Government has announced the setting up of a Self- Employment and Talent Utilisation (SETU) mechanism. Presenting the General Budget 2015-16 in the Lok Sabha here today, the Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley stated that SETU will be a Techno-Financial, Incubation and Facilitation Programme to support all aspects of start up businesses, and other self-employment activities, particularly in technology-driven areas. An amount of ₹ 1000 crore is being set up initially in NITI Aayog for SETU.

Shri Jaitley stated that “we are now seeing a growing interest in start-ups. Experimenting in cutting edge technologies, creating value out of ideas and initiatives and converting them into scalable enterprises and businesses is at the core of our strategy for engaging our youth and for inclusive and sustainable growth of the country.” He said concerns such as a more liberal system of raising global capital, incubation facilities in our Centres of Excellence, funding for seed capital and growth, and ease of Doing Business etc need to be addressed to create lakh of jobs and hundreds of billion dollars in value. The Minister said, with this objective in mind, SETU is being set up.

Self-employment facilitation: a techno-financial incubation programme to support startups with incubation, funding and capital access. The Government announced the establishment of Self Employment and Talent Utilisation (SETU), a Techno-Financial, Incubation and Facilitation Programme to support start-ups and self-employment activities-particularly technology-driven ventures-by facilitating incubation facilities, seed and growth funding, and improved access to global capital to enhance ease of doing business and promote job creation.