RANKING OF STATES ON SUPPORT TO STARTUP ECOSYSTEM 2021
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- The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has released the 3rd edition of Ranking of States on Support to Startup Ecosystems.
- The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has been conducting the States’ Start-up Ranking Exercise since 2018.
- The main objective is to facilitate the ease of building a start-up and doing business across the country.
- The States and UTs were evaluated across 7 broad Reform Areas consisting of 26 Action Points including;
- Institutional Support
- Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Access to Market
- Incubation support
- Funding Support
- Mentorship Support to Capacity Building of Enablers.
- For the Ranking; States and Union Territories are classified into 5 categories;
- Best Performers
- Top Performers
- Leaders
- Aspiring Leaders
- Emerging Start-up Ecosystems.
- Gujarat and Karnataka appeared as the Best Performers in the States category.
- Meghalaya top among UTs and North-eastern States category.
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa and Telangana won the Top Performers award among states category.
- Jammu and Kashmir appeared as the Top Performer among UTs and NE states category.
- Assam, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh have emerged as the winners in the Leaders states category.
- Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan were declared Aspiring Leaders among the States.
- Andhra Pradesh and Bihar from the States category and Mizoram and Ladakh from the UTs/NE States have topped under the Emerging Start-up Ecosystem.
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