New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- The Government e-Marketplace (GeM) marked its 10th Foundation Day on Monday with celebrations at Bharat Mandapam, where Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal called for a new, AI-enabled avatar of the platform to make public procurement more efficient, transparent and competitive, even as he felicitated top buyers and sellers who have driven the platform's growth over the past decade.

Addressing the gathering, Goyal outlined five key priorities to guide GeM's evolution over the coming years. These include strengthening last-mile access through GeM's Suvidha Kendras by expanding registration, cataloguing, training and grievance redressal across districts; deeper use of Artificial Intelligence for price...