India, Aug. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal called for a new, user-friendly and AI-enabled platform to make public procurement more efficient, cost-effective, transparent and competitive. Addressing the 10th Foundation Day celebration of Government e Marketplace (GeM) at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, Shri Goyal said the new platform would help buyers and sellers make more intelligent use of the procurement process and the latest technologies.

Outlining five priorities for the decade ahead, Shri Goyal emphasised strengthening last-mile access through GeM's Suvidha Kendras by expanding registration, cataloguing, training and grievance redressal across districts; dee...