**GeM (Government e-Marketplace) Portal: Key Changes in 2026 (up to June 2026)** regarding products, services, manpower, and L1-related processes. GeM is India's national procurement platform for government buyers. In 2026, it has seen ongoing updates for transparency, MSME support, digital features, expanded categories, and refined bidding rules. Procurement volume continues to grow significantly (already crossing high figures in FY26). Changes are evolutionary rather than revolutionary, focusing on compliance, new green/tech categories, and streamlining. ### 1. Products: New Categories, Listing & Procurement Rules - **New/Expanded Categories (2026)**: Significant additions to support government priorities like sustainability and tech: - EV (Electric Vehicles) products, charging equipment, batteries, and related maintenance. - Solar energy products (panels, inverters, installation). - Green building materials and eco-friendly/recycled products (with procu...
GeM Exclusive : The Saras Collection GeM Exclusive : The GeM is marketplace based public procurement portal with following the exclusive offering making it unique and superior portal than its peers. 1. Category and catalogue based procurement portal 2. Wide varities of procurement modes, DP, L1, PBP, Bid/RA 3. Automated rule based system driven enforcement of MSE and MII provisions. 4. Unique Bid representation module where a sellers can raise representation against a bid available in public domain. 5. Unique challenge rejection window for bidders: All disqualified bidders get right to challenge their bid rejection. Buyer cannot proceed further without replying to the challenge It is increasing transparency. 6. Advance analytics for the decision support system and fraud and anomaly detection. 7. Furthermore the process of procurement is faceless and transparent in which sellers identity is...