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Odisha small scale units fear 300,000 job losses over switch to GeM
The rate contract system has proven to be a time tested process of procurement of quality goods at a reasonable price and within the stipulated time frame
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GeM, MyGov platforms should provide opportunity for start-ups: IT secy
Electronics and IT secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney Monday said the government's MyGov and e-commerce platform GeM should provide an opportunity to start-ups so that country is able to develop homegrown solutions. "The combination of what MyGov and GeM (Government e-Marketplace) together can do is something extraordinary. Innovation is far more difficult than simply consuming ready-made products. Let's create opportunity for start-ups, to showcase their products, actually use their products on GEM and then GEM itself becomes an extraordinary opening market for start-ups," Sawhney said. He was speaking at an interactive session on 'Language Localisation & CRM Services on GeM', organised by FICCI and GeM. He said that GeM opens a window of sellers to reach out to government departments which will be big support for start-ups and gradually India will be able to develop home-grown solutions. Sawhney said that language localisation was the key to capitalise on the opportunities in open ..
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