Govt e-market seeks Nasscom help

Start-ups with smaller operations and selling a particular product have faced the brunt of operational issues

The central government is taking help from Nasscom, the apex business association for the information technology (IT) sector, on the problems of software providers enlisted on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) platform.

The vendors have complained of several difficulties in listing their products on the portal, primarily in price discovery. Nasscom has been asked to look into the issue, said GeM’s chief executive, Radha S Chauhan. The time is short — an updated version of the portal was scheduled for January.

Prasanta Roy, vice-president of Nasscom, told Business Standard: “Often, there is no standard or verifiable pricing, unlike with a consumer product, where