Businesses looking to register themselves on the government’s MSME registration portal Udyam in order to sell goods and services directly to the government digitally via the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal are not required to register on the latter separately. Registering on the Udyam portal, which is a one-time exercise and doesn’t require renewal, enables MSMEs to allow the portal to register them on the GeM portal also. Here’s the online process: Visit udyamregistration.gov.in and click on ‘For new entrepreneurs who are not registered yet as MSME or those with EM-II’. In case, you want to switch from UAM, click on ‘For those already having registration as UAM’. Enter your Aadhaar number and name as per Aadhaar and click on validate and generate OTP. This is for Aadhaar verification with OTP. To register a proprietorship firm, the proprietor’s Aadhaar is required.