With an intent to build a strong ecosystem for nurturing innovation, startups and encouraging investments in startup ecosystem of the country, the Government of India launched the Startup India initiative on January 16, 2016.
For attaining specific objectives, various programs has been implemented by the Government under the said initiative. Sustained efforts by the Government have led to an increase in the number of Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) recognised startups to 1,17,254 as on December 31, 2023.
In a report by PIB, these recognised startups are reported to have created over 12.42 lakh direct jobs creating significant economic impact. There is at least one recognised startup in every State and Union Territory (UT) spread across over 80 percent of the districts across the nation.
According to the information provided, Nagaland has 22 recognised startups, and has generated 268 jobs in the last five years.
Specifically for the last five years viz. 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, the State/UT-wise number of DPIIT recognised startups and number of direct jobs created by DPIIT recognised startups are placed as Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.
The information was provided by the Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Som Parkash in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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State/UT-wise number of recognised startups during the last five years viz 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 are as under:
State/UT-wise number of direct jobs (self-reported) created by recognised startups during the last five years viz 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 are as under:
