Digital India BHASHINI Division and Government e Marketplace MoU for Multilingual Public Procurement

Key facts

• The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD) and the Government e Marketplace (GeM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under the “BHASHINI for Seva/Sanchalan – A BHASHINI Sahayogi Program”.
• The initiative, supported by the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), aims to make GeM services accessible in 22 officially recognised Indian languages and several other Indian languages.
• The partnership targets increased participation in government procurement from micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), startups, entrepreneurs, and local enterprises.
• The collaboration will deploy multilingual digital public infrastructure through flagship initiatives including BHASHINI Udyat, Mitra, Appmitra, Sahyogi, and Pravakta.
• BHASHINI currently powers over 800 government websites and supports 36 Indian text languages, 23 Indian voice languages, and 35 international languages.