The government 's order to make purchases of 25 percent of its annual budget from MSME came handy for the sector. The result of this has been that in the current financial year till November 10, the government procurement from MSMEs through GeM portal was 69.6 percent i.e. 3855 crores. The total purchase in four and a half years through GeM had been more than Rs 15,000 crores.