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Business EconomyPosted at: Jan 14 2019 6:04PM


Womaniya on GeM: Women entrepreneurs can sell goods directly to govt ministries, depts

New Delhi, Jan 14 (UNI) Government e Marketplace (GeM) has launched “Womaniya on GeM”, an initiative to enable women entrepreneurs and women self-help groups (WSHGs) to sell handicrafts and handloom, accessories, jute and coir products, home decor and office furnishings, directly to various Government ministries, departments and institutions.
The initiative seeks to develop women entrepreneurship on the margins of society to achieve gender-inclusive economic growth.
GeM CEO S Radha Chauhan released a three-minute video to highlight the essence and benefits of the Womaniya initiative.
She stressed the fact that nearly 80 per cent women-owned establishments are self-financed and more than 60 per cent of 8 million units are owned and or led by women entrepreneurs from socially-challenged sections of the society.
Since women tend to invest up to 90 per cent of their earnings back in their families to provide better nutrition, health care and education to their children, economic empowerment of women is a step in the direction of poverty alleviation.
Artist Anukta M Ghosh’s artwork “Magan”, an illustration of women empowerment and grace, is the face of Womaniya on GeM. Womaniya homepage [https://gem.gov.in/womaniya] will inform procurement officers in various government ministries, departments and CPSEs about the drive to promote procurement of common use goods and services from women entrepreneurs.
Products like handicrafts and handloom, accessories, jute and coir products, home decor and office furnishings are categorised for ease-in-procurement.
The initiative aligns with Government’s initiatives for MSMEs, especially to reserve 3 per cent in government procurement from women entrepreneurs.
India has approximately 500 million Internet users and nearly 54 per cent of them are more than 25 years of age with higher discretionary income and likely to transact more online, half of internet users reside in small towns and present new opportunities for e-commerce and most importantly women constitute 33 per cent or 143 million Internet users and control 44 per cent of household spending in India.
Womaniya on GeM will spur hyper-local economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs and address goals and objectives under United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Government e Marketplace is a 100 per cent government owned company setup under the aegis of Ministry of Commerce and Industry for procurement of common use goods and services by Government ministries, departments and CPSEs.
GeM was set up in 2016 and has 731,431 product categories, with 180,862 registered sellers and 32,114 government buyers. Since inception, GeM has processed 1,171,761 orders worth Rs 16,976 crore in gross merchandise value.
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