release;
- (c) the  break-up  of  procurement  across  the  10,894  product  and  348  service  categories, identifying the top sectors by value, category-wise;
- (d) the  extent  to  which  Micro  and  Small  Enterprises,  accounting  for  44.8  per  cent  of cumulative  order  value,  have  benefited  in  terms  of  repeat  orders  and  geographical spread; and
- (e) the mechanisms in place to ensure transparency, prevent cartelisation and enable datadriven audit of procurement transactions on the platform?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्यमंत्री ( श्री जिजिन प्रसाद )

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

- (a) The Year-wise Order volume, Gross Merchandise Value (including breakup of Product and services GMV) and growth over previous years is placed below:-

| FY       | No. of Orders   | No. of Orders   | GMV                | GMV        | Products GMV       | Products GMV   | Services GMV       | Services GMV    |
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
| FY       | Count           | % increase      | Value (₹ in crore) | % increase | Value (₹ in crore) | % increase     | Value (₹ in crore) | % increase over |
| 2016- 17 | 6,284           |                 | 422                |            | 420                |                | 2                  |                 |
| 2017- 18 | 3,72,537        | 5,828           | 5,876              | 1,292      | 5,833              | 1,289          | 43                 | 2,050           |

| 2018- 19                       | 13,31,435   | 257   | 17,441    | 197   | 16,639   | 185   | 802      | 1,765   |
|--------------------------------|-------------|-------|-----------|-------|----------|-------|----------|---------|
| 2019- 20                       | 21,74,178   | 63    | 22,886    | 31    | 19,817   | 19    | 3,069    | 283     |
| 2020- 21                       | 25,70,542   | 18    | 38,557    | 68    | 30,039   | 52    | 8,518    | 178     |
| 2021- 22                       | 33,15,533   | 29    | 1,06,605  | 176   | 81,954   | 173   | 24,651   | 189     |
| 2022- 23                       | 50,33,609   | 52    | 2,01,345  | 89    | 1,35,224 | 65    | 66,121   | 168     |
| 2023- 24                       | 62,84,944   | 25    | 4,03,547  | 100   | 1,95,927 | 45    | 2,07,620 | 214     |
| 2024- 25                       | 72,37,380   | 15    | 5,43,039  | 35    | 2,13,139 | 9     | 3,29,900 | 59      |
| 2025- 26 (till 30 th Nov 2025) | 44,63,045   |       | 3,01,366  |       | 1,47,868 |       | 1,53,498 |         |
| Total                          | 3,27,89,487 |       | 16,41,084 |       | 8,46,860 |       | 7,94,224 |         |

(b) The  total  number  of  active  buyer  organisations  and  profile  completed  sellers  currently transacting on GeM, and the average time taken from order placement to payment release is placed below:-

| Particulars                                                                 | Details as of 5 th March 2026   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| No of Buyer Organization (Primary Buyers)                                   | 1,35,887                        |
| No of Sellers with completed profiles                                       | 24,58,337                       |
| Average Time from Order Placement to Payment Release in current FY 2025-26. | 114.27 days                     |

(c) The list of product and service categories where transactions have happened may please be seen at https://gem.gov.in/business-opportunities.

(d) As on 5 th  March, 2026 a total of 1,96,911 number of Micro and Small Enterprises have received repeat order (more than one order) across all 28 States & 8 Union Territories of India.

(e) GeM has adequate mechanisms in place to ensure transparency, prevent cartelisation and  enable  data-driven  audit  of  procurement  transactions.  GeM  has  fully  online  vendor registration  process,  online  publishing  from  tender  enquires  to  contracts.  It  provides  Bid Representation and Challenge Rejection Window. The IP addresses of participating bidders are  displayed  to  Buyer  for  examination  of  any  possible  collusion.  GeM  has  also  deployed advanced analytics tools to detect anomalies like order splitting, abnormal buy and potential collusion. The audit trail of all transactions is available on GeM Portal.

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