GeM CEO, S. Radha Chauhan and CCI Chairperson, A.K. Gupta after signing MoU

Government e Marketplace (GeM) and Competition Commission of India (CCI) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on 6th February 2019 to enable a fair and competitive environment in the e-Marketplace.  Chairman CCI, A.K. Gupta, CEO GeM, S. Radha Chauhan, Members of CCI, U.C. Nahta and Sangeeta Verma were present on the occasion along with officers of CCI and GeM.

Both CCI and GeM appreciate the importance of advanced analytical tools and processes for identification of malpractices like cartelization. In order to pool their knowledge of the public procurement domain for detection of Anti-competitive practices the MoU has been signed.

GeM is a state-of-the-art national public procurement platform of Ministry of Commerce and Industries, that has used technology to remove entry barriers for bonafide sellers and has created a vibrant e-marketplace with a wide range of goods and services.

Competition Commission of India is a statutory body of the Government of India, responsible for enforcing the Competition Act, 2002 throughout India and to prevent activities that have an adverse effect on competition.

Anti-competitive practices detection enhanced through MoU enabling data sharing and analytics between public procurement platform and competition authority. GeM and the Competition Commission of India executed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate in promoting a fair competitive environment on the national public procurement e marketplace by pooling domain knowledge and deploying advanced analytical tools to detect and address anti-competitive practices, including cartelization, thereby enabling information and analytic support between the procurement platform and the competition regulator to monitor and investigate competition concerns.