‘Womaniya On Government Emarketplace’ Success Event Commemorated In New Delhi.

• 44 lakh women entrepreneurs have fulfilled 14.76 lakh orders on GeM since 2019: Govt
• According to the data shared by the commerce ministry in a statement on Saturday, women MSE sellers have fulfilled over 14.76 lakh orders worth Rs 21,265 crore in gross merchandise value (GMV) since 2019.
• Women entrepreneurs have a share of 74 per cent in the order value of products sold on GeM and 26 per cent in the order value of service categories.
• Moreover, the top five product categories with the maximum number of women entrepreneurs were desktop computers, smartphones, special purpose telephones (smartphone for integrated child development service – ICDS), hopper tipper dumper while the top five service categories were manpower outsourcing services – minimum wage, custom bid for services, human resource outsourcing service, monthly basis cab and taxi hiring services, and manpower outsourcing services – fixed remuneration, according to the government data.

About Womaniya 

• The “Womaniya” initiative was launched in 2019 and has sought to encourage the participation of women entrepreneurs and self-help groups (SHG) from the informal sector on the GeM portal and facilitate the sale of their products directly to various Government buyers, sans intermediaries.
• Generic product categories were created for a listing of handicrafts and handloom, accessories, jute and coir products, bamboo products, organic foods, spices, home décor, and office furnishings to facilitate ease-in product catalogue listing and procurement from women entrepreneurs.
• The Womaniya initiative is particularly important because nearly 80% of women-owned establishments are self-financed and more than 60% of 8 million units are owned and or led by women entrepreneurs from socially-challenged sections of the society.

• The Face of Womaniya on GeM-The initiative is represented by artist Anukta M Ghosh’s artwork “Magan”, an illustration of women empowerment and grace.
  • The Womaniya homepage 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.

About Government e Marketplace

• GeM is a 100% government-owned company set up 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 crores in gross merchandise value.