The Government has recognized more than 55,200 startups during Financial Year 2025-26, marking the highest number of startups recognized in a single year since the launch of the Startup India initiative. The Startup India initiative was launched on 16th January 2016 with an Action Plan comprising schemes and incentives aimed at creating a robust ecosystem for nurturing innovation, encouraging private ...

Everybody can survive in start-up market as long as one does it with patience and perseverance. The next phase of Odisha’s start-up journey then is unlikely to be louder. But it will be sturdier. As founders trade adrenaline for architecture, the ecosystem is beginning to resemble what it long aspired to be, economically relevant, institutionally credible and built to last. ...

The Startup Accelerator of MeitY for Product Innovation, Development, and Growth (SAMRIDH) programme, aims to accelerate around 300 Startups through existing and upcoming Accelerators in Health-tech, Ed-tech, Agri-tech, Consumer-tech, Fin-tech, Software as a Service (SaaS), and sustainability. Under the SAMRIDH programme, 186 accelerators submitted Expressions of Interest, leading to the selection of 43 top accelerators across 16 states. (State-wise details ...

This Ministry has launched a component called “Innovation and Agri-Entrepreneurship Development” under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY-RAFTAAR) in 2018-19 with objective to promote innovation and agri-entrepreneurship by providing financial support and nurturing the incubation ecosystem. This Ministry has appointed five Knowledge Partners (KPs) as Centre of Excellence and twenty four RKVY-RAFTAAR Agribusiness Incubators (R-ABIs) from across the country for implementation ...

Startup India Showcase is an online discovery platform for the most promising startups of the country. These innovations span across various cutting-edge sectors such as Fintech, EntrepriseTech, Social Impact, HealthTech, EdTech, among others. Ecosystem stakeholders have evaluated, nurtured, and supported these startups.  These startups are solving critical problems and have shown exceptional innovation in their respective sectors. https://www.startupindia.gov.in/startup-india-showcase#/ Features of ...

Startup India is a flagship initiative of the Government of India launched on 16th January 2016. The initiative aims at fostering entrepreneurship and promoting innovation by creating an ecosystem that is conducive to growth of Startups. Since the launch of Startup India initiative, a total of 44,766 Startups have been recognized by DPIIT as on 14th March 2021.  States/UTs wise ...

The Central Government has now decided to nominate the non-official members on the National Startup Advisory Council representing various stakeholders such as founders of successful startups, veterans who have grown and scaled companies in India, persons capable of representing interest of investors into startups, persons capable of representing interests of incubators and accelerators, representatives of associations of stakeholders of startups ...

Startup India Initiative was launched on 16th January 2016. The Startup India Action Plan with 19 Action Points intends to build a strong eco-system for nurturing innovation and startups in the country that will drive sustainable economic growth and generate large scale employment opportunities. The Action Plan is divided across the following areas: Simplification and Handholding Funding Support and Incentives ...

           While interacting with the startups, Capt. Divya Shankar Mishra, Minister, MSME, Energy, Industries & Home reiterated that development of startup eco-system remains the top priority of government and in the next phase it will be expanded to districts by setting up of Startup Development Cells. He added that all possible support will be given to startups to scale up ...

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) announced results of thefirst ever States’ Start-up Ranking 2018 at an event in New Delhi today. DIPP began this exercise from January, 2016. States have been identified as leaders across various categories such as Start-up policy leaders, incubation hubs, seeding innovation, scaling innovation, regulatory change champions, procurement leaders, communication champions, North-Eastern leader, ...