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DPIIT recognises 50,000 startups
Startup cradle: Home of unicorns looks beyond Silicon Valley tag
As many as 50,000 startups have been recognised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) till date, an official statement said on Thursday
New Delhi: As many as 50,000 startups have been recognised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) till date, an official statement said on Thursday. Startup India is a flagship initiative of the government launched on January 16, 2016. The initiative is intended to catalyse a startup culture and build a strong and inclusive ecosystem for innovation and entrepreneurship in India.
The recognised startups are eligible to avail the benefits across a range of laws, regulations, fiscal and infrastructural support. "As on June 3, 2021, 50,000 startups across have been recognised as startups by DPIIT, of which 19,896 have been recognised since April 1, 2020," the commerce and industry ministry said.
With the launch of the startup India initiative, recognised startups have now spread across 623 districts, it said, adding each State and Union Territory has at least one startup, and 30 States and UTs have announced specific startup policies to support them. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat have the largest number of these entrepreneurs.
