class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; : normal; background: white;">The Finance Department of Jammu and Kashmir has issued a circular for the procurement of goods and services from local manufacturers through GEM (Government e-market place). To boost the local manufacturers, the local filters on the GEM portal have been made available since February 25, 2021.
Local filters and MSME filters shall be applied for the procurement of goods up to 5 lakhs. For the procurement of goods above 5 lakhs additional terms and conditions shall be invoked by the department for restricting procurement within a geographical limit through the process of bidding on GEM.