L Satya Srinivas gets additional charge as CEO of public procurement portal GeM:

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: October 15 2024

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The government has given L Satya Srinivas, Additional Secretary in the Department of Commerce, the additional charge of CEO of public procurement portal GeM.
The additional charge was given as the last CEO of the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) P K Singh has been appointed as secretary in the renewable energy ministry.
Srinivas is an officer of the 1991 batch of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Indirect Taxes).
The GeM portal was launched on August 9, 2016, for online purchases of goods and services by all central government ministries and departments.

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L Satya Srinivas gets additional charge as CEO of public procurement portal GeM: