New Delhi, Jan 31 (KNN) Government e Marketplace (GeM) 3.0, an upgraded version of the National Procurement Portal of India, has been launched by the government.

GeM 3.0 has been launched to keep pace with ever-evolving technological challenges and stake holder aspirations.

"The GeM 2.0 was launched as a pilot in August 2016 and its success led to this massive transformation program - GeM 3.0 which would offer standardised and enriched catalogue management, powerful search engine, real time price comparison, template-based Bid and RA creation, demand aggregation, e-EMD, e-PBG, user rating, advanced MIS and analytics and more," said the Finance Ministry in a statement.

Coinciding with the migration to the 3.0 version, National Sellers On-boarding Campaign has been launched to train sellers/ service providers for transition from GeM 2.0 to GeM 3.0.

All MoU signed 20 State Capitals will be trained by GeM MSP trainers along with Business Groups – CII, ASSOCHAM and PHDCII. Senior Officers from GeM will visit these states to facilitate the transition.

More than 200 people were trained and supported in registering during the walk-in Training cum Registration Centre organised recently.

Commenting on the campaign, Radha S. Chauhan CEO, GeM said, "We are proud to launch this campaign on a day of national importance".