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GS1 India inks pact with GeM

PTI
Published : Feb 16, 2019, 6:50 pm IST
Updated : Feb 16, 2019, 6:50 pm IST

Government-e-Marketplace (GeM) will access product data from GS1 India's DataKart.

Every data will undergo validity checks based on globally accepted GS1 standards prior to being published for access by buyers. (Photo: Twitter)
 Every data will undergo validity checks based on globally accepted GS1 standards prior to being published for access by buyers. (Photo: Twitter)

New Delhi: GS1 India, a standards organisation set up by the commerce and industry ministry, on Friday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with public procurement platform GeM.

It will enable GeM's buyers and vendors to access accurate and standardised information on attributes of thousands of products across categories, empowering them to make more informed decisions, the ministry said in a statement.

Government-e-Marketplace (GeM) will access product data from GS1 India's DataKart, the national repository of information on attributes of millions of retail products in the country.

Every data will undergo validity checks based on globally accepted GS1 standards prior to being published for access by buyers, it said.

Tags: government-e-marketplace, gem, memorandum of understanding, mou, commerce ministry
Location: India, Delhi, New Delhi