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GeM hires 1 million manpower in 2024-25

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: GeM hires 1 million manpower in 2024-25 (GS2 · Governance, 2 April 2025)

What happened

  • GeM facilitated hiring of over 1 million outsourced personnel in 2024-25 [PIB].

Background

  • Over 33,000 service providers are listed [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Minimum wage compliance is built in.

How to use this in Mains

GS-II Governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance

  1. As per PIB (2025-04-02): geM facilitated hiring of over 1 million outsourced personnel in 2024-25.
  2. Minimum wage compliance is built in.
Quotable data point

GeM facilitated hiring of over 1 million outsourced personnel in 2024-25.

PIB: GeM manpower, 2 Apr 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: GeM.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Manpower hired via GeM 2024-25

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerRight to Information Act, 2005: Procedure, Exemptions, Information Commissions and Recent Amendments (UPSC Notes)ExplainerProbity in Governance (GS-IV): Meaning, Philosophical Basis, Codes of Ethics and Conduct, Citizen’s Charters, RTI and Anti-Corruption Tools (UPSC Ethics Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: GeM manpower, 2 Apr 2025

facts from cited sources only; faculty review pending